Peydidy

what do you guys think about these wheels for the coupe?
https://mbworld.org/forums/wheels-ti...17x8-et35.html

Peydidy

Sadly no coupes still in the shop

Pedals look good. Your lucky that your coupe is a manual

Sk8fe

Why is the Coupe in the shop? What are you having done? Is it in for the Xenon=Present or more? Idk, I got confused, something about Coupe was in the shop, you forgot about it, someone mentioned BMW's and same or someone else diss'n them -- Idk?...

Me, I'm pretty much a car-ho. :p I gravitate towards any manufacturers that produce well engineered, good handling fast cars. I like all German cars. Of course I have my ranking order with Audi at the bottom (due to styling; although, I do like the styling of the S5, but mostly because everyone I personally knew that owned an Audi since 2000-on all have had problems with theirs and swore they would never buy another). I like VW for what they are -- good entry level German car and of course I like Mercedes-Benz and BMW. Both have proven themselves to produce exceptional vehicles both on and off the race track.

I finally got the plastic upper air intake pipe from ordering online over 2 weeks ago (order was placed, but warehouse never fulfilled it) and replaced mine that had a hole it in. At least now my Coupe isn't leaking boost any more (or at least I hope ). It only took 15-to-20 minutes to replace. Unfortunately, I still have a Check Engine Light that I need to get it into the dealership and have them checkout & reset, so I haven't been driving it. I did drive it for 10 or so miles after I replaced the intake pipe hoping that the CEL would reset and go away, but no dice. Car felt and drove even better than ever before (as one would expect now that I'm not leaking boost :p). So I'll have to get it in soon. The pedals are awesome and HIGHY recommended for anyone who has an MT Coupe.

kirax2

yo peye, i am coming back to the bay next month, lemme check out how the coupe progress when i get back

tiga88

do you notice in the pic 2, there is like a headrest or maybe is it your kid's head just appear there?
i just curious heheee

btw nice red coupe man

kirax2

i see a little kid in there flipping a bird

Peydidy

haha ya that would be my sister sitting in the back seat. When I took the pictures I was going somewere with her and stopped and took a few quick pics to send to a friend. This was the day after I bought the coupe.

When are you coming? I hope the coupe will be done buy then, when I dropped the car off the guy said it would take about 2 weeks... is been 2 months now. Everyday I call him and have stopped by a few times and every time he says he is almost done and it will be ready by the end of the next day and he will call me, which he never does. I stopped by on friday and my car wasn't there, I asked him were it was and he said he had finished all the body work and sent it off the the suspension place. I'll give him a call on monday and see whats up with it. I still have you plates too

Lol if you read a few of the above posts I said whats being done to the coupe in a long version and in a short version too. But Basically.. new bumper, re paint some parts that had rock chips, new windshield wiper fluid tank, new inner fender pieces, tie rods, alignment, detail. When I get the car back then I need to have it set to Xeon=present and an oil change. I have barely had a chance to enjoy this car since I got it. First few weeks it was in the shop for EIS, now its been gone for 2 months in the body shop, then once I get it back it'll be at the stealer ship to get that stuff done. Glad you got your problem fixed though, simple easy repairs are always good.

kirax2

i remmeber you saying u know that body shop... but something sound shady dude... for that kind list shouldn't take more than a week...

http://my350z.com/forum/the-lounge-o...0z-ruined.html

read this...

Peydidy

I just read that thread, thats crazy, thanks for the heads up. I really don't think something like that will be the case though. The way I found out about the shop was when someone crashed into my dads old benz he went into the dealership and asked whats the best shop to take it to (the other persons insurance was paying for it all), they recommended us to this place and they were great. Ever since then my family and I always have our cars body work done there. I have had my sedan in there 2 times, once when it got key'd and once when my neighbor crashed into while it was parked. Also my mom had her Mazda 6 in there once and it was to have a side skirt replaced and repainted and he did it in 3 days. I trust the guy, I just think he is really busy right now and is putting my car off and forgetting about it. Ever since I started calling him every other day about it I think he's actually been getting the work done. We will see tomorrow I guess, I'll swing by after work and see whats up with it.

