Why is it that more and more c owners are liking stock grille combined with flat hood emblem ? A trend ?
I recently saw a few pics taken at HIN in norcal and all of the c classes had stock grill + flat hood.

I thought flat hood + cl grille combo gives the car a sportier apperance, just like the coupes and roadsters. Just curious.

 

Why is it that more and more c owners are liking stock grille combined with flat hood emblem ? A trend ?
I recently saw a few pics taken at HIN in norcal and all of the c classes had stock grill + flat hood.

I thought cl grille + flat hood combo gives the car a sportier apperance, just like the coupes and roadsters. Just curious.

 

YEP!! I WAS IN LIMBO W/ THE 448S OR THE COMPETITION C21(SIMILAR DESIGN: MULTI-SPOKE), BUT THE C21 HAD SOME DEVELOPMENT PROBS/DELAYED AVAILABILITY, SO 1. DIDN'T WANT TO WAIT, 2.DIDN'T WANT TO CHANCE PRODUCT QUALITY (E.G. 1ST YEAR MODEL VEHICLES)
PRIOR TO THE INSTALL, I'VE BEEN QUOTED, "5-6 HRS", "LEAVE IT ALL DAY W/ US"..BLAH BLAH BLAH, BUT THE SHOP I WENT W/ HAD A TECH WHO USE TO WORK FOR DAZZ MOTORSPRTS(LATRELL SPREWELL) AND D2 TECHNIK AND IT TOOK HIM ONY 2.5 HRS!!! THIS GUY HAS 15 YRS EXPERIENCE, AND HE'S INSTALLED BILSTEINS NUMEROUS TIMES, SO THIS WAS LIKE 2ND NATURE TO HIM
BENZO, WE KNOW WHAT COLOR LOOKS BEST!! GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE :p
SO FAR...OMG!!! I ALWAYS THOUGHT THEY WERE OVERRATED, AND WHAT ALL THE HYPE WAS ABOUT? NOW I KNOW WHY...CUZ THEY ARE THE ISH!!! I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHEN THEY FULLY BREAK-IN WHEN I CAN SET IT A LIL STIFFER...IT'S LIKE A 4DR M3, BUT THE RIDE IMO IS MORE COMFORTABLE DEPENDING ON THE SETTING, THEY RUN AT OR ABOUT $2K, DEPENDING WHO YOU GET THEM FROM, I FIGURE SPEND THE EXTRA $400-500, COMPARED TO SOMETHING CHEAPER, I'M NOT GONNA CHANGE SUSPENSION LIKE I DO TIRES, SO GO W/ THE BEST AND DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME...
