CTDK

So I bought a W204 Estate 2 weeks ago for my wife and myself for when we just need to take some family trips and daily driving instead of putting too many miles on my S class, and I cant live with stock cars so this one is gonna have some changes aswell.

its a 2009 C200CDI with 6 speed manual, I took the C200 on purpose since its the same engine as the C2200CDI only ecu software is the difference so this will be fixed with a ECU mod.

here is whats gonna happen.

C63 Interior in Comobeige *DONE*
Carbon interior *Done*
AMG pedals *Done*
2012 multifunction steering wheel *DONE*
OEM rearcam *Done*
Kleemann TS-6 8.5x19 + 10x19 3pc black wheels *allmost done got them lying in the garage ready*
Eibach 30mm lowering *waiting to be delivered from germany*
Carbon frontgrill *waiting for the correct one from taiwan they sent a w212 the first time*
Carbon difuser *awaiting delivery*
Carbon frontspoiler lip * awaiting delivery*
Carbon mirrorcovers *has arrived not yet installed
C63 style front bumper *DONE*
C63 sideskirts *DONE*
C63 rearbumper *ready and painted but awaiting carbon difuser*
20% windows tint all around
C63 facelift tips on custom made duplex exhaust*tips has arrived*
AMG flathood emblem in aluminum* awaiting delivery*
AMG Doorpins *awaiting delivery*
the chrome trim on the car wrapped in black film
headlights painted black *DONE*
taillights painted black
AMG shiftknop with alcantara shift bag
LED bulbs in foglights*done*
LED license plate light *done*
LED bulbs in headlight markers *DONE*
Philips Silvervision turnsignal bulbs in headlights *DONE*
ECU upgrade
and if I can find something else to do that aswell hehe

here is what ive started out with:

CTDK

interior install..

the seats came from a Sedan so I had to remove the leather from the rear seats, and install them onto my old rear seats and take away the fabric in order to have the correct mounting points

after the seats were in, I got 2 airbag errors from the front, the C63 bucket seats dont have headrest, and my old seats had neck-pro headrest, we tried to do coding of the car, but it wouldnt accept to deactive the neck-pro system and give it the AMG coding since the car is not a amg, so I put some neck-pro resistors on the wires down in the plug and now the car is error free once again

CTDK

carbon interior trim install and amg pedals

CTDK

OEM rearcam install, i was kinda in a rush doing this install and only had 2 hours to finish the whole thing so somethings I didnt take pictures of, I pulled the wire under the headliner to save time

itsLoonie

Nice, looking forward to this build. Keep it up.

I would have possibly gotten an estate if they were even offered here.

kez_style

Bra jobbat! (saw your swedish reg. Plates)

CTDK

hehe, yeah i live in sweden, but im actually danish

test fitting of the kleemann TS-6 wheels.. DAMN that car is scared of the ground



sideskirts


frontbumper

chewychiu

nice job. love the cf interior kit

FraKctured

Incredible work on the interior.

You.

Are.

The.

Man.

Love the estate--wife wants one for her next MB. This is awe-inspiring work!

snowmuch

Is there a guide that shows you how to take all those interior out? Because I'm about to do the same thing XD as for OP, are you selling those brushed aluminum trim?

angeloxnet

this project is amazing!

Fung63

amazing diy project! btw why didnt you just buy a C63 estate? not avail in sweden?

Sirthony

+1

CTDK

Sure they are but i allready got a car with poor mileage so i dont need another one this is a diesel so im getting 47-48mpg

CTDK

Its actually really simple.. The door panels has 2 screws in them each located underneath the armrest, remove theese and the rest is just clips.. I used a plastic piece to force them out from the bottom, once out the trim is held into place with 5-6 screws as you can see on my pictures

The one around the clima control is just clips, around the gear shifter clips, and the ashtray has 2 screws holding it in..

I only got the aluminum trim for the door panels it was mounted when I got the C63 interior so dont have a complete set

Tebs

I bought the C320CDi and fitted a Brabus D6 kit to it.Power up from 224 to 275bhp,torque up from 376 to 435lb ft. No mpg change, its still around 42-43. I don`t know if you could do your planned ecu upgrade from the c200 to c220 and then fit a Brabus kit for the C220 too. Could give you 223bhp and 340lb ft. Brabus kits are expensive but well worth it for the quality.

Just curious what do you tell your insurance company when they ask have you any modifications?? They hammer us in the UK for every mod and if you don`t inform them and something happens they can invalidate your insurance!

Btw awesome build! cant wait to see it finished.

CTDK

Im distrubitor of ECU mods myself so we will fix the ECU this just has to be done with BDM where you open the ECU and i dont have the hardware for that only to flash via OBD but my friend has the gear so when I get the time I will drive to him and get it done, hopefully it should end up with around 200hp and better milage

The brabus kit is just a box tuning which cheats the car to give more boost and fuel it works but its not perfect

Here in sweden i dont think they care actually, you can buy ecu upgrades directly at the dealer here, volvo, saab, audi, vw has it so I wouldnt imagine it beeing a problem, but then again what they dont know wont kill them

dcjwlee

Beautiful work. I would have picked an estate were it available in the U.S.

Tebs

You`ll know a lot more about ecu modding than me.

I didnt see a rear light cluster change on your list. They`ll look good with the LED licence plate lights you`ve done and arent expensive from the dealer.

CTDK

Hehe

Well the facelift taillights are in the plans but im not sure, im gonna black out the taillights and i allready got the ones with led blinkers, so if i but the facelift and smoke them it would be a waste of money

CTDK

*bought

snowmuch

thanks for the guide! where did you purchased the interiors? If you're willing to sell those aluminum trim for the door I would be happy to buy them!

CTDK

I got them from my best friend ebay all of the parts except the wheels is from ebay, there is on selling the CF trims on the us ebay for 799$ aswell, i was lucky to win mine for just 500$.

I hardly think it would be s good deal with the trim from me since shipping from sweden to usa would cost around 80-100$ and one of them on the drivers side has small surface marks

lovew204

Wow, you did it ... ! Where did you get 2 front seats and how much!

CTDK

I got the whole interior from my friend frontseats, rear + 4x door panels and amg floof mats for just under 3000$ the car they came from had 20.000miles on it