CLK-Class (W208) 1998-2002: CLK 200, CLK 230K, CLK 320, CLK 430 [Coupes & Cabriolets]

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Old Mar 5, 2014 | 08:44 PM
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some updates and teasers

I recently re did my complete interior on my CLK55 W208. my interior guy does all the dealer cars so he ordered the OEM 2013 C63 material and re did my complete interior. the complete top and bottom dash, door panels and rear panels, rear seats and center consul all with platinum double stitching. also I upgraded my seats to light weight race seats that are reclinble because I do daily drive the car. the recline is manual but the forward and backwards is electrical because I used my oem seat brackets and had a custom mount built to have these seats attached to them by a buddy of mine that builds race cars for a very popular race team so the quality was guaranteed. I also had my seat belts redone in red and upgraded my steering wheel to the 2013 C63 steering wheel with all working steering wheel buttons that I wired to work with the clk canbus system and hardwired paddle shifter which I used the brabus paddles for. also air bag works fine as well. also a one piece autocad designed and cut out of plastic center consul with space for an iDrive for my carpc setup, SL63 shift knob, CLK63 black series shiftgate and shift frame. push start button and the sprint booster button was relocated to the center consul and the sprint booster light was relocated to the empty slot in the gauge cluster where I can see if its on sport or race mode o off via dual color LED. I know its been a while. my daughter was borne a few months ago and I have been busy having fun being a dad so i'm starting to get back on finishing everything up. here are a few more. I also included a pc of my new brakes and wheels set up with stud conversion as well as my bi-xenon head custom headlights with custom DRL in high beam housing and the true dual exhaust where I customized the trunk to fit one canister on each side with titanium tips. the diffuser is not complete yet as i'm doing a under body diffuser to go with it and then aligning the tips again. also on the top dash im retrofitting a 8" touch screen monitor for my carpc setup which replaced my entertainment setup and also act as engine management so I can change stuff on the fly. the silver AMG knob on the center consul is a iDrive I retrofitted to the carpc. the other two bottons one is for push start and the other is for the 2nd gen sprint bosster, I relocated and wired the sprint booster to that switch and put S/S+ for the two mods of the sprint booster and relocated the status light of the sprint booster into the gauge cluster to give it a more oem look. I also made custom gauge faces and glow red needles which I will post later, they are the C63 style gauge faces. Once I finish everything MarcusF is going to do a proper phone and artice as im not talented enough for all that. haha enjoy.


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Old Mar 5, 2014 | 08:52 PM
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sorry guys this forum is retarded and wont let me delete or post up the pics again because they are posted on the 55 section. so here is the link enjoy. the pics are a few posts down.

https://mbworld.org/forums/clk55-amg...s-upgrade.html
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Old Mar 5, 2014 | 09:14 PM
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Bloody hell, looks damn good
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Old Mar 5, 2014 | 11:31 PM
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The time and build quality you put into your 208 is unmatched by any other! Keep the pics coming! I have watched this thing since it was a 320. Are those te37's?
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Old Mar 5, 2014 | 11:39 PM
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Like the white double stitch, nice touch
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Old Mar 5, 2014 | 11:59 PM
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Beautiful job on the interior. What type of fabric did you use for the door panels next to the speakers?
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Thank you everyone for the kind comments. the vinyl on the interior is oem 2013 C63 material and the bottom of the door panels and the headliner and top pillars are all suede.
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would like to see your dash vipclk320. Like the seat belts J
ust saw the link. Real nice.
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