Ron Jr

Only a wash not enough time to do the whole deal.

alexlev

Looks clean Ron

NJBNZ

Looking good Ron. I also used this nice weather (about damn time!) to get the weeks worth of rain washed off lol

patrickkc

Love the W204 badge!.. very creative

efx1

is that a replica brabus grill from ebay? How's the fitment?

charliele729

+1 on the w204 badge. Darth is looking quite well fed there! I always did favor the Eurotek lip, just not willing to pump out that kind of cash yet.

C300Sport

Do I see that the nice, friendly neighbor next door drives a Camry...maybe you will happen to be outside to see him run it through the garage one day...gotta love Karma...

Ron Jr

One can only hope.

Ron Jr

Thanks just put it on.

Yes it is. Fit is good do a quick search for my opinion.

Surprised no one saw the other mod done today.

omgitselaine

Ron .......... which front lip is that if i may kindly ask ??

Ron Jr

Eurotech.

omgitselaine

Thank you ... looks great !!

Ron Jr

I'll be in NJ next Sunday.

bigigg

clear side markers?... idk

wait wait.. is that a tiny led strip on the bottome of the driver side head light?? like the cheap ones from ebay that stick on the outside

Rick Hunter

You've gone through more front grilles than anyone else I know LOL!

But the current one looks great! I think all that's left is to source yourself some black housing headlights and Darth will be complete.

jctevere

Looks good. How did you black out or darken the rear turn signals? Is that paint or a film?

Royce118

Ron you talking about the LEDs? That's the only thing i notice =x

Ron Jr

LEDs it is. So many people have attempted it and personally I didn't like any even MB's offerings and it bothered me. With my schooling in engineering I decided to take on the project. Actually fairly simple when I had first got the car I was going the black/chrome look but didn't reallt feel it once I put the parts on but I did like the framing around the tail and head lights so sand off the chrome, prime paint and clead and they have been on since. Back to the LEDs I looked at the headlight and considered cracking it open and mount them inside but didn't want to risk that then I took a good look at the frame and a short while later 18 holes on each side with LEDs behind them. Wired to the side marker (easier than the eyelid). To the night pics.

Spec_Davis

Darth very nice LED mod i was thinking about that but i want biggger LEDs so people can see. Did you splice the power to your parking lights?

jctevere

Really liking the LED. But how come in the first picture they look really bright and light up the housing, but in the second two they are barely noticeable? Did you adjust exposure in picture or something and they look brighter, or what you see is what you get?

Secondly, I wasn't quite clear on what you did. You drilled 18 holes straight into the front of the headlight?

Ron Jr

The first pic I was closer, it was dusk, I used my D-60 and I was shooting almost straight on.

Second pics I was further away, it was fully dark and a bit foggy, I used the D-70 on night mode (longer exposure) an I was shooting from a higher angle.

I have an aftermarket frame (originally chrome) that I drilled the holes into. Frame is clearly seen in this pic.

Jason B

I know this is an old post, but how did you do those tails?

Ron Jr

Tint was from agressive, I don't know if he makes them any longer. The frame is the chrome one sanded down and painted 040 black.

Jason B

Cool! Oh, the frames are just the aftermarket ones, sanded down? That's a cool idea, especially how you drilled the holes in the front ones.

So, most of the people that have "tinted" tails, actually have them sprayed, and not tinted with window tint?

Ron Jr

Yes the red sections are hard to tint with film because of the concave shape. It can be done and has by people here with mixed results.