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Old Apr 23, 2020 | 01:24 PM
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Hi guys, I wish to give you some pictures of my W205 wich I bought as "sahara edition"
Here is the story behind.

First i bought the car wich was in really bad condition, crashed out many parts, smoked inside, with really no equipment. Price was really good, and car was 1 year old, so I decided to buy it and transform it.
Here are first pictures when I saw it at MB dealership.





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Old Apr 23, 2020 | 01:31 PM
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I bought the car, and started to fix things.
First, I bought fenders and started to fix the car outside.
Painted fenders and all fix things wich was damaged.





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Old Apr 23, 2020 | 01:38 PM
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Things were going really great, I have repair all things outside, and decided to change brakes and do the maintence. (service) And car was ready for his first miles under my command
I was really happy that I made my car nice and ready.








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Old Apr 23, 2020 | 01:40 PM
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Then I decided to dark rear windows. Here is result.

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Old Apr 23, 2020 | 01:59 PM
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So, as previous owner smoked inside, I decided to change roof in the car, and bought new one, becouse smell was terrible.







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Old Apr 23, 2020 | 02:01 PM
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I decided to make my centre console carbon, so i did it




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Old Apr 23, 2020 | 02:06 PM
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It was time for bigger things and I decided to make my W205 look like real C 63 AMG










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Old Apr 23, 2020 | 02:12 PM
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After that, it was time for a real bath so i took my fake C 63 to get ceramic coat!

This was result!!
Red W205 is owned by my friend, designo colour, interior also designo red leather!








Red W205 owned by my friend





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Old Apr 23, 2020 | 02:14 PM
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Well, after ceramic coat, it was obvious that AMG look was screaming for some AMG rims

So i bought best Mercedes rims EVER MADE!





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Old Apr 23, 2020 | 02:17 PM
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As you can see, car was too high with those rims and AMG fenders, so only one thing was option

Bought EIBACH springs!



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Old Apr 23, 2020 | 02:20 PM
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Final touch for outside look!




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Old Apr 23, 2020 | 02:24 PM
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FINAL RESULT !!!!









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Old Apr 23, 2020 | 02:33 PM
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Well, after outside look, it was time to move inside

I was so disapointed with poor sound in car, it was like I was listening music on my iphone no bass, so quiet, and what can I do, I changed that

I bought from gzcarphone whole retrofit, amplifier, and 2 bass woofers, replaced one below co driver foot, and instaled another one below driver foot, (there was hole, I didnt had woofer there!) I also bought suround speaker wich I instaled behind screen in centre console, there is prepared hole, where you can insert speaker and connect it to amplifier.

Sound was amazing!!! Worth every euro!







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Old Apr 23, 2020 | 02:36 PM
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After sound, it was time to make things look nice, in fact, I have tested my retrofit, with 2 aftermarket woofers, and amplifier, and I could not believe, that it sounded MUCH better than original Burmester in W205!!! I was in shock!

I replaced black speaker cover with original burmester covers.


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Old Apr 23, 2020 | 02:47 PM
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After that I added 3d tweeters, becouse I didnt had speakers there, it was plastic cover without speaker.

This was the look after instalation.



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Old Apr 23, 2020 | 02:56 PM
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After I did sound upgrade, it was time for lights inside the car, because my car came without ambient light.

W205 2017 had original 3 colors, but 2019 model have 64 colors, so there was no option I had to do 64 colors upgrade in my car.

Also, air vents were black, and when I saw colored air vents in new W177 my wish was clear

Here are upgrades!







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Old Apr 23, 2020 | 03:00 PM
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One day, I went to Audi with my friend, and I saw Audi logo on floor when I opened the door. Well, what else can I do

I replaced original red light with AMG logo.




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Old Apr 23, 2020 | 03:04 PM
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And that was my W205 story, I hope you like it, because I have put a lot effort, love, and time in this car, and made it from crashed Avantgarde to clean AMG look.

Here are final two pictures with his 2 faster brothers my Panigale 1199 and Panigale V4

guys!






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Looks fantastic! All that work definitely paid off.
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Good job. I like it.
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Old Apr 23, 2020 | 10:38 PM
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Well done. I'm curious about the total cost, and did you get the smoke smell out?
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Well done. Great job. What a transformation. 👍
​​​​​​The car looks very aggressive, it needs to have an aggressive exhaust sound. Also did you consider tunning the engine at least stage 1 or adding a performance chip.



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Old Apr 24, 2020 | 08:08 AM
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Great job!!!! Way better than I expected, tbh. I'd look into wrapping the window trim black too
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She's a beauty! I applaud you for the efforts and dedication. 🙌🏽
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Well done. I'm curious about the total cost, and did you get the smoke smell out?
So am I, total cost ....
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