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The wheels are 19" M590...did u mean you wish they have them in 18s? If so, I don't think so, not unless they extended their product line recently...but they have some other wheels with similar style that come in 18".
I cant wait to take her somewhere nice to snap some photos...thinking of purchasing a front lip to finish her off before i do though hehe, if anyone got one for sale for my car hit me up!
Here's some pics I've been meaning to post, no new mods. Also, here is a quick video of my exhaust setup from inside the car. I think it will give those wondering about the in cabin drone an idea what everyone is talking about, hehe. Thanks for looking!
Is your car sitting stock? It looks good. What are the offsets/wheel sizes you're rolling with? Was thinking of getting the same wheel in Dolphin Gray for my black w204, not sure if I wanna lower it because I'm already worried about the 19" effect on ride..
Is your car sitting stock? It looks good. What are the offsets/wheel sizes you're rolling with? Was thinking of getting the same wheel in Dolphin Gray for my black w204, not sure if I wanna lower it because I'm already worried about the 19" effect on ride..
Thanks man, yes it is on stock suspension still. Not too big a difference, I just noticed I could feel the bumps and road imperfections a little more but overall still comfy with 19s. FRONT: 19x8.5, 45, 235/35/19, REAR: 19x9.5, 48, 265/30/19
Much much more quiet than my straight pipe setup. Kind of miss the loud, but overall the exhaust tone is much cleaner and crisp, completely eliminating the drone at any RPM.
Next up is installing my lips + grille and lowering her on coilovers...
Picked up the front grille and spoiler from James @ JL-Motoring & the Front Lip from Gary @ Suvneer
Last edited by mr.brightside; 08-19-2015 at 01:45 PM.
Here is my newest youtube video, just something I compiled with old footage of my straight pipe setup + my new dual muffler setup for sound comparison...much much quiet with mufflers
Quick video to give anyone an idea how Magnaflow X-pipe + Magnaflow "MF Performance Straight Through" Mufflers + TopSpeed Auto quad tips sound like from outside at throttle
Love the car! The magnaflows sound much better - less raspy than before!
Only thing I don't like is the new cf trunk spoiler.
Are you planning on lowering the car a little bit?
Also, I suggest you buy the led taillights, that will set off the rear end so much better! I have these except mine have yellow turn signals - these in the link have the oem red turn signals. I am thinking about buying these and selling the ones I have currently! Plug and play! however, mine are messing up because I just had the taillight recall done to my rear end so not sure if its the lights that are malfunctioning or what.
Thanks man! Yes, I plan on lowering the car on the future, probably with H&R Super Sports or BC Coilovers. Leaning more toward coilovers for the adjustability.
Thanks for the link to those tail lights, haven't seen those before, may have to make that my next mod!
Decided to just go with h&r ss springs, from all the reviews from people on the site I figure the drop and quality of the ride would be sufficient for my C. Also got Wheelmate Mevius Lug Bolts. Can't wait to install these!
Got them both from www.thmotorsports.com ... highly recommend those guys, very knowledgeable and they are having a holiday sale on the springs. They had the lowest price on the springs and lug bolts that I could find anywhere. Plus THM offers $5 back to your paypal or credit card if you complete a review of their services.
Last edited by mr.brightside; 12-19-2015 at 03:40 PM.
Finally got her lowered on H&R Supersports and added the Wheelmate Mevius Lug bolts...
Thanks to Andy @ FX Autosports in NoHo for working on my car on short notice.
Overall I'm very pleased with the ride height now, it's perfect for what I wanted at the moment. The ride quality is also comparable to stock springs. I can feel the road much more, it's got a little more bounce but it's not too noticeable or something that bothers me. Very glad I went with these.
As usual I took a bunch of pics while at the shop, during install, and pics right after install. Stay tuned for more pics in a couple weeks when the springs are properly settled in, thanks for looking.
Next up I think I'm gonna add custom side splitters and possibly the carbon fiber rear bumper extensions from JL-Motoring. I was thinking about DEPO facelift tail lights like someone recommended but after watching some vids on youtube and some threads, they seem to break within 2 months so I may pass on that.
and a picture slideshow I made for my YT with all these pics:
When are you going to order them LED taillights?! I am about to order mine soon.
