Midnight Koop

just picked up my car from the body shop and figured its a good time to post a few updates.

ok so its been a long time coming since i share some updates. honestly, i've been pretty lazy about it since my original thread got absorbed into the aftermarket headunit thread.

before i post some recent pics... im going to dig around here and find some of the older ones so you can see the progression. (please bare with me)

thanks

mr_c230

nice!

Midnight Koop

Midnight Koop

huper optik tint 30 all around and on top

mr_c230

i want updated tails badly!

Midnight Koop

Midnight Koop

+ remus exhaust...

Midnight Koop

Lowered on H&R Coilovers and AMG Sways... next to another member of the family

Midnight Koop

About a year ago I was caught in a bad hail storm and it put golf-ball dents all over my hood and side panels...AND was rear ended with stretch marks across my rear bumper. One incident in my mind... but two separate claims under all-state. pretty lame.

it took me forever to get around to fixing... and I figured if I'm getting that done, I might as well fix up everything on the exterior.

I'll do a complete write-up of mods when I have more time.. i'm leaving a lot out, but I wanted to post some old pics to build the progression before I put up these new ones.

Enjoy!





i still have a camber kit, pedals, and other things i need to get around to installing... but i've been busy lately

lets just say... its getting closer to how i want it, but its still a work in progress...

mr_c230

looking good

Midnight Koop

Thanks...apologies for the crappy camera phone pics

Outkasted24

Nice Wheels, They make the car IMO !

Midnight Koop

Thanks...funny how I put allot into it just so I can look stock

Gynecologist MD

Those rims <3

mr_c230

no worse than my crappy cell phone pics...lol

Midnight Koop

im excited to see how frankenbenz is going to turn out... it wasn't easy getting a hold of an authentic amg bumper for our coupes... and the fact that you're making your own is commendable.

FrankW

nice upgrade with the AMG front.

OneOfaKindTrini

This is a role model for coupes.

Midnight Koop

thanks!... i also got the doorhandles painted--minor but definitely a much needed upgrade.

too bad there isn't a lip that fits the amg front for the coupes... that is one thing that's on my list to balance out the renntech spoiler in the rear

thank you! i dunno if i would say that myself... especially with infected, coupecrazy, and saprissa and the others out there..

OneOfaKindTrini

I'm into the pure look, bi-xenons and AMG and the 6spd. wins in my book.

oel

those wheels look pretty good on the coupe.
how's the hunt for the lip going for you?

Midnight Koop

thanks man.... i'm actually looking for a second set so i can switch these out as winter wheels or sell them (still deciding).

i'm still hunting for the lip...passively. i got some major body work done. aside from getting out hail dents, i repainted the hood, both bumpers, both doorhandles, one door, and another panel or two... pretty much 80% of the car... so my wallet needs more recovering that i had originally planned. if you come across one let me know! for now i'm continuing the hunt on ebay...

infected

Looks wicked!
I never knew you picked up an AMG front. Awesome!!!

Midnight Koop

thanks!

all the coupes look the same in the US, so i thought this would help me stand out in a subtle way...

Midnight Koop

Materials:
-OEM CL203 roof rack base (used)
-(2) Thule Echelon 518 fork mount bike rack (1 new, 1 used -still have to mount)
-(2) Thule xadapt9 kit
-3M paint protection (under mounts)
-alcohol/water spray
-microfiber towel


you gotta deal with the crappy phone pics and dirty car, but here we go... the first one came out clean, then for some reason i didn't realize the lens was dirty for the rest.

i still have the other thule rack to mount, but i got it second hand and needs some cleaning...











the sunroof opens with a small clearance...



and the hatch opens 99.9% of the way and kisses the tail of the rack (i got lucky!)