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Old 12-16-2011, 04:23 PM
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C43 Year-End Update

Took my car to a friend's place to have it detailed and photographed. Man does it look like a million bucks!

Album link (too many pictures to post here).

Also, I put in LED tails the other day (same ones thepinoc has). No bulb out light (came with resistors). LEDs are bright as hell! Looks real clean. I will probably do a clear Plasti-Dip coat on top of them followed by a thin coat of VHT Niteshade. I'll leave the horizontal portion where the turn signal/reverse lights are untouched; I think that'd look pretty cool.


Some of the things I've done this year:
  • Interior/exterior LED conversion
  • Gen V AMG wheels
  • Tranny filter/fluid changed
  • Replaced R24 relay

Plans for next year:
  • Slotted rotors (and new pads, of course)
  • Stainless steel brake lines
  • HIDs
  • H&R sway bars
  • Install H&R springs (and get an alignment, of course)
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Looks great!

Doesn't show its age at all. Always been a fan of these.

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Always been a fan of these also. Lets see some more pics..
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It looks SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CLEAN!!! After seeing these pics I am going to get my car detailed as soon as winter is over
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not many non-stock wheels look good on our cars, IMHO. yours look pretty awesome! any plans to lower it?
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Originally Posted by Nachtsturm
Looks great!

Doesn't show its age at all. Always been a fan of these.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by wawy
Always been a fan of these also. Lets see some more pics..
Thanks! I'll take some more when it warms up for a day.

Originally Posted by 503C43 ////AMG
It looks SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CLEAN!!! After seeing these pics I am going to get my car detailed as soon as winter is over
Yeah, it was like night and day. I'm not one to usually wax/detail a car like that. Most I'll do (which is on occasion) is to do a quick once-over with Nu-Finish or something. But now I'm sold on the whole-9-yards process.

In case you were wondering, we used Meguiar's Ultimate Compound, Meguiar's Polish, and Eagle One Nanowax. Applied the compound and polish via an orbital buffer.

Originally Posted by m a x i m u s
not many non-stock wheels look good on our cars, IMHO. yours look pretty awesome! any plans to lower it?
Thanks! Yes, I plan to throw the H&Rs in at the end of winter.

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