kattanh3

tommy

The BBS "caps" look fine to me. The one thing that keeps bugging me, honestly, is the bumper cutout. If those are the tips that you're going to be using permanently, I really think that you need the arc of the cutout to mirror the tips; right now, it's got a square peg in a round hole kind of look.

kattanh3

Something came up, rescheduled for Tuesday

kattanh3

It's even on both sides but would look better if they were bigger and more evenly spaced. The only reason I haven't done that is because I don't want to yet cut into the bumper clips until I get the exhaust I'm looking for

kattanh3

I would like to swap my interior panels to Black Birdseye. Any idea how can I get the part numbers and anyone knows how much they go for?

kattanh3

I'm at the shop and were are thinking twice about cutting the coil just because of how it's shaped... Did you guys cut the top or bottom? I want to cut half a coil

kattanh3

I looked at the suspension travel while its widly open... It's not much. And the springs both top and bottom ends are somewhat flatter than the rest and the gaps between the coils are huge. No way, I'm not doing it. As is or coils later.

phister

you can cut it... you have to cut from the top because if you cut from the bottom then the coil wont seat on the strut since the coil narrows towards the bottom. as long as the top coil can seat in the rubber hat it'll be ok but I'm not a fan of cutting coils.

tommy

Best idea is to go to your local dealer, get the part#s directly from them for the birdseye versions, and then check out the usual online suspects (RM European, Autohaus AZ, etc.) as well as ebay, and maybe ask Potomac if they have any of the trim pieces from a wreck - I've had good success with them.

phister

i suggest painting the middle lower part of your bumper black. it gives the rear bumper a differnt look and looks similar to the w204. that lil thing changes the whole look of the rear imho.

kattanh3

Thanks tommy for the leads! that's next on my mod wish-list

that'd look hot, but if I do that then I'd just have to do the roof as well and go the quad tips route... I really like the CLK550 look, very aggressive bumper, wide tips on one side, and black bumper insert that doesn't go all the way down.



I'm trying to picture it on my bumper... PlastiDip perhaps? I'm thinking a similar line just above the tips

kattanh3

Speaking about OEM mods, just installed the D-rings for the cargo net

tommy

That or truck bed liner if you want something more permanent.

phister

You don't need dual or quad to make it look good. The way its designed looks off to me without it being black.

kattanh3

I figured with PlastiDip I can easily take it off if I don't like it or decide to apply something more permanent


Also took off the AZNOptics 5000k LEDs from the front bumper side markers since they were flickering. Brought a new set and the flickering went away, just a faulty bulb. However, it turns out that the LEDs were just really green and had nothing to do with the housing. so I swapped them with the stealthy chrome bulbs... this will do until I can get my hands on eurostrips.

No side marker "egg yolk" while its off


Looks OEM while on not to mention that it is legals