What are you 2011 Mod plans?
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W203 C55 and SAAB 9-3 2.0T
What are you 2011 Mod plans?
So I have narrowed my endless list of mods down to the three I want to do for this year. 1. Weight reduction 2. X pipe and exhaust 3. Eurocharged Tune. So who has done a custom quad exhaust on our cars? I think it looks great but it is good for function also?
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12' W204 C63 AMG coupe "T-Rex", 12' W451 Smart Fortwo Pulse (99' W202 C43 AMG + Ultima Can-Am sold)
Thats nice looking, specially the second picture. Seems like 2 AMG mufflers no?
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any competent muffler shop can fab up a dual exhaust. i would use stainless steel mandrel bent tubing for good flow and long life.
mods for 2011 include wavetrac lsd, massive brake upgrade, needswings exhaust and possibly a respray
mods for 2011 include wavetrac lsd, massive brake upgrade, needswings exhaust and possibly a respray
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1999 C43, 2008 P30 E63, 2014 SQ5, 2024 Model Y Performance
Mods for 2011 (in this order)
1.) SUSPENSION
3.) EXHAUST
1.) SUSPENSION
- Vogtland springs (have)
- Bilstein shocks (have)
- K-MAC front camber kit (have)
- MB Arts rear adjustable camber arms (need)
- #5 pad up front and #4 in the rear (need)
3.) EXHAUST
- Kleemann headers
- X pipe
- Y pipe
- either Eisenmann muffler or straight pipe (haven't decided yet)
- Eurocharged ECU tune
- New head unit for my sound system (undecided on which unit to go with, open for suggestions )
- Detail service done by MB (full exterior and interior detailing)
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Mods for 2011 (in this order)
1.) SUSPENSION
3.) EXHAUST
1.) SUSPENSION
- Vogtland springs (have)
- Bilstein shocks (have)
- K-MAC front camber kit (have)
- MB Arts rear adjustable camber arms (need)
- #5 pad up front and #4 in the rear (need)
3.) EXHAUST
- Kleemann headers
- X pipe
- Y pipe
- either Eisenmann muffler or straight pipe (haven't decided yet)
- Eurocharged ECU tune
- New head unit for my sound system (undecided on which unit to go with, open for suggestions )
- Detail service done by MB (full exterior and interior detailing)
Wanna share some with the less fortunate
Cash is king!
These stuff gonna cost alot of monie to do.
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I've got some Stoptech stainless brakelines coming, along with a set of S500/CL500 4 piston calipers, which will be mated to SLK32 rotors (fingers crossed it will be fine, even though the rotor diameter is slightly smaller than stock). Once I've installed the supercharger to my S2000, then I will turn to the 5.4L engine swap. I'm also going to continue replacing a few of the suspension pieces - now down to the sway bar bushings and links. Also have a set of the SLK pedal covers to go on. I'm also gonna snag a pair of 3mm spacers for the fronts, to ensure the 18" Monoblocks clear the 4 pot calipers.
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I've got some Stoptech stainless brakelines coming, along with a set of S500/CL500 4 piston calipers, which will be mated to SLK32 rotors (fingers crossed it will be fine, even though the rotor diameter is slightly smaller than stock). Once I've installed the supercharger to my S2000, then I will turn to the 5.4L engine swap. I'm also going to continue replacing a few of the suspension pieces - now down to the sway bar bushings and links. Also have a set of the SLK pedal covers to go on. I'm also gonna snag a pair of 3mm spacers for the fronts, to ensure the 18" Monoblocks clear the 4 pot calipers.
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I already have almost all of the suspension components (rear camber arms and pads = $350). Windows = $300 and ECU tune = $450. It's the exhaust that's gonna be $$$$$$$$$$$$. The only thing I really spend my money on is my cars.
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I'll start posting more shop cars soon. My daily driver is a minivan (that's what happens when you're 30, have a kid, buy furniture, etc.) but that'll give way to a few-years-old ML here, shortly, and I have a box of super-secret parts fixin' to go into it.
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Not sure. Have the motor, but I want to play with it a bit before I put it in. We'll see what happens. I have quite a few other priorities to take care of this year.
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I couldn't agree more! I think it looks like it should have been made that way... I wonder if it would make it louder? I also want to try and find a lip spoiler like the one on the w211 E63... Does anyone know where I could find the roof spoiler, like the one on C55's car?
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2011...Hopefully resurrecting it. Fighting to not have it totaled out.
New Paint! Rear windshield spoiler. Repair Steering rip, Cheetah Mirror LED speed camera display
BTW How are the duraflex front bumpers???
New Paint! Rear windshield spoiler. Repair Steering rip, Cheetah Mirror LED speed camera display
BTW How are the duraflex front bumpers???
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That rear view is amazing! And its just a bumper cover, I don't think the stock cover is all that nice IMHO... If its worse than that then yikes.
And its just a bumper cover, I don't think the stock cover is all that nice IMHO... If its worse than that then yikes.2011...Hopefully resurrecting it. Fighting to not have it totaled out.
New Paint! Rear windshield spoiler. Repair Steering rip, Cheetah Mirror LED speed camera display
BTW How are the duraflex front bumpers???
New Paint! Rear windshield spoiler. Repair Steering rip, Cheetah Mirror LED speed camera display
BTW How are the duraflex front bumpers???
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The bumper still needs to be painted so depending on the quote from the bodyman I may go with duraflex.
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I couldn't agree more! I think it looks like it should have been made that way... I wonder if it would make it louder? I also want to try and find a lip spoiler like the one on the w211 E63... Does anyone know where I could find the roof spoiler, like the one on C55's car?
Sarona
http://sarona.com/Sarona/www/index3.html
and Reiger
(having trouble finding the link i have saved)
i personally like the sarona best and will be getting one hopefully this year
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I gave up on true HIDs and im going with these, they look just like HIDs and I am very picky, they also put down more light and cause no issues with the stock setup. I went with the 65w Rally bulbs. Do a google search to see pix, they really do look great.
http://www.danielsternlighting.com/
http://www.danielsternlighting.com/
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Yeah, I had some ebay crap on my car when I bought it, it worked when it wanted to, then I went with some other odd brand that a few C36 guys had no problems with but mine exploded on my C43. So OhLord has been telling me about these bulbs for years and I finally took his word for it. I should have listened long ago, would have save me a lot of time and money.
