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Congrats on the purchase and good luck with the project!
There's another member here that is also going through the same process, thread here.
Please keep us updated, I'm really curious how the front grill sections go! That was going to be one of my questions to sort out before buying the kit....if I ever grew the courage to have the car chopped up that much.
Can you share which kit you went with on this? Is this the one from darwin pro?
Congrats on the purchase and good luck with the project!
There's another member here that is also going through the same process, thread here.
Please keep us updated, I'm really curious how the front grill sections go! That was going to be one of my questions to sort out before buying the kit....if I ever grew the courage to have the car chopped up that much.
Can you share which kit you went with on this? Is this the one from darwin pro?
Cheers!
Thank you @BHimself! I'll be sure to keep you posted on the front grille sections.
The Darwin Pro front grill sections look better than this kit. The kit I purchased is from China and not from Darwin Pro, but much cheaper than Darwin Pro's.
I'm hesitant to share the company's contact info as I've had some issues with them since purchasing the kit.
The carbon fiber hood has some waviness to it. The body shop recommended I purchase a fiberglass hood instead since fiberglass is easier to work with than carbon fiber.
If the installation works out at the end of the day then I'll share their contact info here.
If you're looking for a different hood, I can't whole-heartedly recommend one, but I spent a bit of time researching what CF hoods are left in the world for us to buy. I even went back to an old thread on the topic here, to find 1/2 of the companies just aren't around anymore sadly. My ~5 year ago prior thoughts on this was the Mode Carbon hood looked to have the best reviews, but with all their story, I decided to keep looking.
6 Months ago, I went with the VIS Racing DTM Style Black Carbon Fiber Hood Mercedes C63 AMG 12-14, found here.
Since it doesn't fit inside the car obviously, I had it shipped direct to the body shop. I then didn't get a huge amount of time with it before it was prepped and painted, but here's a couple images.
Hood vents are functional, though I can't say super effective. I had a PFL 2011 C63 with Dad's vented hood (his actual one that he ran on his beast) , and that did drop temps down a few degrees. I was/am-currently running SRG's enhanced oil cooler so I can't say if normal cooling conditions would make this any better, but I don't see any delta from the hood though.
Weave was actually pretty decent and only had 2 SMALL blemishes in the clear coat (which for me got painted over just fine, and I didn't care)
Build quality/Sturdiness seems decent. Since December, I've had it up to ~130MPH and while I can see it flex ~3mm by the wiper areas, so far so good....
Install however, the body shop said the fitment wasn't super great and they had to take a fair amount of time to get it lined up. I wasn't there for that nor did I talk to the tech directly, but through the shop's manager. YMMV.
My thoughts as well. It's had a poorly repaired front collision
@blurred the car is salvage title and was previously involved in a minor front-end collision. The damage looks much worse in the picture than reality. Front grille, both headlights, radiators, and bumper brackets needed to be replaced.
Bodyshop confirmed no frame damage—which was my biggest concern. The fitment issues are primarily from the fiberglass kit being fiberglass and not coming with any brackets or mounts.
This is what the car looked like before purchase:
Also, curious that that’s the only thing you could point out in this Black Series build 😉
Last edited by Sentinel83; 05-31-2023 at 09:51 AM.
@blurred the car is salvage title and was previously involved in a minor front-end collision. The damage looks much worse in the picture than reality. Front grille, both headlights, radiators, and bumper brackets needed to be replaced.
Also, curious that that’s the only thing you could point out in this Black Series build 😉
Don't get bent about it, was simply an observation that these parts didn't appear to be going on a straight car. Meaning even more finessing than normal will take place.
@blurred the car is salvage title and was previously involved in a minor front-end collision. The damage looks much worse in the picture than reality. Front grille, both headlights, radiators, and bumper brackets needed to be replaced.
Bodyshop confirmed no frame damage—which was my biggest concern. The fitment issues are primarily from the fiberglass kit being fiberglass and not coming with any brackets or mounts.
This is what the car looked like before purchase:
Also, curious that that’s the only thing you could point out in this Black Series build 😉
As another member also noted it was just a confirmation of another persons observation. It appeared that everything was repaired except for the hood and possibly the hood mechanism
It is very hard to get frame damage on these from a front end fender bender due to the frame extensions that MB uses, so you actually have to smack the engine pretty hard to get that far back, and the aluminium frame extensions (i seem to recall they are aluminium...) are just a bolt on part so easily replaceable. My car had a minor front end tiny collision (still $$$) similar to that one, bolted off and bolted on hood, bumper, cooling pack, headlights, grille, and fenders, pretty simple but expensive but no effect on the car.
you bought a car that’s been butchered in its repair, you are focusing on fixing that we get it. You complaining about smooth brains but have enough Brains yourself to see the car is clearly messed up. Like I said I’d be concerned about the mechanical repairs done on the car before any cosmetics. If they can’t line up a hood / use wrong rocker panels etc…I can almost guarantee the mechanics is butchered too:
don’t get upset, learn….until than good luck with your problem.
Originally Posted by Sentinel83
Did someone destroy your Cheerios? It amazes me how many smooth brains there are in this forum.
Anyone can criticize and be a cynic. It’s not complicated.
It requires more gap between the synapse to be creative and bring value to the post.
I'm not sure if anyone has pointed it out yet, but it appears that your car has suffered a front end collision and was poorly repaired. While I don't want to sound repetitive, I believe that it's more important to prioritize the mechanical aspect of the car before focusing on the exterior. I am joking, of course. I’m impressed with the build and excited to see future updates. It's not often that we come across builds that go beyond just LTH and a tune.
I'm not sure if anyone has pointed it out yet, but it appears that your car has suffered a front end collision and was poorly repaired. While I don't want to sound repetitive, I believe that it's more important to prioritize the mechanical aspect of the car before focusing on the exterior. I am joking, of course. I’m impressed with the build and excited to see future updates. It's not often that we come across builds that go beyond just LTH and a tune.
05-28-2023 | 07:47 PM
, and that did drop temps down a few degrees. I was/am-currently running SRG's enhanced oil cooler so I can't say if normal cooling conditions would make this any better, but I don't see any delta from the hood though. 
