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Old May 13, 2019 | 09:55 PM
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Talking My C400 so far

A video I shot of the paint correction work done on my car!


After 2 months of ownership the only thing I regret is buying a 6 cylinder with these crazy gas prices here.

I've done:
- Lowered using Airmatic links... still needs adjustments overall
- Blacked out some of the chrome trim.. still need to do the trunk and tail pipes
- Installed C63 Style diffuser
- Installed Gtr style grill
- Tinted rear windows
- Paint corrected and ceramic coated

To do:
- Decide on what spoiler to get
- Exhaust
- Paint the wheels gloss black
- Get wheel spacers... any recommendations?
- Apple Car play module




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Old May 14, 2019 | 03:20 PM
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Really good Looking how‘s the ride with the lowered links on this low setting ? Love it
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Old May 14, 2019 | 05:32 PM
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Nice. very similar to mine. I have a C400 in the same color with Blacked Out chrome and window tints. I did the front windows as well.
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Old May 14, 2019 | 07:41 PM
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are you running stock tires or what size are you running
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Old May 15, 2019 | 02:53 PM
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Looks really sharp. Would love to hear what ceramic coat and exhaust you end up going with.
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Old May 15, 2019 | 10:02 PM
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nice clean, lovew what you have done so fart!
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Old May 16, 2019 | 02:26 AM
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The car feels more "planted" lowered.

Front window tints is illegal here, otherwise I'd have them done also.

They are stock wheels and tires.

The ceramic coating was done by a detail shop, it don't know the name other than that it was an inorganic coating.

Muffler wise, I'm looking for a stock C43 exhaust or maybe just a muffler delete.

Thanks everyone! Just trying to keep it classy
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Old May 22, 2019 | 02:39 AM
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Dropped the back bit more
Just uploaded a video I shot of the detail process!

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Originally Posted by vanondemand

Dropped the back bit more
Just uploaded a video I shot of the detail process!

Looks AMAZING!

how much did the paint correction/ ceramic coating cost?
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Old May 23, 2019 | 04:06 PM
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Looks great, I just bought one of these too a few days ago. In the shop getting the sunroof rails, COMAND, and axles replaced lol

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Old May 23, 2019 | 06:06 PM
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Lol this guy complaining that he bought a V6. I've been shopping around to see whether or not I can trade my 300 in for a 400 or a c43. Your car looks great though man. Very elegant and classy!
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Old May 23, 2019 | 06:31 PM
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Good looking car, I own a C400 myself!

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Old May 23, 2019 | 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by MichaelCS
Lol this guy complaining that he bought a V6. I've been shopping around to see whether or not I can trade my 300 in for a 400 or a c43. Your car looks great though man. Very elegant and classy!
With gas prices almost $6/gal equivalent here you would be complaining also. My BMW days of going fast are over, it’s slow and classy for me now.
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Old May 23, 2019 | 09:09 PM
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That's a good looking ride: had one go by me today and thought to myself it looked great
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Old May 23, 2019 | 10:24 PM
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With gas prices almost $6/gal equivalent here you would be complaining also. My BMW days of going fast are over, it’s slow and classy for me now.
Damn. You're spending $108 US for a tank of gas?!?! Now I don't feel so bad with my little four cylinder c300.

Sure I'd like to squeeze another little bit of horsepower out of it for that stop light to stop light accelerated heart rate but not $108 US worth that's for sure. I think right now it cost me about $70 CAD a tank. Thank you for putting things into perspective for me.
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Old May 23, 2019 | 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by MichaelCS
Damn. You're spending $108 US for a tank of gas?!?! Now I don't feel so bad with my little four cylinder c300.

Sure I'd like to squeeze another little bit of horsepower out of it for that stop light to stop light accelerated heart rate but not $108 US worth that's for sure. I think right now it cost me about $70 CAD a tank. Thank you for putting things into perspective for me.
Yup premium gas here has been around $1.92 a litre. It costs about $120 CAD a tank. Safe to say I’ve been driving on eco mode haha I would rather a c300 but it was hard to find the same options such as burmester in one.
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Old May 23, 2019 | 10:49 PM
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Yup premium gas here has been around $1.92 a litre. It costs about $120 CAD a tank. Safe to say I’ve been driving on eco mode haha I would rather a c300 but it was hard to find the same options such as burmester in one.
I'm in the GTA so I think it's around $1.45 CAD per litre right now. My condolences to you on the MPG but now you get to experience the whole gamification thing LOL I drive to the office sometimes and see how low I can get the fuel consumption.

I suppose instead of spending all the extra money on trying to get the horsepower into the 300 range, or upgrading to a c400/c450, I could black out my chrome and mirror covers, add a decent set of night package style rims or have mine refinished so that they resemble night package, and upgrade the internal speakers a little bit. I don't have the Burmeister so I'm envious there!

Well look at it this way. When gas gets so expensive you can't afford to run it any more it'll look classy as hell in the driveway!!!
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Hello buddy, your car is really handsome. Could you please give me the link to buy c63 quadtip diffuser for your car that I also want to install it too. Thanks
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Old May 24, 2019 | 02:53 AM
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Diffuser and tips:
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F152737989143

grill:
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F143120373937
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Old Jun 13, 2019 | 02:04 AM
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Took some proper photos


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Looking good!
No plans to black out the tail lights? That is still on my todo list
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Old Jun 25, 2019 | 11:21 PM
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Looking good!
No plans to black out the tail lights? That is still on my todo list
No I'm not blacking out the lights, It looks unclassy in my opinion.

I will be wrapping the chrome trunk piece and dipping the tail pipes black. Also dipping the wheels gloss black
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Old Jun 28, 2019 | 02:31 PM
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Also dipping the wheels gloss black
Hydrodip or plastidip? Looking forward to seeing it.
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We never had a C400 on offer way down here. Looks great.
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