I feel you man..... lot's of trolls rolling around the place.

Kev-------- when do we get to see the finished product????? I'm getting impatient as I watch you spend your dough.... I WANT RESULTS... haha!

It's a CLK63 AMG Black Series rear strut tower bar modified to work in a non BS 209. The design of the bar bolts to the strut towers then down to a bracket behind the rear seats - excellent design. I wrapped it in CF to continue the cosmetic flow of the car, white/carbon/chrome.

Don't worry about me covering a sway bar in CF, I'm pretty well versed when it comes to cars

No appologies dude, I got a kick out of it and believe me, I've done the same over the past few years time and again.

Most likely when I get back from NYC & Houston, May 7th'ish... I was foolishly hoping to see it done before I leave on the 24th, the installer promised Thursday and as usual, he's no where near done. I've stopped asking because I'm sick of him looking me in the face and lying. The shop owner is all over him now, we'll see what happens. Whatever does happen I'm sure it'll play out in slow motion.

Last pic and update before I head to NYC and Houston for 2 weeks.

Custom CLK Black Series strut bar brackets are fabbed, they go in for sandblasting and powder coating next;



Very little detail can be seen on the bracket but they are pretty trick, more pictures later

I'm trying to fill in the blanks like a puzzle, assuming each asterisk is one letter (as I believe was the case whenever I've crossed the line, lol). What the heck could be a two-letter expletive?!?

Kevwood your Benz is just sick *ss congrats

it, on, as, we, he, my, ur, in, Im, Id, BS...etc etc I dont even remember myself... I dont think it was one of my best days anyway and then this douchebag comes pooping on our forum....

I also don't think one asterisk is one letter to make it harder lol

Thanks, just looking forward to getting it finished - one of these years....

I still get a chuckle from that one.

Kev, did you ever post a sound clip or video of your car?

I have a car??? You know, I do seem to remember owning a CLK or something like it but it's been so long now I have forgotten...

Ye it was black wasnt it? Not too sure though, could've been silver too... Its been too long since i saw it...

LOL.

I couldn't left my car in a shop for such an indeterminate and long time. Sorry mate

Been there done that...... 8 mo's for me..... you are still better off than I was.

Can't wait to see/hear it.!

I'm starting to think that the clown doing my install was outsourced from the shop doing Wes's engine swap. Incompetence all around...

On that note, all the pieces are built/finished, wiring is done, putting it all back together now (pictures sent to me today). What a f'in marathon, I'm in Cairo this week so when I get back I'll finally get to see it 'finished' on the weekend. Then the car moves to the next bay and gets the custom body/paint work done.

Yeah, 1 year and still going at it. I wonder what progress he's made.

No idea, I've tried countless times to get a hold of him before i went to NYC, when i was in NYC and since I've left NYC. Aside from getting an update from him, he's had parts of mine for quite some time now that I'd like to get.

Haven't you tried getting your stuff for about a year now?

Any news on the Audio build?

Still not done and I got so pissed off a few days ago I went out and bought another new toy to keep me distracted for a while;



Last I heard (3 days ago) was that the system is done and the interior was getting cleaned up before being put back in. I havent gone and looked at the car for a while, guess I will this Saturday. The problem now is that it's summer time, no racing, no shows and +130*F heat so I won't be using the CLK much until September. That "installer" f'ed up my entire late winter/spring plans for hitting the track and shows.

I'm not even pissed off any more, just disgusted.

Wow I wish I could buy a toy when I get pissed off lol.

But sorry to hear it's still not finished Looks like you won't be able to enjoy it much this year.... which means no awesome pics for us!!

Hmm... Guess the best to do with that "thing" is to ram it through the shop once you get the Benz out.... Next year I mean..

Hey Kev, be very careful with that new toy. A little know "issue" with Hummers is that they are not very safe. If you roll it, even gently, the roof will crush down to the doors. Compare this to a W163 where the roof can't be crushed, even when dropped from 50 feet in the air (check out the movie Swordfish). Otherwise, enjoy!

I'm not sure what I'm even going to do with it, I've always liked the look of them so when the wife decided she didn't want a ML and wanted to keep the C class I went out and bought it for myself. I'll use it in the summer so my CLK can stay out of the heat, might do a few cosmetic mods to it, not sure. Just a daily driver I guess, cheap as chips to maintain, nice change from the MB's.

***A/V SYSTEM UPDATE***

Got a call yesterday at about 6pm, the audio installation is finished. The "installer", aka, clown, had it fired up and was starting to tune it. As long as all went well last night the interior should be going in today then the car will get moved over to the paint/detail bay for the next round.

I'm going to go stop by today afterwork and see if this miracle is infact true (and maybe snap a pic or two for you guys).

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