^thanks, the shop is going to silicone it for me when I bring in my new spoilers in a month or so!

Damn! Simply stunning!

He said he will but he needs donor car.

That's good news think it will look a lot cleaner, Well done on some excellent CF mods, and looking forward to seeing your future ones.

looking good gary

Good job Gary!

Did you have any problems fitting the diffuser? It looks like it needs some work on the edges.

I did have a problem fitting the diffuser. I had it double sided taped but it wasn't staying, so the shop ended up putting some small rivets on the bottom, and tape up top to keep it in place, now its sitting in place. as for the edges, you can see the edges as of now, but I'll be putting some sort of silicone as said above, on the edges, once it gets warmer.

The CF was pretty thin, it's a 1 layer reinforced with fiberglass, so its thin enough to stay on the body. As for the fitment, its not 100% but I give eric props for making this!

Thanks for the props gary! the fitment issues are being addressed and will be fixed completely before i continue with production. regardless i would suggest the rivets to ensure mechanical fastening, double sided tape + silicone SHOULD hold fine however the extra measure is well worth the peace of mind. PM me if anyone is interested in these.

^no problem eric, feel free to use my photos to show your product.

updated photos...

Nicely done......watching this one closely

Looks good! It updates the appearance and gives the C55 something it should have had to begin with....

I agree. One thing the C55 is missing is beefy AMG exhaust tips. One thing I don't like about the C55 is that the exhaust tips are so small!

I wonder if the ones from the other AMGs (E55, SL55 etc) would clear the cut outs in the bumper?

mini photoshoot today..

mini photoshoot today.

ADVANS' CARS

HELL YEA...!!!!!!

thanks guys!

I have to re-finish my black wheels during spring time.
I spoke to an OG from Eurowerkz yesterday, gave me some info on CF wrapping. I'm going to be CF wrapping my roof. and getting a custom lip for my sideskirts.

Hot, hot, hot! The blacked out grill, the diffuser, everything! You know, I have to say that the OEM C55 wheels look amazing - I'm glad I held on to mine. The CF roof idea sounds good if done properly. What other plans do you have for your car Advans? I would like to see if it's possible to put some bigger exhaust tips from an E55 etc on but I'm not certain they would clear...

I went to a local shop and was going to put CL55 AMG tips on the car, it CAN be done, but with a lot of custom work. bumper would need to be trimmed, a bumper bracket would need to be cut off, etc. I think for exhaust tips, the only thing a C55 can go with, without cutting the bumper, is the Ebay AMG tips, they are 105mm, roughly 4inches per tip, 8 inches total, which JUST clears the OEM cutout.

as for additional mods, I think I might pass on the CF roof, I spoke to a guy from the team, he told me that it would cost about 800 to cut the roof, and I'll need reinforcement bars (because the CF roof is basically see-through!! etc, would cost nearly 5 digits to get done right.

as for MY possible additional mods... I will be side skirt lip, marine board, CF wrapped from a laser cutter (laser bed is 18x32, so I'll need to do it in 2 pieces!) I'll be making some CF wrapped plate frames, blacked out badges, possibly a CF roof spoiler (again) CF amg spoiler. projectors, etc.



Hey Jim,

brooklyn driveway+garages are small, it requires skill to park that close, without hitting it. and its a fairly easy job to me, hence I do this everyday.

what kind of price u think you're gonna pay per wheel to refinish? i had a local wheel/rim guy i ran into the other day quote me at $50 per rim to powder coat and refinish......

Great job on the front lip and diffuser Gary!! Looks great. Despite not doing so, I have to agree with tudu on the silicone bit. It looks like the tape isn't holding the diffuser perfectly flush to the bumper. The problem areas I noticed are right around where the fins are. Seems the tape is lifting in those areas. I too had a similar issue in one area with Teo's diffuser that I got back this past summer. I removed the tape he installed on it, and used the strongest 3M bonding tape around. It worked for me. But see my post below for the one tiny trouble area I still had back then.

https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w...er-w203-6.html posting #286

There were some areas I had to continuously press against for the tape to stick (to the right of my problem area). I accomplished this by backing my car up to about 1 foot away from my garage foundation. Then inserting some pieces of wood between the foundation and the bumper (wood was protected from scratching the diffuser) to continuously put pressure on the lifting areas. I then kept the car like that for a good 3-4 days (I can walk to my work). After doing that, I no longer had any lifting issues.


Keep us informed. The CF definitely looks awesome !!!


Cintoman

thanks! I think its because its cold right now, I'll def redo this when it gets warmer, the shop told me to go back when its atleast constantly 60 degrees or so, so they can put a silicone on it!

what!!! that is cheap! I got quoted 85-125 per wheel!!!!!

yeah i think i'm going to jump on that once the weather improves.... ugh i'm tired of the winter and the beating our cars take.....

yeah, I thought there was no more snow, but dam.. 12" of snow fell a few days ago.