Badblackfolife

damn Kev writes freaking books on here! my ADD don't let me read that much hahaha.

chrislis

i'll be honest. i think the amg reps looks way better. the black wheels dont do your car any justice. of course its personal opinion, i just can't stand black wheels unless they're some crazy matte finish 13" wide concave wheel or something.

with that being said, send me your one fin grille and we'll call it even.

M-bENZ

Lol @ sing fin grille.

kostas86

Nice to see that there was a major difference in body roll and handling.

Kevwood

As the car sits now, I agree, the AMG wheels looked better but this is just the begining...

Sorry Drago, note taken

Those weren't reps mate, those were the real deals. And yeah, as I said the car 'as is' looked better with them but with the changes coming soon, you'll see why I chose the black wheels.

How about I keep the grill and we call it even anyways

michoblb

wooow really nice mods in preparation!!!! I saw that you began the mods!!! when will it all finish??? really cant wait to see the final results!!!

Kevwood

Hey pal, haven't seen you around for a while! Thanks and yeah, I finally began the project, rounds 1 and 2 should all be done in a few weeks (just waiting on another part, something I changed my mind on) then round 3 is the power mods, I'll get to that sometime in February. I hope to have a few more pics up late next week

ahmadk

micho ... u missed a lot bro ..
anywayz... good to see u back

michoblb

well guys really its been a while!!! Miss chatin with you all...
I had too much work and I was traveling a lot!!!
Hey Kev can't wait to see the pics and once it's finished...really like all the mods you bought
Ahmad any new mods???

ahmadk

I'm workin on it bro..
I might be doin the dual exhaust mod like yours... next week hopefully !!
wish me luck

Badblackfolife

my hands are itching for QUAD!!!!!

ahmadk

then DO it !!

Kevwood

Thanks pal. I should have some new pics up at the end of the week, a few more things getting done this week.

Tell me about it. I had to cancel my exhaust appointment, I changed my mind on two things so i am now (AGAIN!!!) waiting on 2 shipments and 2 new parts...

dr_npz

And what is that supposed to be Kev?

Kevwood

I'll tell you one of the two; I changed my mind on the muffler. I originally bought a Magnaflow to use at the back of the car (where the original muffler sits) and loop around the spare wheel well like a few other members did. I changed my mind because my probable future mods will need something that breathes a little better so I bought a larger Magnaflow that will sit in place of/replace the factory resonator and run from there.

The second part I ordered I'll keep mum on for now just to make sure I can get it, I'm working with a shop here trying to bring it in as we speak. It's a cosmetic piece, nothing exciting but it's needed to be able to finish my exhaust system. If I can't get it, I have something else here already that can be used.

chrislis

so you bought a diffuser.

Kevwood

Months ago, it was in my mountain of goodies pic

dr_npz

Cool, so you're gonna have just one x-resonated muffler in the center and from there just straight pipes to the tips? Which one did you buy? 18"?

dynomite05

He already has one.

Kevwood

Yes and no. One muffler, dual in, single out, then split to dual again.

I don't feel that I need to run a true dual the whole length, one short section of 3" is going to be a-okay. A single 3" has just under 90% of the square inches as dual 2.25 (using the basic pie r squared) however, it has far less surface area for the air to 'rub' against, 14.13 compared to 9.42. So, what is better? Who knows and who cares, all I know is that a short single run is fine.

In the end it's just using a short 3" run to pass under the axle, use as a basic equalizer, save the weight of an additional muffler then split back into dual for the tips. Lot's of guys use different theories and calculations, the above is what I have used and my employers & partners have also used for years. Now, if the car was set up like Wes's with a double bumped rear sway and swapped wheel well, then I of course would run dual all the way back, but mine isn't and I don't want to spend the money to modify it - I'm fine with the way I've planned it.

And yeah, I bought the 18" one, I measured and the 24" would not have fit too well.

Kevwood

I changed my mind about that muffler and ordered a new one. The original one I shipped over from Canada is going to go in the C class now. Wifey gets a 'sport' exhaust too

dynomite05

I was actually responding to the diffuser post, but I guess I was a bit late. lol. So your C is getting the hand me downs. lol

Kevwood

Ah yes, the 'diffuser', indeed I do have one sir. Yes, the C class is the little brother now!

michoblb

Well hope u'll do it bro. Another dual exhaust clk is not to much in our area

AMGY

Cant wait to see those tips installed. Car is looking great so far.