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I recently bought a 99 C43 120k miles!!!![Smilie](https://mbworld.org/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
I live in Northern Virginia and my name is Sherman
Here it is!!
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Im not new to forums or cars, i had a stage 1 Audi A6
![](http://www.audizine.com/gallery/data/500/4.jpeg)
I am very happy to be an owner of a car so rare.
I don't plan on modding it as much as the audi, but I will need an LSD and the secondary cat and resonator delete ASAP. The growl of a V8 is intoxicating
Anyways, thanks for your time and I am looking forward to many happy years with this german muscle
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I live in Northern Virginia and my name is Sherman
Here it is!!
![](http://www.audizine.com/gallery/data/500/image194.jpg)
Im not new to forums or cars, i had a stage 1 Audi A6
![](http://www.audizine.com/gallery/data/500/4.jpeg)
I am very happy to be an owner of a car so rare.
I don't plan on modding it as much as the audi, but I will need an LSD and the secondary cat and resonator delete ASAP. The growl of a V8 is intoxicating
Anyways, thanks for your time and I am looking forward to many happy years with this german muscle
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Ya the car was in a fender bender, doesn't have the original c43 bumper.
Also the rims are 18' replicas, the original monoblocks were bent, chipping, and didn't hold air so the previous owner put the reps on
Also the rims are 18' replicas, the original monoblocks were bent, chipping, and didn't hold air so the previous owner put the reps on
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I'm 50 50 on lowering it. The Audi always bottomed out and lost all it's luxury, but I do love the stance of a lowered car with some wheel spacers
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Welcome Sherman!
A few questions:
A few questions:
- Did you pick that up in NJ? I saw one for sale for the longest time there...also with the non-43 bumper
- Whereabouts in NoVA are you?
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Nice looking car. I just picked up a C36 dropped on H&R's and I can tell you I love the ride. I have had over 20 BMW's dropped on all sorts of springs and coilovers and honestly this thing rides great compared to them and I don't have to worry about it bottoming out. Looks are personal preference of course but with the 18's I think it would make the car having it down around the tires a little.
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Cool. I'm in Alexandria myself. You should stop by a Cars and Coffee on the weekend. One of my friends has a C36 and 2 others have 560 SEC AMGs (one being a widebody). We could always use another AMG to add to the group.
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You are a true C36 enthusiast as you have isolated the dead give away that this car is not a C36. Aside from opening the hood all the other exterior clues are there....C36 exhaust and even C36 front calipers.
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Wow! You definitely went all out. Even once you do open the hood it's hard to tell anyway. Mine didn't have the 3.6 crossover and the AMG fell of the engine, so I actually got scared and ran the engine number just so I could be really sure it was the 3.6l. But hey, if you want to ever complete the package, that engine's for sale ![thumbs](https://mbworld.org/forums/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif)
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12' W204 C63 AMG coupe "T-Rex", 12' W451 Smart Fortwo Pulse (99' W202 C43 AMG sold)
Welcome on board! What's doing with the headlight wipers? They look all over the place...
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They don't work, haven't looked into why. I only paid 3550 for the car, 120k miles. It needed engine mounts, new valve cover gaskets, power locks weren't working, headlights don't have matching bulbs, it was in a front fender bender and other minor things. But my friend is a mechanic so i only pay for parts and get a giant discount on labor. It runs and drives extremely smooth, however, so even if i spend a few thousand on repairs/maintenance, I still got a great deal
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Indeed the price is a good deal. I hope the vehicle lives up to the price paid...
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