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Old Feb 3, 2016 | 06:25 PM
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Project C350R

Picked up the new car for the Mrs. today and since I'm in the 'customization' industry it won't stay stock for long.

The base car is already impressive but it looks a bit boring right now.
It's a full option C350e and I must say that I'm impressed after the first few miles.
Even though I'm a BMW guy I'm really amazed by the quality and layout of the C class interior!
The air ride is very comfortable and in sport+ stiff enough for some tight corners, the hybrid system is nice too, not the best I've ever experienced but it does it's job very well.

So far the little review, let's start the mods!

Some iPhone pictures of the car and a little preview of what I'm up to....
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Old Feb 3, 2016 | 07:47 PM
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You certainly seem to have some pricey bits lying around on the garage floor
What's the badge on the front fender?
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Old Feb 3, 2016 | 08:37 PM
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What's the badge on the front fender?
It's the 'Edition 1 badge', I didn't even know they made one but so it seems
The car was previously owned by Daimler AG (I'm the second owner) so maybe it's some sort of one-off since I can't find anything about the (c350) edition 1 online.
I bought it with only 4000kms on it so it's practically new.
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Old Feb 4, 2016 | 11:02 AM
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It is a shame that Mercedes doesn't allow AMG and sport packages on this "e" model. I guess they figure that if you are interested in economic fuel consumption that you are plain and boring and would never pick any sporty features.
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Old Feb 5, 2016 | 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by xgman
It is a shame that Mercedes doesn't allow AMG and sport packages on this "e" model. I guess they figure that if you are interested in economic fuel consumption that you are plain and boring and would never pick any sporty features.
I feel you!
Working on it....
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Old Feb 12, 2016 | 06:22 PM
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Lengthening the frame with C63 parts... done!
Time to make some custom brackets and put the C63 front on.
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Old Feb 12, 2016 | 10:02 PM
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Lookin good ! if you don't mind me askin what did the c63 kit run you
? fenders front bumper and rear? are you puting the hood on also? what color are you going with?
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Old Feb 13, 2016 | 08:02 AM
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The car will be Satin White Aluminium, you can see it on the doors but it looks way better outside.
If you put on the C63 fenders you have to put on everything (hood, bumper, etc.) the C63 is about 5cm's longer than the normal C so without extending the front it won't fit.
We will know how much it will cost when we're done, everyday we're still finding new pieces we need to order.

Here's a M4 we've done in the same color.



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Old Feb 13, 2016 | 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by JWD
Picked up the new car for the Mrs. today and since I'm in the 'customization' industry it won't stay stock for long.
Hahaha so that's the trick...
Honey I bought you a new sailboat.
Honey I bought you a Formula Atlantic car
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Old Feb 13, 2016 | 02:50 PM
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Hahaha so that's the trick...
Honey I bought you a new sailboat.
Honey I bought you a Formula Atlantic car
LOL. Honey for Valentine's day I'm modding out your Benz.
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Old Feb 13, 2016 | 02:59 PM
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Cool project JWD !
Looks like you are also putting the 'night package' on it, how did you you do that , using black foil ?
Can you please also post the intermediate steps when you solve the problem related to the plug in the back bumper ?
THX
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Old Feb 15, 2016 | 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by cidtek
Hahaha so that's the trick...
Honey I bought you a new sailboat.
Honey I bought you a Formula Atlantic car
Don't start, I've already had this discussion with my wife...




We're getting somewhere, hood and fenders are on, needs some fine tuning but it already looks a bit more muscular.
Calipers are at the paintshop.




One of the custom brackets we had to make, here you get an idea of how much the front is extended.
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Old Feb 15, 2016 | 05:30 PM
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Why didnt you just buy her a c63s ?
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Old Feb 15, 2016 | 07:42 PM
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Wow.. that paint job is already looking great! You guys have some amazing cars & photos in your portfolio. Keen to see how this turns out.
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Old Feb 16, 2016 | 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Zand3rs
Why didnt you just buy her a c63s ?
When we're done with this one it will be around 85k euro ($95k) new.
A similarly specced C63S will be 140k euro ($156k).
So $60k is one of the reasons, the other one is that we have a lot of 350e's here in The Netherlands (due to our tax system), way more than C63S's so it's smarter to have a demo based on a 350e .
And last but not least, I like to create cars that you cannot buy at the dealer...


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This is wrapped? I believe 3M makes a satin white aluminum.
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Old Feb 17, 2016 | 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by angeloxnet
This is wrapped? I believe 3M makes a satin white aluminum.
Exactly, this is 3M 1080 series Satin White Aluminum, the original color of the car is Obsidian Black.
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Old Feb 17, 2016 | 09:20 AM
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When we're done with this one it will be around 85k euro ($95k) new.
A similarly specced C63S will be 140k euro ($156k).
So $60k is one of the reasons, the other one is that we have a lot of 350e's here in The Netherlands (due to our tax system), way more than C63S's so it's smarter to have a demo based on a 350e .
And last but not least, I like to create cars that you cannot buy at the dealer...


wow c63s is almost double the price there? crazy
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Old Jun 22, 2016 | 02:15 AM
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wow c63s is almost double the price there? crazy
What happened to this thread. No updates? Would love to see the finished product.
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Old Jun 24, 2016 | 11:11 AM
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What happened to this thread. No updates? Would love to see the finished product.
They run an insanely busy shop, i've seen some pics of the finished car and it's pretty awesome

Maybe he'll get back to us here.
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Old Jun 24, 2016 | 12:22 PM
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the car is on their instagram page. Car is called now C35s




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the car is on their instagram page. Car is called now C35s




Thanks. Lovely job.
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Old Jun 24, 2016 | 01:22 PM
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Old Jun 26, 2016 | 06:14 PM
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That's certainly "Custom". Looks fantastic - love the contrast of the orange against the silver and black.
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Yeah, these guys clearly know what they're doing. Car looks OEM at first glance, then it looks better than OEM under scrutiny.
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