Midnight Koop's CL203 (attempted revival thread with updates)
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Midnight Koop's CL203 (attempted revival thread with updates)
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
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
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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!
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_RUSaJTmx5FI/TakvJojKPHI/AAAAAAAAGCA/R-3Dl3B6PGM/s640/IMAG0260.jpg)
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_RUSaJTmx5FI/TakvP9rUiuI/AAAAAAAAGCM/aOqH3-jr0ac/s640/IMAG0261.jpg)
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...![Smilie](https://mbworld.org/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_RUSaJTmx5FI/TakvLhZqugI/AAAAAAAAGCE/otpqP1BUzn4/s640/IMAG0259.jpg)
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!
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_RUSaJTmx5FI/TakvJojKPHI/AAAAAAAAGCA/R-3Dl3B6PGM/s640/IMAG0260.jpg)
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_RUSaJTmx5FI/TakvP9rUiuI/AAAAAAAAGCM/aOqH3-jr0ac/s640/IMAG0261.jpg)
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...
![Smilie](https://mbworld.org/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_RUSaJTmx5FI/TakvLhZqugI/AAAAAAAAGCE/otpqP1BUzn4/s640/IMAG0259.jpg)
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_RUSaJTmx5FI/TakvLtqkDUI/AAAAAAAAGCI/NKng3z5Ziuw/s640/IMAG0257.jpg)
Last edited by Midnight Koop; 04-16-2011 at 02:03 AM.
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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..
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..
Last edited by Midnight Koop; 04-17-2011 at 07:02 PM.
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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...
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ROOF RACK!
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...
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_RUSaJTmx5FI/TdRlsZcLkFI/AAAAAAAAGEM/0cUMjYJhPn8/s800/IMAG0442.jpg)
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_RUSaJTmx5FI/TdRmtWOnJtI/AAAAAAAAGEo/YgzpkFdUw_Q/s800/IMAG0449.jpg)
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_RUSaJTmx5FI/TdRmCECbllI/AAAAAAAAGEY/vKHcmYk3-h4/s800/IMAG0445.jpg)
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_RUSaJTmx5FI/TdRnPWKEhHI/AAAAAAAAGEw/zco5GXlhXZY/s800/IMAG0451.jpg)
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_RUSaJTmx5FI/TdRnwtNSYHI/AAAAAAAAGE0/cU1glyUvuuk/s800/IMAG0453.jpg)
the sunroof opens with a small clearance...
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_RUSaJTmx5FI/TdRmlD0x6wI/AAAAAAAAGEk/y1j331wnuqI/s800/IMAG0448.jpg)
and the hatch opens 99.9% of the way and kisses the tail of the rack (i got lucky!)
-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...
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_RUSaJTmx5FI/TdRlsZcLkFI/AAAAAAAAGEM/0cUMjYJhPn8/s800/IMAG0442.jpg)
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_RUSaJTmx5FI/TdRmtWOnJtI/AAAAAAAAGEo/YgzpkFdUw_Q/s800/IMAG0449.jpg)
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_RUSaJTmx5FI/TdRmCECbllI/AAAAAAAAGEY/vKHcmYk3-h4/s800/IMAG0445.jpg)
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_RUSaJTmx5FI/TdRnPWKEhHI/AAAAAAAAGEw/zco5GXlhXZY/s800/IMAG0451.jpg)
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_RUSaJTmx5FI/TdRnwtNSYHI/AAAAAAAAGE0/cU1glyUvuuk/s800/IMAG0453.jpg)
the sunroof opens with a small clearance...
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_RUSaJTmx5FI/TdRmlD0x6wI/AAAAAAAAGEk/y1j331wnuqI/s800/IMAG0448.jpg)
and the hatch opens 99.9% of the way and kisses the tail of the rack (i got lucky!)
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_RUSaJTmx5FI/TdRl0LRtooI/AAAAAAAAGEU/MIvtbwwl2h4/s800/IMAG0444.jpg)
Last edited by Midnight Koop; 05-19-2011 at 11:42 AM.