ifkamg

Hey guys. Long story short, I have a fair bit of money saved up, so I'm looking to make my c63 a bit sexier. I'm not very experienced with cars in general, much less high-end cars, so excuse me if I say something stupid. My car is bone stock ATM, the color is gray and I didn't take care of the paint like I should have. No dents or huge scratches or anything like that.

Basically I want something to make it stand out a bit more. With the recent boom in c300's I'm seeing, I just want something that will make it look different than every other C on the road.

Right now I'm thinking about a Kleeman ECU tune + headers, repainting it black / dark blue / (any other suggestions), and purchasing some new rims. If I have to choose two of the three, I would pick the rims and paint. The car is already more power than I can use, but 500+ sounds so good to me, and if I'm not mistaken, the headers would improve the sound of the car?

I'm open to any and all suggestions about how to spend my money to improve my car. I want quality here, so if I only have the budget for 2 out of the 3, that's fine. I'm also open to keeping my car gray. It just doesn't seem to have the pop I'm looking for, though. Another huge reason I want to change the color of my car is that I can't find any rims that, once again, pop. I haven't been able to find any that fit well with the car atall, actually.

I've been unable to find a solid price on a quality paint job for a c63, so if anyone could chime in on an estimated cost for that, that'd be great.

Thanks for reading and hopefully for helping

alqamzi

Nobody will do a better paint job then how the car came from the factory. its better to keep it as it is ...
Just get K2 and some hre wheels and maybe some quality carbon fiber parts. This staff will make u happy.

_AMG_

Kleeman K1 OR RENNtech ECU tune FOR SURE. Next i would do Coilovers with some light weight 19" HRE wheels. Either that or, full exhaust with headers.

BerBer63

You can always vinyl it if you want to try something else. But do a tune and get some wheels.

ifkamg

Any wheels you suggest for a steel gray? Trust me, I'd be very open to keeping it the color it is if I could find some wheels that wowed me.

_AMG_

I would do either flat black HRE M40 or flat black HRE 790R.

Sincity

Whatever you do, do not repaint it. Resale value may go down and as Alqamzi mentioned, it'll never be OEM quality. Do the tune, "ROW" airbox tops, exhaust (headers, K2, GT-Pro X-Pipe) and wheels. If you have any money left over, lower it and replace the door pins. I wouldn't worry about C300/350s because the C63 looks different, unlike the F-up Mercedes did with the C32 and offered the same body kit as a Sport Pkg to non-AMGs. Good luck and post pics.

ifkamg

Thank you very much for all the great responses. I've decided (so far) that I won't be repainting it. There are a good amount of very small scratches on it that bug the ***** out of me though

Now I'm looking at: KW V3 Coilovers, GT-Pro Double X-pipe, Kleeman ECU Tune, and wheels.

1) Coilovers

2) ECU tune

3) GT PRO Double XX for C63 AMG (Can't link)

4) Wheels (Still need help here).

5) Possibly Vinyl? Any advice here?

Do these look okay? Please keep in mind I'm looking for quality / longevity over a cheap price.

ifkamg

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HRE WHEELS

Hopefully I can help. Here are some photos of wheels we have done on some C63's. If you have any questions feel free to shoot me an email.

James@ACG

Great Photos Guy...


ifkamg,

Let me know if we can help you with a package deal on what you are looking for.

James@ACG

_AMG_

You really cant go wrong with any HRE wheels. Simply the best!!

Jae Duk

Wheels it's totally up to you. It takes time to find something you like. We can all start shouting out HREs, Works, Brabus, BBS (I think there's 1 or 2 now right?), etc...there are a lot of wheel companies out there and I'm pretty sure most of them can custom fit for the car.
My suggestion...go to websites like wheelboutique.com or something...that has a bunch of wheels that you can look at, and also use vendor directory at the top. Usually they'll have their website (if not company name at least and google it) to check out the wheels.
After that, find the best pricing.

If you want to vinyl wrap your car you can always buy the vinyl wrap from one of the vendors here and attempt to do it yourself. Some people have done it before. But for someone like me, who demands it to be PERFECT (knowing I can't make it perfect), and also a person who has no patient...I would rather have someone else at a local shop do it.

chief63

Sounds good, also think about an LSD if you don't already have one. After my KW V3s, this is the next thing on my list, that and sticky tires!

_AMG_

Check out CCW wheels as well.

Marth Leon

Save up more money and supercharge if i could go back to the day i got my c63 p31. I would save all my money til i had about 13k ish to spend on just the car(not including bills amd other life bs) id get ess blower with tuners kit(slightly lower hp numbers but safe) youll get about 150 to 190rwhp with about 10ish into the car. Stage 2 setup with good quality long tubes is about 6k for a mere ~80rwhp

chrisridebike8

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