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Old May 4, 2011 | 08:26 AM
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right but i think its still a reflector and not projector.. which, if so, I'd rather just spend $50 on a ddm tuning hid kit and be done with it. Seems if you actually want projectors you also have to sign up for the bling anime new money look.
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Old May 4, 2011 | 08:28 AM
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I have a stock grille in decent condition...
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Congrats on your new car (especially with a new transmission!) - Peace of mind for you...As far as the HVAC head, you might (I don't know your DIY skills) take it apart and clean up, if not they're on ebay on a regular basis fairly cheap. The OE wheels look great!
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BTW, how do you do the 2nd cat/resonator delete? Are these 2 units one piece that you can simply unbolt and have a muffler shop make you a custom straight pipe in its place?
Cut them off with a sawzall and weld in a piece of straight pipe...
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Those seats look as heavily bolstered as the seats are in my C63, as far as the thigh and lumbar support goes.
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Old May 4, 2011 | 03:10 PM
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I have a stock grille in decent condition...
I have a stock grill too but its like grey and not black.. pretty faded. I'll show you on brake day.
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Old May 4, 2011 | 06:44 PM
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I have a stock grill too but its like grey and not black.. pretty faded. I'll show you on brake day.
Well if you want to use mine until you get a new one you are welcome to it...
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Old May 10, 2011 | 08:53 PM
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22 X3, 21 330e, 97 M3, 97 C36 (sold), but on the hunt for a clean, low-mile C43!
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OK! I got the ricer wheels off. Phase 1 complete. I'm glad the seller gave me the oem wheels with the ride. These will be my winter wheels (although I plan to ride them all summer this year). I put on Conti ExtremeContact DWS. I have to say the car rides so much better on the 17's compared the rubbish that was on there.

Huge improvement! Once you replace that grill with an avantgarde (or even stock), show us some pics as I want to see how your headlights will look w/ a better grill!
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Alright I'll put the stock grill on for the heck of it. It's not in bad shape but the "black" is really faded.
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Old May 10, 2011 | 10:13 PM
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Cool, I just want to see it because I'm on the fence about getting similar headlights to the ones you have, except with a chrome surround not black like yours.

BTW, what does your sn mean anyway?
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Old May 10, 2011 | 10:24 PM
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does sn = name?
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Old May 10, 2011 | 10:35 PM
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does sn = name?
yes, sn = screen name
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Old May 10, 2011 | 10:38 PM
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its just a play off the aussie word hoon. vrooom. Don't worry I can keep it civil when people are watching!
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Old May 10, 2011 | 11:07 PM
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its just a play off the aussie word hoon. vrooom. Don't worry I can keep it civil when people are watching!
Aaah...interesting, didn't even know there was such a word.
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Old May 10, 2011 | 11:15 PM
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eg.
"Did you see siideways on those twisties? Homey was really hooning it!"
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Old May 10, 2011 | 11:51 PM
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eg.
"Did you see siideways on those twisties? Homey was really hooning it!"
lol, what are you an aussie bloke from down under?
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Old May 11, 2011 | 12:04 AM
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Me, nah, I'm from NY. Think i first heard the term on jalopnik back in the day.

Will put the old grille on tomorrow.
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Btw how do you compare perceived "build quality" between the m3 and c36? What other element does each ride win out over the other?
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Btw how do you compare perceived "build quality" between the m3 and c36? What other element does each ride win out over the other?
I'll have to give build quality some thought, but in the meantime here's an old write-up of dynamic evaluations and comparisons between the two.

https://mbworld.org/forums/c36-amg-c...ts-so-far.html
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have to chime in here from auz and confirm "hoon" to be part of the australian language, and also am very curious to see how the lights look with the grill, im still on the fence about the lights but the smoked side indicators kinda look cool. but they would not look good along side the OEM lights look forward to seeing yours with the grill
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yeah hoon is the perfect word to describe spirited hooligan driving - it needs to enter oxford.. i'm doing my part.

So yeah - its raining something fierce over here... so grille may have to wait another day.
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yeah hoon is the perfect word to describe spirited hooligan driving - it needs to enter oxford.. i'm doing my part.

So yeah - its raining something fierce over here... so grille may have to wait another day.
The grille literally takes less than 10 minutes...
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just too wet today!
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i did it, but with the afternoon sun and bounce light off the garage the colors are all wacked out. I will try and take another picture at noon under clouds for a better look.


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That actually doesn't look too bad!

In fact, if you black out those chrome inner strips, it might match your smoked/blacked out theme front end.
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