Peydidy

Just stopped by the shop on my way home from work. My car wasn't there, when I asked him he said he just sent it off to have it aligned and will be ready tomorrow... I doubt it will be though.

kirax2

they are jacking the M111 and gonna implant a M271 there,

Peydidy

I dont know if id be happy about that or sad. M111 is funner to drive IMO, but eats gas like its nothing

Peydidy

Chapter 2: Bumper repaint, clear fogs, and some other stuff

So I after 2 long months I FINALLY got the coupe back from the shop. They ran into a few problems here and there but finally got it all sorted out and done. So heres the list of things I had done:

-Re-paint and repair bumper
-Clear fogs
-Rewire fogs (left side wire was missing for some reason)
-Windshield cleaner tank Replaced (was leaking before)
-New inner fender (the plastic was all gone on one side)
-Error cancelers for the new lights
-LED city lights
-New wipers
-Fixed the headlight washers (I didn't even know I had that feature until someone on here PM'd me about it and pointed it out)
-Tie rods replaced
-Alignment


I have an appointment at MB for next week to get a oil change done too. I have been shopping around for some 05 tails too and found a set online from a pick and pull shop on the east cost that has a set so I am going to give them a call tomorrow to see if they will be willing to ship them. Also need to order a set of clear side markers too. New double-din Head unit coming sometime during summer too depending on when I end up selling the sedan.

And here come the pictures...

Peydidy

Also thinking about changing the color of the grill, maybe black? opinions?

Sk8fe

Peydidy, *very* nice! Glad to hear that the Coupe is finally home.

What are LED city lights? Can you post pics of them?

What is all involved in the 05 tails mod/swap? Is it just a matter of finding a set of 05 taillight lens or is there more to it? Does it specifically have to be 05 or can it be from a later model as well?

I just got mine back from the MB dealership to get an alignment and to get H&R sways (F/R) installed (already had lowering Eibach Springs and Koni FSD shocks/springs installed). Handling is much improved for the street, but would still be "lacking" if I was going to track it -- BUT -- my son still has a couple years to decide if he wants to do Driver Ed. events with me or not. Also had the MB dealership replace the turn signal (mechanisms were broke in the steering column and you had to hold the turn signal all the time to indicate left turns and right turns would not auto cancel after completing the turn). The new turn signal is so much nicer now; it's the little things... :p

Of course I forgot to have the dealership replace the windshield washer fluid reservoir when it was in. Ugh! I noticed just the upper "neck" part of my reservoir is damaged. Can just the "neck" part be replaced or must the whole unit be replaced?

Thx and keep the updates/mods coming!

Sk8fe

Black grill would look good, but then you would need the black wheels (center mesh) from your sedan put on your Coupe IMO.

C230 Sport Coup

Black grill would look good. Current color was from Blake's car.
2005 tails can be had from German ebay site.
http://translate.google.com/translat...9dbcf3&act=url

kirax2

my current city light is already LED, just swap it out from the old housing, also, change the side blinker when you are at it, or swap it out from the sedan and sell the sedan with it, swap the sedan DD with the coupe too LOL

mikroehl

Looking great! love the sedan btw! I would def change the color of the grill also the bottoms, just look faded black in that color... looking hawt though

paqueras

Just paint the Grill black, remove the Wheels from the Sedan and put them in the coupe!!

mikroehl

ok i gotta see this post pics asap! also what type of rims are those bbs lM's?

Peydidy

The LED city lights are the inner lights that are always on and running. The 05 tail lights swap requires the whole tail light to be switched out, 05 is the last year these coupes were sold in the US so that would be the last model year to get the tails. I am not to sure about if you can replace just the neck but the part its self wasn't to expensive, I think it was close to 70 for a new OEM one, but I forget exactly how much it was. Whats wrong with yours?

I dont think the sedans mesh would fit the coupe, that would look sick though. I hate the way the coupes current one looks. I need to think of a way to mod that.

I think I might get that, its about the same price as the ones I found online from pick and pull yards but its new, most of the ones from the pick and pulls had scratches and minor damage on them. Thanks for the link!


When I sold the frostys I gave the city lights to the buyer, I plan on changing the side blinker soon. I never thought about just putting the sedans on it, thanks for the idea . And what do you mean by DD?

I think I am going to try to mod in some kind of black mesh into it instead like how my sedans facelifted bumper is. Thanks for your kind words!

Iv got other plans for the sedans wheels

Pics of my sedan and its wheels and wheel info are on its build thread in my signature

harrison1277

havent been in for a while, the coupe is looking so clean! Great work peydidy!

Peydidy

Thanks Harrison! Hows your car doing? anything new?

Peydidy

Coming soon...