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Old Apr 1, 2013 | 02:44 PM
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Hi Gang just bought a 2001 Elegance C Class Which as been very well looked after which i love ,can anyone tell me what ,if any upgrades i can get to improve/ update this car plz
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Old Apr 1, 2013 | 03:12 PM
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a C63 quad turbo charged engine swap, 20 inch staggered multi-piece with super wide racing slick tires, change the tranny to 7 speed manual, get a set of accu air in the trunk with Apexi air runner suspension, convert 4 door sedan to a 4 door convertible, put some WALD air dynamic kit to keep the down force low, swap the headlight into something like the Audi LED light, that's what i would start with.
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Old Apr 1, 2013 | 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by kirax2
a C63 quad turbo charged engine swap, 20 inch staggered multi-piece with super wide racing slick tires, change the tranny to 7 speed manual, get a set of accu air in the trunk with Apexi air runner suspension, convert 4 door sedan to a 4 door convertible, put some WALD air dynamic kit to keep the down force low, swap the headlight into something like the Audi LED light, that's what i would start with.
Is that all, should take the weekend to sort it out then
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Old Apr 2, 2013 | 12:28 AM
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first thing i recommend is make sure all recalls and general maintainence has been done. after that you upgrade the headlights to bixenon or projectors, change the brake pads to akebono (stops like OEM but hardly any brake dust), if it has over 100k miles change the fuel filter, cabin filter, spark plus, use some Chevron techron fuel cleaner every 3k miles. performance wise you can get the ecu retuned by eurocharged or oetuning, upgrade air filter, sprint booster, exhaust but wont help much.
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Old Apr 2, 2013 | 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by kirax2
a C63 quad turbo charged engine swap, 20 inch staggered multi-piece with super wide racing slick tires, change the tranny to 7 speed manual, get a set of accu air in the trunk with Apexi air runner suspension, convert 4 door sedan to a 4 door convertible, put some WALD air dynamic kit to keep the down force low, swap the headlight into something like the Audi LED light, that's what i would start with.
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Old Apr 2, 2013 | 11:38 AM
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Is that all, should take the weekend to sort it out then
EVEN BETTER................:rol f:

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Old Apr 2, 2013 | 12:26 PM
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Well, you've learned a valuable first lesson, which is to ignore kirax's posts.

Do as phister suggests, and you'll be starting off fine. Once you get through that, I would recommend suspension and wheel mods, as engine mods will be fairly pointless, and certainly not worth the $$.
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Old Apr 2, 2013 | 02:00 PM
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philster didn't tell him to slam it
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philster didn't tell him to slam it
i'll step in for Phister....DROP IT HARD-drag some frame.
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Old Apr 2, 2013 | 06:22 PM
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i'll step in for Phister....DROP IT HARD-drag some frame.
lol nah its a nice elegance package, maybe a moderate drop but that all depends on if the op gets wheels or not. wheel gap is not pretty
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wheel gap isn't too badd...
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Old Apr 2, 2013 | 09:03 PM
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well if it was meant for rallycross maybe but i doubt thats a daily. i would like to see a 4matic set up rally style that'd be interesting
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this won a womens rallycross,

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