NOPE, I JUST GOT THE PAINTED REFLECTORS FROM EVO SPORT, SUSPENSION AND WHEELS: AT A LOCAL SHOP (PM ME FOR INFO), THE HARD-WIRE I DID IT MYSELF....LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO HELP YOU DO YOURS, IF IT'S AN ESCORT.
DITTO! IT'S MORE INCOGNEITO, I LOVE IT WHEN I SEE PEOPLE WALK AROUND MY CAR TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS :p
IT CAME W/ THE CAR...YOURS DIDN'T?? :p J/K, I HAD A PREDISPOSTION ON HOW I WAS GONNA SET-UP MY CAR BEFORE I GOT IT, AND ONE WAS TO PUT A V8 BADGE ON THE FENDERS...IT LOOKED TOO PLAIN W/O ANYTHING, CUZ ON AMG BENZ' THESE DAYS I'M ACCUSTOMED TO SEEIN A SIDE BADGING OF SOME SORT, SO I FIGURE TO PUT THE V8, SINCE I DO HAVE ONE, I PRICED IT W/ THE PARTS DEPT. BEFOREHAND AND THEY RUN $100 FOR BOTH SIDES, AND YES YOU HAVE TO ORDER THE FULL V8 KOMPRESSOR ONE FROM THE E55, AND JUST USE THE V8 PART, THAT'S UNTIL YOU PUT THE KLEEMAN BLOWER ON IT THAN YOU CAN PUT ON THE REST , I CLOSED MY DEAL BY TELLIN THE SALESMAN TO THROW IN THE BADGING AND I PUT IT ON MYSELF, TOOK ME FOREVER TO MAKE SURE IT WAS ALIGNED RIGHT!! CUZ I'M **** LIKE THAT :p
THE DEFAULT HEIGHT SETTING THAT BILSTIEN SET WAS PERFECT FOR *ME* UP FRONT, NO GAP, AND THE REAR SLIGHT TIRE TUCK, BUT I HAD THE TECH RAISE IT UP .5", TO NOT TUCK, CUZ ONCE IT SETTLES, IT WILL TUCK SLIGHTLY.., RIDE IS GREAT, OBVIOUSLY NOT AS SMOOTH AS STOCK, BUT STIFFER IN A GOOD WAY
DUNNO WHAT YOU SAID IS GREEK TO ME
IN DUE TIME ONCE MY CAR IS CLEANED AND DETAILED I'LL TAKE MORE DIFFERENT ANGLED/BIGGER SHOTS....I ONLY TOOK ONE CUZ IT WAS RIGHT AFTER INSTALL AND DIRTY, I DIDN'T WANT TO WASH IT CUZ IT WAS RAINING THIS WEEKEND IN SO. CAL

