HG Motorsports 2008 C300 Retired Track Car Photoshoot

Apr 15, 2011 | 01:21 AM

HGMotorsports

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From: La Jolla

'92 300E, '06 E55

HG Motorsports 2008 C300 Retired Track Car Photoshoot

Hello everybody!

Well this is one of our shop cars that never made it on the forums. It was a track car that we competed in NASA Time Trial Events for 2 seasons.

The car has the following modifications:
HRE P40 Wheels
KW Variant 2 Coilovers
Brembo Monoblock BBK 6 Piston Front/4 Piston Rear
Euroteck Motorsports Front Lip
Euroteck Motorsports Side Mirror Covers
Euroteck Motorsports Trunk Lid Spoiler
Euroteck Motorsports Rear Diffuser
Custom HG Motorsports Catback System
Smoked Headlights, Fogs, Turn Signals, Tailights
Custom suede steering wheels, dash, and shifter boot

Car was equipped with 2 Sparco racing seats with harnesses for the track.. Trying to dig up some photos from back then... But until then, enjoy these and tell me what you think!

Apr 15, 2011 | 01:21 AM

HGMotorsports

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Apr 15, 2011 | 02:12 AM

Mixedfruits

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nice! esp like the tinted headlights maybe change out the eyelids to led though!

Apr 15, 2011 | 02:17 AM

killacam7479

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Amazing pics!

Apr 15, 2011 | 02:42 AM

hitokiri89

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Great looking car , I was thinking of tinting my headlights when I get my car back from the shop but wasn't sure how it would look on a black car , now I know in gonna do it .

Apr 15, 2011 | 03:51 AM

itsLoonie

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Love the rear wheel fitment on this thing. Would love to see this thing in action. Mind sharing the specs on the wheels ?

Apr 15, 2011 | 04:03 AM

dewydang

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GREAT car

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Apr 15, 2011 | 06:30 AM

Mr_Clifton

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Besides the brakes and suspension, what makes this a track car? I hate how people think making cosmetic changes to your car is a mod. I guess that's how Autozone and Pepboys stay in business, but personally I think those kind of changes are for women. What kind of chromies do you have on your tires? lol...

Apr 15, 2011 | 08:06 AM

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w204 - 350 N other white cars

All I can say about this car is WOW! One of the most original and 1st black C's around

. Our C's are not very fast even with all the updates (except the 63), but what make this car different is that it is equipped with all of the bell and whistle. This car in person is a bad ***!!! Not to mention that the car was done a while back ago. Great Lookin Ride HG

Apr 15, 2011 | 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by MrMeth90

You say it was a track car...can you let me know what engine work was done? I would keep my 2011 if I had some hope that I could make the 300 fast

The only thing that has been done to the engine was a catback exhaust system. The car dyno'ed at 230whp. I have to track down that dyno sheet.

About 200 pounds was pulled out of the car when we were tracking it. Nothing too serious. Just something to get us by until our C55AMG race car was finished.

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There is a difference between a "Track Car" and a "Race Car". We used this car only the track.. It was not fast by any means or had any crazy chasis modifications, but we tracked it. That was all that it was used for for 2 years. So it was considered a "Track Car"

Without doing custom forced induction systems, or building a stroker motor/motor swap... There was no real way to make big power with the C300.

Apr 15, 2011 | 10:02 AM

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Found a few from the track..Switched to a MAC, so I am having trouble trying find all of my photos. They are just bunched together in one huge folder.

Apr 15, 2011 | 10:15 AM

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LOOKS SICK!

Apr 15, 2011 | 03:04 PM

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'08 c300 sport

Damn... after it was all blacked out the car looks amazing.

Apr 15, 2011 | 04:06 PM

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This is the best looking car I have seen.. I wish I could do some of these things to my car.. Good taste buddy

Apr 15, 2011 | 04:29 PM

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what kind of brackets did you use for the sparcos? I miss my recaros

ps did you bypass the srs airbags?

Apr 15, 2011 | 05:03 PM

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very nice i love the brakes and i love the high res pictures. the read diffuser is that screwed down from the outside?

Apr 15, 2011 | 06:51 PM

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rizwanmakani

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Wt did u use to tint the headlight and fogs? Thnx

Apr 15, 2011 | 07:54 PM

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Nice ride ...........

Apr 15, 2011 | 11:46 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by got_thang?

what kind of brackets did you use for the sparcos? I miss my recaros

ps did you bypass the srs airbags?

Custom X bracket, pretty much bolted 1" off of the floor

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very nice i love the brakes and i love the high res pictures. the read diffuser is that screwed down from the outside?

Yes somewhat, we decided to throw some bolts in there, and it didn't look half bad!

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Wt did u use to tint the headlight and fogs? Thnx

We use a tinted clear for those. We have some C300 headlights that we have painted the actual housing. Once I return to the office on Monday, I will snap some pictures.

Thank you for the comments everyone