DevilsAngel

Ok, so FINALLY my body shop recieved the kit that I got off EBAY. UPS lost it, so it took over a week longer to get it, I was supposed to get it on the 30th of October, but its here, and i dropped the car off at the shop this afternoon.

Now this is the kit that was brought up by I believe DropTop a few weeks back. Some said it was ricey, some hated it, but I like it. Overall the look of the kit is nice, but the quality is what you pay for. The lines aren't all that even, i.e. the exhaust cut out, the molding lines-some are deeper and other parts fade away. So needless to say I'm anxious and nervous at the same time. I'm not sure how long it will take my guy to do his work, hopefully no more than a week. Even though he did say today that it'll take some time. But all in all, I would much rather have him make it look nice instead of just painting it and slapping the kit on. The body shop does mainly work on custom low riders, that are custom painted all around including murals. So I know my car is in good hands.

So as soon as I get her out I will post pics and let everyone see, and then a true opinion can be given on the kit, and not just what you see on ebay.

p.s. i've attached a pic of the front bumper to give you an idea.

DropTop208

Hope it comes out nice. Cant wait to see it when its done.

Silverbillet

Post some pics when you get it back.

DevilsAngel

I will for sure. I'm going to go down to the shop on Thursday just to see the progress. I'm nervous though, cuz already today is only the second day and each day he's called me with something new. Today it was the foglights and the side markers don't match up with the new kit. The holes on the new kit are too small. So he's just going to fill in the side markers and get rid of them completely since mine I painted black, and obviously make the holes bigger so the fog lights will fit. So I think by the time its all said and done, the original kit I got is going to look a bit different.

So we'll see soon enough!

Jessica90

Hopefully everything will work out.
I'm sure it'll look great on your car.

Can't wait to see the result.

John 99CLK430

Yeah good luck DA! Hope it turns out well for yah.

I'm sure the body shop will get it done right, you'll definately notice if they half-a$$ed it or not, but I doubt they'd do that at a lowrider shop, there very precise at what they do.

That front bumper doesn't really look rice at all to me, looks more aggressive if you look at it some more, but I have yet to see the rest of the kit, so we'll see.

CurYousGee

looks good, definitely post pics when you can...

DevilsAngel

So I went to the shop to check the progress on the install and well I was shown some stuff that wasn't nice.

1.The rear bumper: He had to add brackets and fiberglass them in just so the bumper would fit onto the reinforcer. When the rear is on, both sides stick out AWAY from the car about 6 inches. So he's going to cut them off, do some fiberglass work just to make it fit the shape of the car.

2. The front bumper: For the most part it fit on the car pretty good, minus....the part that fits around the lights had to be extended. Where the hood closes, the line on the bumper isn't straight, so he has to cut and fiberglass there. And ofcourse the fog light holes are about 1/2 inch too small, and the side marker holes are about 2 inches too small.

There's a few more small things here and there, but SO FAR those are the majors. The rear is the worst. But he's going to hopefully get all he needs to do to fix it, done tomorrow. Needless to say by the time it's all done, I will probably have been able to just buy a Lorinzer kit, but too late now. One of a kind right....

da_guitarist

i bet it looks sweet when it's done...

John 99CLK430

However long it takes them to get it done good DA, that's all that matters.

It will come out good for sure!

Williams707

I can't wait until it's complete. I was also interested in that kit.

NVDR

im also excited to see it. any progress DA?

ViKTORiOUS

ebay kits never fit.
save up the money and get something that does fit, but it looks nice, wanna see it when its all done

The Jury

I believe I am just going to glass my own kit after seeing nearly nothing fitting correctly. Seems the easiest way is to simply mold the factory parts and mod from there.

Hope this all comes out well! Looking forward to it!

deyainrdy4ds

interested to see what it looks like installed as i never really like it previously...

DevilsAngel

should here from the shop today on the progress...its been a week now, I miss my car and am getting tired of driving a huge SUV, its not fun when youre only 5'2" and you have to climb up and jump down out of a vehicle!!! Needless to say I have learned my lesson on buying stuff off of Ebay for my car

MilitaryBenz

lol for suv, good luck with that kit....you might end up being the example photo online because everytime i see the kit all they show is that front bumper picture lol so hey you might be famous.....or your car will lol

DevilsAngel

haha yup gotta love the suv! Now I know the reason why they don't show a Benz with that kit on, it doesn't fit!!! But thanks for the good luck!

DevilsAngel

Ok so now all the hard stuff is done with re-molding the kit, all thats left is to finish the prep work and then off to paint. The kit was very chincy, basically it was just a template to mold a whole new kit. But all the hard stuff is done, and I should have my car back the begining of next week...YAY!!!! So the next time I update you all, it should be with pics...FINALLY!!!!

I'm more than likely going to be selling the side skirts and the rear bumper. What I'll have the body shop do, is fix the small crack on the bumper and then prep that and the side skirts and have them ready for someone to paint them. So if anyone is interested let me know and I'll have a price after I talk to the shop.

NVDR

It's the begining of the week and still no PICS? lol just kidding, so you got any updates? is it almost time to show off the finished product? alot of us are waiting.

da_guitarist

+1!

DevilsAngel

Haha, seriously I feel the same way as the rest of you. I talked to the shop today, and the kit is getting primered today, so should be Friday when I can pick up the car. He got thrown back a couple days because of Thanksgiving. Plus I found out, that the sideskirts will not work at all. They will rub every time the door is opened and closed. And it will cost too much and just overall be too much to deal with. So for now, going to stick with the AMG sideskirts , hopefully those will flow pretty good with the bumpers.

Hopefully if someone else decides to get this kit, they read this thread and ask me about how it worked, because for any future reference, its not worth it, atleast not that I've seen!

Soon guys, very soon!

da_guitarist

well...the amg side skirts look sweet anyways. so thats a plus!

chinaman

can't wait to see it .. snap any shot so far ..

DevilsAngel

Finally got the car out of the shop, here's the link that has the pics.....

https://mbworld.org/forums/clk-class-w208/221479-finally-out-shop.html