 

YEP!! I WAS IN LIMBO W/ THE 448S OR THE COMPETITION C21(SIMILAR DESIGN: MULTI-SPOKE), BUT THE C21 HAD SOME DEVELOPMENT PROBS/DELAYED AVAILABILITY, SO 1. DIDN'T WANT TO WAIT, 2.DIDN'T WANT TO CHANCE PRODUCT QUALITY (E.G. 1ST YEAR MODEL VEHICLES)
PRIOR TO THE INSTALL, I'VE BEEN QUOTED, "5-6 HRS", "LEAVE IT ALL DAY W/ US"..BLAH BLAH BLAH, BUT THE SHOP I WENT W/ HAD A TECH WHO USE TO WORK FOR DAZZ MOTORSPRTS(LATRELL SPREWELL) AND D2 TECHNIK AND IT TOOK HIM ONY 2.5 HRS!!! THIS GUY HAS 15 YRS EXPERIENCE, AND HE'S INSTALLED BILSTEINS NUMEROUS TIMES, SO THIS WAS LIKE 2ND NATURE TO HIM
BENZO, WE KNOW WHAT COLOR LOOKS BEST!! GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE :p
SO FAR...OMG!!! I ALWAYS THOUGHT THEY WERE OVERRATED, AND WHAT ALL THE HYPE WAS ABOUT? NOW I KNOW WHY...CUZ THEY ARE THE ISH!!! I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHEN THEY FULLY BREAK-IN WHEN I CAN SET IT A LIL STIFFER...IT'S LIKE A 4DR M3, BUT THE RIDE IMO IS MORE COMFORTABLE DEPENDING ON THE SETTING, THEY RUN AT OR ABOUT $2K, DEPENDING WHO YOU GET THEM FROM, I FIGURE SPEND THE EXTRA $400-500, COMPARED TO SOMETHING CHEAPER, I'M NOT GONNA CHANGE SUSPENSION LIKE I DO TIRES, SO GO W/ THE BEST AND DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME...
NOPE, I JUST GOT THE PAINTED REFLECTORS FROM EVO SPORT, SUSPENSION AND WHEELS: AT A LOCAL SHOP (PM ME FOR INFO), THE HARD-WIRE I DID IT MYSELF....LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO HELP YOU DO YOURS, IF IT'S AN ESCORT.
DITTO! IT'S MORE INCOGNEITO, I LOVE IT WHEN I SEE PEOPLE WALK AROUND MY CAR TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS :p
IT CAME W/ THE CAR...YOURS DIDN'T?? :p J/K, I HAD A PREDISPOSTION ON HOW I WAS GONNA SET-UP MY CAR BEFORE I GOT IT, AND ONE WAS TO PUT A V8 BADGE ON THE FENDERS...IT LOOKED TOO PLAIN W/O ANYTHING, CUZ ON AMG BENZ' THESE DAYS I'M ACCUSTOMED TO SEEIN A SIDE BADGING OF SOME SORT, SO I FIGURE TO PUT THE V8, SINCE I DO HAVE ONE, I PRICED IT W/ THE PARTS DEPT. BEFOREHAND AND THEY RUN $100 FOR BOTH SIDES, AND YES YOU HAVE TO ORDER THE FULL V8 KOMPRESSOR ONE FROM THE E55, AND JUST USE THE V8 PART, THAT'S UNTIL YOU PUT THE KLEEMAN BLOWER ON IT THAN YOU CAN PUT ON THE REST , I CLOSED MY DEAL BY TELLIN THE SALESMAN TO THROW IN THE BADGING AND I PUT IT ON MYSELF, TOOK ME FOREVER TO MAKE SURE IT WAS ALIGNED RIGHT!! CUZ I'M **** LIKE THAT :p
THE DEFAULT HEIGHT SETTING THAT BILSTIEN SET WAS PERFECT FOR *ME* UP FRONT, NO GAP, AND THE REAR SLIGHT TIRE TUCK, BUT I HAD THE TECH RAISE IT UP .5", TO NOT TUCK, CUZ ONCE IT SETTLES, IT WILL TUCK SLIGHTLY.., RIDE IS GREAT, OBVIOUSLY NOT AS SMOOTH AS STOCK, BUT STIFFER IN A GOOD WAY
DUNNO WHAT YOU SAID IS GREEK TO ME
IN DUE TIME ONCE MY CAR IS CLEANED AND DETAILED I'LL TAKE MORE DIFFERENT ANGLED/BIGGER SHOTS....I ONLY TOOK ONE CUZ IT WAS RIGHT AFTER INSTALL AND DIRTY, I DIDN'T WANT TO WASH IT CUZ IT WAS RAINING THIS WEEKEND....

