AskDrTodd

k just picked up my 2011 C300 Sport on Thursday, took a crack at it for a few hours this AM, went to get my windows tinted too but the shop was really shady and some guy came in to complain about how his tint was all dicked up so I bailed and got an appt for Monday. Anyway. Took about 3 hours total (surprisingly longer than I expected) and I:

-De-Badged
-Satin black vinyl over chrome accent strip
-Tried same vinyl on benz emblem, didn't work, discovered you can just pull the badge off the car, there is no adhesive holding it down! (see pic)
-License plate smokey cover with black trim ring (I know, woo hoo)
-Plasti-dipped benz emblem (looks sweet, matches vinyl perfectly)
-Plasti-dipped exhaust tips
-Put on ebay smoked tail lights- yes you get a message when you start the car that you have a bulb out. Will report back after a couple days of driving if that drives me nuts or not. The LED's are much brighter than the factory incandescent bulbs, and the red LED turn signals look way better than the ugly amber ones.

Pics:

Yesterday:


Badge comes right off!


One tail light on


Both on, looks nice!

wnunez89

cool, congrats on the car

park423

Looks good

sagar350z

Car looks good and so do the tail lights. I just wish they didn't give that error!

tanktube67

nice

hitokiri89

Looks good

kevinwithdabenz

nice, what did you do with the benz sign u just pulled it off?

mmike

congrats! lookin good so far

rich09

looks good man

YoungGuru

Haha I was wondering the same thing.

It looks good though. Nice work

AskDrTodd

thanks guys! Yeah I went to replace the license plate lights and noticed that the benz emblem is held in place by a compression fitting so I pushed on it from the back and it popped right out.

AskDrTodd

Got the tint done, 15% on the sides/back and 50% on the shield (which is hardly dark enough to tell, but it'll help out a ton if the car ever has to sit out in the hot *** FL sun all day

blue00r6

wow those tails do look good, now you've got me thinkin about them! can you confirm or deny whether they throw a code for you?

AskDrTodd

Confirmed, they throw 2 codes, one per side.

Matt_Eurojerks

Way to have ***** and do the windshield! I wish I could do mine but in the flat light it would be "dark" to look out of living in the Northeast. Less hazards are a good thing. Plus no need to F with the cops to pull me over and harrass me.

Blazeitup123

BLack out the grill, tint the headlights + sidemarkers with laminx tint, and get H&R coilover or supersports, and you will be driving the death star!

AskDrTodd

I'm going to do the grille this week, and the sidemarkers (already have them just haven't gotten to it yet). Not going to change the suspension tho, it's a lease and that's just too much effort to un-do.

envyxc350

So sexy, love that you tinted them but didn't go over board with it! Looks clean! Although I like the shiny exhaust :P

Spec_Davis

nice job!

AskDrTodd

Thanks guys! Hopefully will get more stuff done tonight so more progress pics. Hoping to have the grille and wheels done by this weekend.

kevinwithdabenz

i wonder how those tails would look tinted

AskDrTodd

We'll find out soon! (probably great, I just need the time to get around to it)

Got the grille plasti-dipped and the corners on last night:

kevinwithdabenz

are you going to tint the whole thing or just the red?

AskDrTodd

Good question, I'm not sure, I can't tell what would look best. I wish the center segment didn't have any red in it, but it does

kevinwithdabenz

personally i think it looks better with just the red, but your right i didnt notice that there was red in the center..