kirkie

So gutted for you mate, I lost my first C36 a drunk driver smashed into it the night I bought it.

Nearly brought me to tears.

Your be back there again, just really sad to see a beautiful benz with a smashed body.

Better to use a winter beater than a rare AMG, I use mine in the summer only.

importfan21

Yeah, I was shopping around for a beater too. :'(

Anyway, there's no way I can fix this "slowly" (the cheaper route) because I have no yard/garage/driveway to do so (gotta love the DC area), so I've decided to sell the car whole.

Here's the listing: http://www.ebay.com/itm/251434410308?forcerRptr=true&item=251434410308&viewitem=

Sulaco

An absolute crying shame.

If I hadn't just bought a 2nd C43 (never wrecked) for $2300 I'd buy your's and ship it down here. I'll ask around in case I have any friends on the market.

importfan21

Please do! I'll even throw in ~4 boxes worth of spare parts (full seatbelt set, stock springs, etc).

DRBC43AMG

I certainly would have cried and KILLED the guy On less drunk driver who doesn't know that alcohol and driving don't mix!

importfan21

UPDATE:

So I went to the shop and saw it stripped down and asked them to show me the frame damage. Basically it's the front apron forward of the strut tower...tech said it can be replaced easily (1 hr) and will be 100% driveable (no "won't drive the same again" worries).

I paid them for disassembly and took the car home. Going to take it to a body shop out of state for lower repair costs (and the ability to provide my own parts = less $).

I do have a question though:
I need the part # for the passenger (right) side air inlet. That was DESTROYED so I can't get the #; also the EPC I'm using doesn't have it in there.

DRBC43AMG

Do you mean the tube for the air filter intake?

importfan21

Nope, not the tube, but the inlet/funnel that it attaches to. It attaches to the radiator support and sits behind the grille.

Sulaco

passenger side or drivers side? I can check when I'm home later.

Also, if you can swing it, try to get that OEM bumper cover from MB. You'll spend about half that for the next best thing, but it's not worth it. I spent $400 on duraflex while the MB was just under $1,000. Stupid, stupid mistake.

Also, a tip for you and the shop: don't bother looking for C43 bumper reinforcement (the black plastic skeleton behind the bumper cover) because it doesn't exist. Apparently they just took stock w202 bumper reinforcements and modified each one by hand to fit the new cover. IIRC it's just sanding down a few points that interfere and attaching to the cover.

cm60k

There is a rubber boot, that attaches to the Radiator, # "202 505 08 86", is that the one....??



ZAYED,,

cm60k

Or you may mean this air scoop #: "202 520 06 04"....!!



ZAYED,,

importfan21

YES! That's it!

Edit: 2025200604 comes back to an air scoop for non AMG models. Perhaps 2025280604 ?

cm60k

Non AMG using this scoop in the right side(front the airbox) only,

C43 uses the same scoop in the right & another one #: "07 04", in the left side..

ZAYED,,

importfan21

Ah, interesting. Thanks!