C63 W205 Widebody
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C63 W205 Widebody
Ok so I really really like the W205 and i already have a deposit on it. I love the car as it is but I'm thinking about doing a custom widebody right away.
i don't mind the flat rear panels but wider rear panels would be pretty great
what do you guys think? good or bad idea
i don't mind the flat rear panels but wider rear panels would be pretty great
what do you guys think? good or bad idea
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I've no idea really what you are looking for here, but FWIW here is my response.
Reasons to do it:
- Will look better
- Will allow you to get a wider rear tyre and add some badly needed traction
Reasons not to do it:
- To do it properly will cost a bomb
- Most of this money will be lost when you sell the car
- There is no reference to use, so getting the design right will take skill and lots of time
- Your car will be off the road for a long time, just after you have bought it and want to drive it
- It will potentially compare poorly when the BS comes out which will inevitably have a wide body
Wobble did this on his W204 and it looks great. But he had the BS as a reference. If I remember well it cost him around USD 20-30k.
Reasons to do it:
- Will look better
- Will allow you to get a wider rear tyre and add some badly needed traction
Reasons not to do it:
- To do it properly will cost a bomb
- Most of this money will be lost when you sell the car
- There is no reference to use, so getting the design right will take skill and lots of time
- Your car will be off the road for a long time, just after you have bought it and want to drive it
- It will potentially compare poorly when the BS comes out which will inevitably have a wide body
Wobble did this on his W204 and it looks great. But he had the BS as a reference. If I remember well it cost him around USD 20-30k.
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I've no idea really what you are looking for here, but FWIW here is my response.
Reasons to do it:
- Will look better
- Will allow you to get a wider rear tyre and add some badly needed traction
Reasons not to do it:
- To do it properly will cost a bomb
- Most of this money will be lost when you sell the car
- There is no reference to use, so getting the design right will take skill and lots of time
- Your car will be off the road for a long time, just after you have bought it and want to drive it
- It will potentially compare poorly when the BS comes out which will inevitably have a wide body
Wobble did this on his W204 and it looks great. But he had the BS as a reference. If I remember well it cost him around USD 20-30k.
Reasons to do it:
- Will look better
- Will allow you to get a wider rear tyre and add some badly needed traction
Reasons not to do it:
- To do it properly will cost a bomb
- Most of this money will be lost when you sell the car
- There is no reference to use, so getting the design right will take skill and lots of time
- Your car will be off the road for a long time, just after you have bought it and want to drive it
- It will potentially compare poorly when the BS comes out which will inevitably have a wide body
Wobble did this on his W204 and it looks great. But he had the BS as a reference. If I remember well it cost him around USD 20-30k.
whoa thats way far off from what this shop quoted me lol
-i got 6k-8k but if were to cost anything more than that i wouldn't do it
-4-6 weeks
-they made this
http://ink361.com/app/users/ig-11684...233_1168408846
-im not going to have my car for the first month or two for reasons i will not say
-i don't think a black series sedan will ever come out
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whoa thats way far off from what this shop quoted me lol
-i got 6k-8k but if were to cost anything more than that i wouldn't do it
-4-6 weeks
-they made this
http://ink361.com/app/users/ig-11684...233_1168408846
-im not going to have my car for the first month or two for reasons i will not say
-i don't think a black series sedan will ever come out
-i got 6k-8k but if were to cost anything more than that i wouldn't do it
-4-6 weeks
-they made this
http://ink361.com/app/users/ig-11684...233_1168408846
-im not going to have my car for the first month or two for reasons i will not say
-i don't think a black series sedan will ever come out
Have a look at Wobble's W204 sedan (this is what it looks like done right):
https://mbworld.org/forums/c63-amg-w...ck-series.html
You dont need the BS to come out in sedan form (as you are correct, it wont) to copy its wide body look onto a sedan.
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If I were you, I'd wait for aftermarket companies to release widebody kits for it. It'll be more cost effective and you at least will have the option to revert back vs a metal widebody. I'm sure Wald or Prior Design (just to name a couple) will have a kit for it in the first year.
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Ok so I really really like the W205 and i already have a deposit on it. I love the car as it is but I'm thinking about doing a custom widebody right away.
i don't mind the flat rear panels but wider rear panels would be pretty great
what do you guys think? good or bad idea
i don't mind the flat rear panels but wider rear panels would be pretty great
what do you guys think? good or bad idea
I wouldn't do a cheap job to a new car right away. Wait until you see the car in person and know it a little bit better. Aftermarket companies will probably offer different options as well. Ideally you would wait for the BS to come out and see.
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Those widebody jobs look terrible.
Look at that sti hatch with purple wheels. Dude that looks awful and wrecked. I'm almost at a loss of words...
I wouldn't touch the w205. And if I did you can be sure they wouldn't just be riveting in pieces but cutting up the metal, forming it, lots of grinding welding etc etc etc.
Look at that sti hatch with purple wheels. Dude that looks awful and wrecked. I'm almost at a loss of words...
I wouldn't touch the w205. And if I did you can be sure they wouldn't just be riveting in pieces but cutting up the metal, forming it, lots of grinding welding etc etc etc.
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I have a feeling that wald or prior designs will come out with something too. It just takes some time for R&D to make sure we get good products.
If I were you, I'd wait for aftermarket companies to release widebody kits for it. It'll be more cost effective and you at least will have the option to revert back vs a metal widebody. I'm sure Wald or Prior Design (just to name a couple) will have a kit for it in the first year.
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LTMW does solid work. My brother owns a E91 M3 conversion that was done there, the body work is flawless. Paint is perfect. I have seen tons of Liberty Walk body kits they fit on E90's and E92s but I am not a fan of that open rivet look. If theres anyone I would trust to do a clean widebody conversion, it would be the team at LTMW.
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LTMW does solid work. My brother owns a E91 M3 conversion that was done there, the body work is flawless. Paint is perfect. I have seen tons of Liberty Walk body kits they fit on E90's and E92s but I am not a fan of that open rivet look. If theres anyone I would trust to do a clean widebody conversion, it would be the team at LTMW.
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