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Yes Gary is the man! Once again Gary I appreciate you getting back with me about it. Did not want to mention the sponsor because I did not want him to get crazy private messages about this bumper considering it's not out yet. I guess it does not matter though. @Adi_benz Yeah I already have a lot of mods done. Some of my mods that I have already include an S2000 projector retrofit with painted black housings, OEM rear LED taillight retrofit for 2012+ W204s, red calipers, spoilers, and much more. I will post a "build?" thread of my project soon. When more things are installed.
You da man Gary! Great products, great customer support!
Both SUVNEER bumpers look great imo!
I have the SUVNEER AMG style LCI front bumper and Gary was incredibly helpful throughout the whole process. He gave me hope when I was surrounded by incompetence at the body shop.
Interestingly enough, one solution did not cross my mind!
I'd ideally like to keep my fog lights. The WALD kit was a good in between the AMG and the BS, and I got to keep my fogs. But for fiberglass, hell no.
The AMG I WOULD have been willing to do. But IF I buy the AMG kit, I have to buy HOOD AND fenders as well. Hood is fine, sure. But that's a lot of $$$$ at once. The other issue with this is that the air intake tubes need modifying, because the front will be extended out (larger AMG engine bay).
SO here's the solution that didn't come to mind: Touch up whatever is above and buy myself a nice carbon fiber lip!
HAHA! Still expensive but I don't (as much) have to worry about fitment and paint.
Good idea?
Just remembered I have ezlip as well. Since no one really has used it, I might post how it looks. Or end up using them as side skirts. :S
I don't expect it to be that great but if it looks decent I might wrap it.
I would wait for Suvneer to finish up making more front bumpers. The black series front bumper is an AMG "style" front bumper. This means no other modification required on the car other than a direct swap of front bumpers. You're thinking of the OEM AMG front bumper, and yes, that needs new fenders, a hood, and such.
Also, the black series front bumper is just on option. You can always opt for the up-coming Suvneer facelift AMG front bumper (non black series) that fits out prefacelift W204s. And you get the bonus of achieving daytime running lights rather than the fog lamps.
As promised I am keeping you updated. Bumper arrived this morning, and I went to my reputable and favorite body shop in town. They are charging me $450 for painting and installation for the front bumper.
I am also getting my rear bumper repainted because for some reason the factory paint was not up to my standards for another $450. They are also installing my C63 rear diffuser free of charge.(If they charged me, I would have done it myself.)
The body shop is going to take my rear bumper off and paint it. They will not be lazy and paint it on the car and stick newspaper in the gaps. I am also getting a laser jammer installed.
I figured that since both bumpers are off the vehicle, it would be nice to have the custom installation done. It will cost $400 for that.
Total cost of my project will be $1,300 if people are too lazy to add the costs together. But in this instance, since we are strictly talking about the front bumper, it will cost me $450. I just figured I would share the rest with you all. I bring it to the body shop next Monday.
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But fog lights work in fog whereas those don't. No one told me they have a prefacelift style amg bumper tho! Only the facelift one! ._. decisions decisions.
I know, I meant this! https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w204/440930-fs-w204-c63-style-front-bumper-fog-lights-carbon-fiber-front-lip-side-skirts-4.html
A bit of a confusing sentence none the less.
I guess you posted at same time before with the paint job so I will reply to that comment later.
As promised I am keeping you updated. Bumper arrived this morning, and I went to my reputable and favorite body shop in town. They are charging me $450 for painting and installation for the front bumper. I am also getting my rear bumper repainted because for some reason the factory paint was not up to my standards for another $450. They are also installing my C63 rear diffuser free of charge.(If they charged me, I would have done it myself.) The body shop is going to take my rear bumper off and paint it. They will not be lazy and paint it on the car and stick newspaper in the gaps. I am also getting a laser jammer installed. I figured that since both bumpers are off the vehicle, it would be nice to have the custom installation done. It will cost $400 for that. Total cost of my project will be $1,300 if people are too lazy to add the costs together. But in this instance, since we are strictly talking about the front bumper, it will cost me $450. I just figured I would share the rest with you all. I bring it to the body shop next Monday.
Oh man it adds up.
I was hoping that paint/prime/labor wouldn't add up to as much as the bumper itself. DARN. Means the entire thing is too much $$$ so I guess I might not be going that route then... idk we'll see maybe Gary can pull something but I don't want to push it.
I was hoping that paint/prime/labor wouldn't add up to as much as the bumper itself. DARN. Means the entire thing is too much $$$ so I guess I might not be going that route then... idk we'll see maybe Gary can pull something but I don't want to push it.
Painting is always expensive if you get it done right.
You can always go the cheap route for $200 for the painting.(Not recommended lol)
Noooo thanks lol I know, but then again it could be cheaper if you go around getting quotes and find the one with best quality to price ratio. Pics when ready!
Sorry for the late reply, its been really busy for me this holiday season. Anyways, turned out I already had an album on imgur from a year ago. I've also had the chrome LED strip painted black, and I had one of the LEDs replaced because it was weaker than normal. Gary made the whole process extremely easy and replaced that LED quickly and free of charge. Make sure you go to a competent shop if you are doing an LCI convert because my shop had an hard time with the inner pieces of the bumper.
Okay so here is an update. Everything is installed successfully. Sorry for the late response; I have been busy. I will take pictures this upcoming weekend using a better camera. Not a phone camera. Overall I like the installation and no error codes are thrown, since I can disable the daytime running lights in the settings. (I don't have them anymore due to the bumper)
Okay, I managed to get a couple quick pictures. Keep in mind that I am not done modding the front end of the car and the rear. My single fin grill and quad exhaust should be coming in the mail soon...I figured I would post the back of the car too.
Hey,
Looking to do the same with my facelift C300 and i was wondering how you feel about some of the frame showing through the front grill (metallic grey part).
I think i noticed that there is usually some sort of plastic piece fitted behind the bumper to block the view so we cant see through. Also, what did you do about the fog lights? did you keep them connected or did you delete them? In my case they would be daytime running lights.
12-23-2016, 04:08 PM
Some of my mods that I have already include an S2000 projector retrofit with painted black housings, OEM rear LED taillight retrofit for 2012+ W204s, red calipers, spoilers, and much more. I will post a "build?" thread of my project soon. When more things are installed.
idk we'll see maybe Gary can pull something but I don't want to push it.
