FINALLY got the 18" Monoblocks mounted. Woot! They look great. And the front looks the best because of the 3mm spacer required to clear the C32/55 calipers. Quite flush. The rear could be pushed out a touch, but I'll probably just leave it.

Had a bit of a scare last night, after I mounted the wheels. I drove it over to the grocery store to grab a few things and to take some shots (using the parking lot lights for lighting). But it sputtered over there, lights on the dash and such. Then it stalled in the parking lot and I had trouble starting it. The key wouldn't even budge in the lock cylinder. Fail.

Turns out that the battery terminals weren't tight enough! Fortunately, that was it, and I used the still present factory tool kit to sort that out. Now she purrs quite nicely, thank you very much! Looking forward to the 55 swap now. After that I think a secondary cat and resonator delete is in order.

Pictures, along with some of my C55 too. Note: C55 ride height is stock, love it! Both cars are quite dirty from rain water spots, but ah well. I think the C43 would be really set off with a roof spoiler, like ProjectC55's car.

 

Beautiful

What tire sizes do you run and are those the 18 by 8 ET 31 front and 18 by 9 ET 35 rears like mine??

Im trying to see how that spacer would benefit me but I need to know if id rub because Im lowered


Cars look great

 

Yep on the offsets, just standard E55 18" Monoblocks. But of course the front offset is now effectively 28mm with the 3mm spacer. Standard recommended tire sizes too - 225/40 and 255/35.

I'm pretty sure my car isn't as low as yours, so you should measure everything carefully!

 

Setup Looks GREAT! Keep the pictures and updates coming.

 

So sad...my parents drove the C43 back to their place last night.
Doubly sad because the offset of the 18" Monoblocks is basically PERFECT, in my view. No poke, no 'hellaflush', but basically...'sortaflush'. Looks great. The C55 is now too conservative! Hoping to rectify that with some spacres soon.

Before they drove the car away, I shot a few pictures of the two AMGs after a slight rain. Everyone loves pictures of rain drops on cars, right?

 

damn, I wish I could have had that flat AMG hood logo on my car.
looks so damn cool.
total difference to other flat Benz logos sold on this forum.

your's iz da best lookin' I've seen!
where do you get all these cool stuff?

 

I hope they don't live far away from you.

 

I got mine from the people who advertise on the forum here. Just a word of warning though, the badge is 2mm diameter too big for our w202's and needs to be turned down on a lathe. Rusts after so need to get some protecting clear laquer before installation

 

Saabos flat badge seems to be perfect in size, your's must have been a black sheep if you had to grind off some metal
although they still look hot waaaaay better than newer style badges

 

We do love pictures of dropped w202s but we also love them to be easily viewable. My neck hurts here lol

 

^^ Looks like our BMW bot is back

 

i think that bmw driver is drunk, had too much of brakefluid i guess
writing unlogical comments

 

Man that baby sits really nice in the front!! That's how I'm hoping mine will sit when I put the #5 pads on. now put that big v8 in there man!

 

My Mom called the other day, slightly in a panic because she was driving and the CEL came on. She drove it home and parked it, and only today was I able to coordinate with my Dad to run my Scangauge. Pulled up P0170 and P0173, so I'm going to clean the MAF and hope it goes away...

The C43 does sit just perfect, I think the stance is just right. It's not 'stanced' but I'm good with that, it's low but practical low! I want the C55 to look a bit lower up front too, but I'm not sure I want to lower it. Maybe just the wheel spacers and a front lip. Then time to start saving for the C63....

I'm currently gathering gaskets and such in preparation for the 55 swap, should be done sometime next month, just need my holiday first...

 

Went and looked at the car at my parents' place today, and all seems good with the MAF. Drove the car on mixed urban and freeways for a good 20-25 minutes and no more CEL. Fingers crossed. Thing is, the current MAF is an aftermarket piece that the previous owner of the car gave me back in 09 when I first bought the car. I ran it one or two days way back when, and the motor didn't seem to like it, it was bucking around and misfiring. But currently, it's the only MAF that works, because the original C43 MAF starts to show a P0100 code after a few minutes of idling, and the one off the 55 motor (engine fire donor car) doesn't even want to start. Puzzled. I'm going to order a brand new OE Bosch and fit it later when we swap the 55.

Also noticed a couple of really annoyingly loud squeaks from the front suspension over large bumps at speed. Thought it was tire contacting the fenders, but it's not. Last time this happened, the control arm bolts weren't torqued to spec. I'm going to tighten them up tomorrow, see how it goes. I'm also tempted to remove the KMacs and go back to the stock camber bolts with OE bushings, but we'll see. That's a relatively involved job and it'll need a new alignment after.

Meantime, here's a shot for PJMak, no camera angling, car still dirty, but I. Can't. Get. Over. The. Stance.



Here's a teaser pic of things to come:



Playing around With the badge positioning, I like it here...



...but it'll probably end up here because the curvature of the moulding may not let the badge stick properly because the badge isn't that flexible:



Putting it on the moulding is less conspicuous, which I like, and also because it's the same place as on the Euro spec cars with the Sport or whatever badge is on there. Shame, but oh well.

 

Yes indeed, Sport is the emblem on the moulding in Euro versions

 

Why do you think you need to take out the kmac bushings and replace them with the stock bolts?

 

They make too much noise! My 203 is much nicer in that regard. But we'll see if my parents complain or not.

 

I vote no badge. 3 reasons:

1.) Sleeper, let everyone think it has the 4.2L, the look on their faces in your rear view mirror will be PRICELESS

2.) I think the only place it looks good is on the molding, if it doesn't fit I would pass

3.) It's a 5.4L and not a 5.5L (5439 cc) <------- this is the main reason I wouldn't put it on

Just my .02

 

+1 leave it as is

 

I think I'm gonna try the badge, see what's what. The 63 cars are 6.2 but they all go with the badge. Honestly I've been waiting for the swap for faaaar too long. I think the badge is nice and subtle - you wouldn't see it until you came up to the fender. As far as I'm concerned, it's still a C43, but it will just happen to have a 55 motor under the hood!

At any rate, I doubt my parents will get into any races with it. I doubt it'll even see over 4500rpm in their hands...I'll have to 'exercise' the car once in a while. It will be a bit incongruous to see them roll up to dim sum in it, with my 94 year old grand father in the back...

It's like how I saw a Subaru BRZ the other day in the grocery store parking lot. Figured for sure it would be a 20something male. When I came back to my car, it was an old couple looked like in their 60s loading their groceries into the back!

 

A BMW Bot again....!!!!

 

Ai yai yai....picked up the C43 from my parents on Saturday morning with the intention of driving it for this coming week, just to get some miles on it. But near home, I noticed a plume of smoke behind me! WTF!

Got home and it appeared that some fluid was cooking off on the exhaust pipes, so not engine related. Yesterday I got underneath the car and I figure the torque converter seal is leaking. I can see ATF seeping through between the bell housing and trans. Wipe it away and it comes back. Sigh.

As my friend said, it's a sign to get on with the swap. We were going to do it this past weekend, but it was supposed to be cold out, so we didn't. At that point, we decided to postpone to the spring or early summer. My buddy was actually thinking I should keep the 55 motor and swap it into a cheap CLk430 or something. But now with the leak, it has to be a sign that the swap has to come.

Whilst the torque converter seal was new last year, it must have gone through too much wear and tear with the engine and/or trans in and out three or four times. Boo.

Now it'll be time to park it and just wait...

 

Any updates on the swap?

 

is it this you had in mind of modding the centre console?
anyone tried to testfit or modify this extra 3 gauge panel to fit w202?
is possible to buy separately from dealership