 

YEP!! I WAS IN LIMBO W/ THE 448S OR THE COMPETITION C21(SIMILAR DESIGN: MULTI-SPOKE), BUT THE C21 HAD SOME DEVELOPMENT PROBS/DELAYED AVAILABILITY, SO 1. DIDN'T WANT TO WAIT, 2.DIDN'T WANT TO CHANCE PRODUCT QUALITY (E.G. 1ST YEAR MODEL VEHICLES)
PRIOR TO THE INSTALL, I'VE BEEN QUOTED, "5-6 HRS", "LEAVE IT ALL DAY W/ US"..BLAH BLAH BLAH, BUT THE SHOP I WENT W/ HAD A TECH WHO USE TO WORK FOR DAZZ MOTORSPRTS(LATRELL SPREWELL) AND D2 TECHNIK AND IT TOOK HIM ONY 2.5 HRS!!! THIS GUY HAS 15 YRS EXPERIENCE, AND HE'S INSTALLED BILSTEINS NUMEROUS TIMES, SO THIS WAS LIKE 2ND NATURE TO HIM
BENZO, WE KNOW WHAT COLOR LOOKS BEST!! GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE :p
SO FAR...OMG!!! I ALWAYS THOUGHT THEY WERE OVERRATED, AND WHAT ALL THE HYPE WAS ABOUT? NOW I KNOW WHY...CUZ THEY ARE THE ISH!!! I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHEN THEY FULLY BREAK-IN WHEN I CAN SET IT A LIL STIFFER...IT'S LIKE A 4DR M3, BUT THE RIDE IMO IS MORE COMFORTABLE DEPENDING ON THE SETTING, THEY RUN AT OR ABOUT $2K, DEPENDING WHO YOU GET THEM FROM, I FIGURE SPEND THE EXTRA $400-500, COMPARED TO SOMETHING CHEAPER, I'M NOT GONNA CHANGE SUSPENSION LIKE I DO TIRES, SO GO W/ THE BEST AND DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME...
NOPE, I JUST GOT THE PAINTED REFLECTORS FROM EVO SPORT, SUSPENSION AND WHEELS: AT A LOCAL SHOP (PM ME FOR INFO), THE HARD-WIRE I DID IT MYSELF....LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO HELP YOU DO YOURS, IF IT'S AN ESCORT.
DITTO! IT'S MORE INCOGNEITO, I LOVE IT WHEN I SEE PEOPLE WALK AROUND MY CAR TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS :p
IT CAME W/ THE CAR...YOURS DIDN'T?? :p J/K, I HAD A PREDISPOSTION ON HOW I WAS GONNA SET-UP MY CAR BEFORE I GOT IT, AND ONE WAS TO PUT A V8 BADGE ON THE FENDERS...IT LOOKED TOO PLAIN W/O ANYTHING, CUZ ON AMG BENZ' THESE DAYS I'M ACCUSTOMED TO SEEIN A SIDE BADGING OF SOME SORT, SO I FIGURE TO PUT THE V8, SINCE I DO HAVE ONE, I PRICED IT W/ THE PARTS DEPT. BEFOREHAND AND THEY RUN $100 FOR BOTH SIDES, AND YES YOU HAVE TO ORDER THE FULL V8 KOMPRESSOR ONE FROM THE E55, AND JUST USE THE V8 PART, THAT'S UNTIL YOU PUT THE KLEEMAN BLOWER ON IT THAN YOU CAN PUT ON THE REST , I CLOSED MY DEAL BY TELLIN THE SALESMAN TO THROW IN THE BADGING AND I PUT IT ON MYSELF, TOOK ME FOREVER TO MAKE SURE IT WAS ALIGNED RIGHT!! CUZ I'M **** LIKE THAT :p
THE DEFAULT HEIGHT SETTING THAT BILSTIEN SET WAS PERFECT FOR *ME* UP FRONT, NO GAP, AND THE REAR SLIGHT TIRE TUCK, BUT I HAD THE TECH RAISE IT UP .5", TO NOT TUCK, CUZ ONCE IT SETTLES, IT WILL TUCK SLIGHTLY.., RIDE IS GREAT, OBVIOUSLY NOT AS SMOOTH AS STOCK, BUT STIFFER IN A GOOD WAY
DUNNO WHAT YOU SAID IS GREEK TO ME
IN DUE TIME ONCE MY CAR IS CLEANED AND DETAILED I'LL TAKE MORE DIFFERENT ANGLED/BIGGER SHOTS....I ONLY TOOK ONE CUZ IT WAS RIGHT AFTER INSTALL AND DIRTY, I DIDN'T WANT TO WASH IT CUZ IT WAS RAINING THIS WEEKEND IN SO. CAL

 

thx

 

hahhaha will do

 

Why is it that more and more c owners are liking stock grille combined with
flat hood emblem ? A trend ? I recently saw a few HIN pics in norcal and all of the c classes had stock grill + flat hood.

I thought cl grille + flat hood combo gives the car a sportier apperance, just like the coupes and roadsters. Just curious.

 

hey where's my reply ? tried it 3 times and it doesn't show up.

 

