Vlad514

Greetings Mercedes Enthusiasts,

My name is Vlad, I live in Montreal, QC, Canada and I just recently purchased my first ever white 2011 c-300. It looks and feels great, however, I'm sure that if one of you guys were to own it you'd give it some nice mods or discreet upgrades.

I'd like to ask you guys what would you recommend I do with it to make it look as nice as possible without draining my pockets ? My budget is fairly tight so anything you guys would recommend to do first that would improve aesthetic looks for a good bargain would help me a lot.

All opinions are welcome.

Here are some photos:

AZN Optics

Welcome and grats on your new MB. Standard w204 beginner mod package includes painting your front grille, changing to clear/smoked side markers, and window tint. After that, it's subjective, but I'd probably get a rear spoiler (1 or 3 piece off ebay), lighting work, suspension (on a budget, I'd recommend H&R Super Sports). Then go from there.

Whitey92Lx

Here's a great place to look for inspiration!

Official C-Class Picture Thread

blue00r6

Best mod's i've done (only ones really)

1 piece rear spoiler (favorite for the money)
C63 style grille (ebay)
Window tint
other than that my only mods were mirror updates and LED DRLs which you already have

Maybe some wheels, I'm not a huge fan of those you've got. Maybe the S63 style would look good in an 18 or 19 inch

Vlad514

Hi Michael,

Thanks for the quick reply.

Please bare with me when I ask these questions, I'm very knowledgeable about this.

What would clear/smoked side markers look like ? What are they and the best place to pick some up ?

What would you recommend painting the front grill too ?

Vlad514

I'd be curious to see what your grille looks like on your c-series.

AZN Optics

Try the search function. It's a great tool and pretty much every question you have to ask has been asked. There's a DIY for painting your own front grille as well as some of the aftermarket grille's that are out there. Same with clear sidemarkers, there's a DIY on installing and several pics of them. Most everything you can pick on ebay from the ebay stores.

Boris0126

De-badge the car and paint the chrome strip in the back, the mercedes sign and the front grilled like everyone has been telling you and you can do this yourself. Purchase LED's for the eyelids and HID's for the headlights and fog lights from AZN.

blue00r6

Here is a pic I took yesterday -

AZN Optics

Here's an example of the front grille all blacked out but in 2-tone on mine:

C300BLK

Get a Blacked out front grille, debadge the rear, get rims, and get tint.

Vlad514

Thanks a lot for the responses guys, I will see what I'm up to doing and keep you all posted.