Moreica_C230's Evolution Thread
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Ive been poking through the forum and notice that projector fog lights for the C230 Sport are somewhat hard to come by. I have been searching for the past few days, but have not yet found a set of projector fogs that definitely fit the amg front bumper. Does anyone know of a site/location that has them for sure? Ordered a set a week back, but it turns out they do not fit the sport, despite the fact that the site said they did. Any info or direction would be great.
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Just pulled the trigger on Dinos quad projector setup. I have been in the market for a projector/HID combo for some time now and cant think of a better setup then that. I will get pictures posted as soon as they come in and when I get them installed.
Christmas is coming early this year
Christmas is coming early this year
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I sure hope so. Dino is shipping it out this afternoon so it should be here in a few days time. I'm probably going to wait until after the holidays to install it....but knowing myself ill get the box and probably get right to it lol
EDIT: Since I will be taking the bumper and wheels off for this, I will also be cleaning the calipers and painting them red =P
EDIT: Since I will be taking the bumper and wheels off for this, I will also be cleaning the calipers and painting them red =P
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Also, any thoughts to painting the bumper mesh some shade of silver. I have a black/silver theme going right now and am wondering how that would look with the the hyper silver F14s
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Anyways on the way into work I had two CEL codes.....and just when I thought I got everything figured out.
P0012: Powerstrain "A" camshaft position - Timing Over retarded Bank 1
P0272: Cylinder 4 Constribution/Balance (again).
Looks like shes going to need a checkup.....again.
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So thanks to a good friend of mine who took his christmas eve morning to help me out, we were able to get the new lights installed in about 3 hours. Would have been shorter had we figured out the trick to getting the damn bumper clip off
There was a bit of a scare when they were first installed.....nothing would work. no blinkers, not low/high beam, nothing. Then we got the right bi-xenon to work, nothing else....Turns out the power/socket for the lights needs to be rammed into the headlight assembly in order to get a good connection.
The projectors will still need a round or two of adjustments to get them just right, but they were pretty decently aimed from the get go.....again you did an amazing job Dino!
I took a few pictures along the way, but was in such a rush to get them done, I didnt take as many as I would have liked. I will snap a few pictured tomorrow of the finished product as well as the cutoff. Anyways, here are some pictures of the job.
There was a bit of a scare when they were first installed.....nothing would work. no blinkers, not low/high beam, nothing. Then we got the right bi-xenon to work, nothing else....Turns out the power/socket for the lights needs to be rammed into the headlight assembly in order to get a good connection.
The projectors will still need a round or two of adjustments to get them just right, but they were pretty decently aimed from the get go.....again you did an amazing job Dino!
I took a few pictures along the way, but was in such a rush to get them done, I didnt take as many as I would have liked. I will snap a few pictured tomorrow of the finished product as well as the cutoff. Anyways, here are some pictures of the job.
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Ahhhh this is coming together beautiful man, glad everything went all right and yes the connector thing scared me as well at first but you just have to "ram it hard" in there to get a good seal on the connector and it will give you no issues. Adjusting it should be easy too, hows the output compared to stockies? They look sexy on your car btw 
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Looking good. If you do spray your bumper grills then paint them hyper silver as well. Hyper silver actually has black toner in it to achieve the "look"
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Those are some sexy head lamps
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I will get on those as soon as I can. I know i've been promising them for a while, the time has just not been there, but I promise I will get some.
On another note however, I pulled the trigger on a set of KW V1 coilovers this afternoon. I picked them up for a great price from HPA motorsports and cannot wait to get them installed.
I will probably be doing a 1.5 inch drop in the front and a 1 inch drop in the back (more or less). The slammed look is not really my thing, just looking for get the perfect, narrow fender gap while maintaining the sexy front rake =P.
I will have pictures of them in the box and installed as soon as I can
On another note however, I pulled the trigger on a set of KW V1 coilovers this afternoon. I picked them up for a great price from HPA motorsports and cannot wait to get them installed.
I will probably be doing a 1.5 inch drop in the front and a 1 inch drop in the back (more or less). The slammed look is not really my thing, just looking for get the perfect, narrow fender gap while maintaining the sexy front rake =P.
I will have pictures of them in the box and installed as soon as I can
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So after placing the order, I have been pretty paranoid about the clearance that i'm going to have. Again the wheel/tire specs are as follows...
front: 18x8.5 ET32 225/40/18
rear: 18x10 ET36 265/35/18
I do not plan on slamming it by any means, but I am afraid there might be some issues all around.
Can the experts on this chime in? It would be much appreciated
front: 18x8.5 ET32 225/40/18
rear: 18x10 ET36 265/35/18
I do not plan on slamming it by any means, but I am afraid there might be some issues all around.
Can the experts on this chime in? It would be much appreciated