YEP!! I WAS IN LIMBO W/ THE 448S OR THE COMPETITION C21(SIMILAR DESIGN: MULTI-SPOKE), BUT THE C21 HAD SOME DEVELOPMENT PROBS/DELAYED AVAILABILITY, SO 1. DIDN'T WANT TO WAIT, 2.DIDN'T WANT TO CHANCE PRODUCT QUALITY (E.G. 1ST YEAR MODEL VEHICLES)
PRIOR TO THE INSTALL, I'VE BEEN QUOTED, "5-6 HRS", "LEAVE IT ALL DAY W/ US"..BLAH BLAH BLAH, BUT THE SHOP I WENT W/ HAD A TECH WHO USE TO WORK FOR DAZZ MOTORSPRTS(LATRELL SPREWELL) AND D2 TECHNIK AND IT TOOK HIM ONY 2.5 HRS!!! THIS GUY HAS 15 YRS EXPERIENCE, AND HE'S INSTALLED BILSTEINS NUMEROUS TIMES, SO THIS WAS LIKE 2ND NATURE TO HIM
BENZO, WE KNOW WHAT COLOR LOOKS BEST!! GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE :p
SO FAR...OMG!!! I ALWAYS THOUGHT THEY WERE OVERRATED, AND WHAT ALL THE HYPE WAS ABOUT? NOW I KNOW WHY...CUZ THEY ARE THE ISH!!! I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHEN THEY FULLY BREAK-IN WHEN I CAN SET IT A LIL STIFFER...IT'S LIKE A 4DR M3, BUT THE RIDE IMO IS MORE COMFORTABLE DEPENDING ON THE SETTING, THEY RUN AT OR ABOUT $2K, DEPENDING WHO YOU GET THEM FROM, I FIGURE SPEND THE EXTRA $400-500, COMPARED TO SOMETHING CHEAPER, I'M NOT GONNA CHANGE SUSPENSION LIKE I DO TIRES, SO GO W/ THE BEST AND DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME...
NOPE, I JUST GOT THE PAINTED REFLECTORS FROM EVO SPORT, SUSPENSION AND WHEELS: AT A LOCAL SHOP (PM ME FOR INFO), THE HARD-WIRE I DID IT MYSELF....LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO HELP YOU DO YOURS, IF IT'S AN ESCORT.
DITTO! IT'S MORE INCOGNEITO, I LOVE IT WHEN I SEE PEOPLE WALK AROUND MY CAR TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS :p
IT CAME W/ THE CAR...YOURS DIDN'T?? :p J/K, I HAD A PREDISPOSTION ON HOW I WAS GONNA SET-UP MY CAR BEFORE I GOT IT, AND ONE WAS TO PUT A V8 BADGE ON THE FENDERS...IT LOOKED TOO PLAIN W/O ANYTHING, CUZ ON AMG BENZ' THESE DAYS I'M ACCUSTOMED TO SEEIN A SIDE BADGING OF SOME SORT, SO I FIGURE TO PUT THE V8, SINCE I DO HAVE ONE, I PRICED IT W/ THE PARTS DEPT. BEFOREHAND AND THEY RUN $100 FOR BOTH SIDES, AND YES YOU HAVE TO ORDER THE FULL V8 KOMPRESSOR ONE FROM THE E55, AND JUST USE THE V8 PART, THAT'S UNTIL YOU PUT THE KLEEMAN BLOWER ON IT THAN YOU CAN PUT ON THE REST , I CLOSED MY DEAL BY TELLIN THE SALESMAN TO THROW IN THE BADGING AND I PUT IT ON MYSELF, TOOK ME FOREVER TO MAKE SURE IT WAS ALIGNED RIGHT!! CUZ I'M **** LIKE THAT :p
THE DEFAULT HEIGHT SETTING THAT BILSTIEN SET WAS PERFECT FOR *ME* UP FRONT, NO GAP, AND THE REAR SLIGHT TIRE TUCK, BUT I HAD THE TECH RAISE IT UP .5", TO NOT TUCK, CUZ ONCE IT SETTLES, IT WILL TUCK SLIGHTLY.., RIDE IS GREAT, OBVIOUSLY NOT AS SMOOTH AS STOCK, BUT STIFFER IN A GOOD WAY
DUNNO WHAT YOU SAID IS GREEK TO ME
IN DUE TIME ONCE MY CAR IS CLEANED AND DETAILED I'LL TAKE MORE DIFFERENT ANGLED/BIGGER SHOTS....I ONLY TOOK ONE CUZ IT WAS RIGHT AFTER INSTALL AND DIRTY, I DIDN'T WANT TO WASH IT CUZ IT WAS RAINING THIS WEEKEND