Thanks, yea using the stock struts. Still on the fence about them LED tails. I saw that a couple people had some problems with them, but I also talked with a few more that have them, and they never had problems with them. I called UniqueStyleRacing the other day and they offer a 6 Month Manufacturer Warranty so in the rare event something does go wrong, they can usually fix it. Almost got it but decided to hold off for a bit cause of other expenses. Wishing I had got them tho lol.
Got the AeroFlowDynamics Gloss Black Side splitters installed last Friday. I love these things! They are great quality and reasonably priced for a custom made to order product, taking about 3-4 days to make them but due to the holidays it was about a week for me. The guys at AeroFlowDynamics in Arcadia, CA also offer install services for their products, and they can make front/side splitters, and rear diffusers for just about any car, though their roots come mainly from a Subaru background, hence the pair of dope Subaru's parked outside the shop. If you are in the area, I highly recommend these guys! They are friendly and knowledgeable about cars in general and have worked on many makes from Mercedes, to Lexus and Ford.
Earlier in the day I also installed the Carbon Fiber rear bumper extensions from James at www.jl-motoring.com in Walnut, CA. Can't say anything bad about this guy, he's provided me with quite a few of my CF pieces and couldn't be happier with his customer service, and the quality/fitment of the products he has available. He also took some pics of my car which I'm still waiting on so those pics will be pre side-splitter/bumper extensions. I think the bumper extensions go really well with the rear end of my car, it almost looks like the diffuser and extensions are one piece.
Next up I'm thinking of showing some love to the engine bay so stay tuned for that.
On to the pics, thanks for looking!
Last edited by mr.brightside; 01-25-2016 at 12:51 AM.
As most of you guys probably know, there's little to no aftermarket support for our W204 in the performance area, and there's not one company that produces an intake kit for our cars. Rightfully so, our intake setup in stock configuration is a difficult one for any company to even consider making a setup for us. It seems like Mercedes didn't want us modding the engine bay at all. So from researching online, I put together a simple and cost effective setup for the intake. I didn't really do this for performance, more so for increase in sounds in the front, since I have modded exhaust sound coming from the rear. That being said, here is an old thread from www.benzworld.org that I came across where I got most of the information I needed to do this.
So if there's people wondering about ACTUAL performance gains, there is! The owners car is a 350, but I figure similar gains can be had with my 300. Owner had the car on the dyno, and reported gains of 6hp and 10.9 lb-ft without a heat shield in place. That's a pretty good gain IMO for such a simple and cost friendly mod. From taking my car around the block for the first time, I can say the car does feel quicker. The engine revs up noticeably faster, and the intake sound is more pronounced under load compared to standing revs. Is it a big difference? No, but definitely noticeable coming from someone who drive the car all the time, I can definitely feel a little more pep in the acceleration from the seat time I've had so far. I also noticed my exhaust sound slightly change in tone, getting a bit louder than before. If you've ever tried to do standing revs with your c300/350 you know there is a lag when the car revs down before you can really rev it up all the way again. The car doesn't have much lag in that area as with the stock intake, and you can hear the difference in the quickness of the revs in the video clip below.
So before people start talking about the intake drawing in warm air from the engine, I do have the Spectre Performance heat shields as pictured below, but it doesn't fit perfectly with the K&N Filters I have so I am keeping them off for now until I can find a solution for that. That being said, I don't think it would make too much of a difference because the filters are still in a position behind the air ducts to draw sufficient cool air. The owner that had his 350 on a dyno still reported decent gains without heat shields. But all in all, I'm pretty happy with this mod, the sound is what I'm after and I got it, while the slight increase in performance is a perk to the louder intake and exhaust noises.
Long story short: Is there a noticeable difference in acceleration? Yes, not a BIG difference but noticeable. Is this better or worst that stock? That's all debatable and I won't get into that, I just go by my experience and I've used K&N products my whole life on different cars and I've never had a problem myself with this setup or my previous ones.
Onto the pics and video, excuse the dirty bae
Here is the video, there's not much of an audible difference in this video but I figure I'd post it anyways. I think the exhaust side clips are a little more noticeable. Thing to take note of is the quickness of the revs compared to stock. Will have an In cabin acceleration soon..
EDIT: Spectre Heat Shields are on, but had to remove the plastic cover above the grille like someone suggested. The bottom half of the engine cover doesn't quite fit but with some more modification I'm sure I
can make it work. For now, I kinda like the look of it without the bottom half so I will run it like this for now...
06-06-2014 | 07:12 PM
