Peydidy

Hey everyone! I am Making a build thread for my new Black CLK500 Coupe that I just purchased yesterday from MB of SF. To start off I just wanted to say I am exited to be apart of the w209 section and looking forward to get to know the rest of you guys better and learn a lot from all you. As you may know I am not new to MBworld, I have two w203s, a C230K SS Sedan and a C230K Coupe. I always wanted more power out of my cars but knew my little 4 banger engines wouldn't get me too far with power. I always admired the CLKs style and after researching it more I decided a 06 CLK500 would be perfect for me. I had a huge list of requirements and it took me around a year too find the perfect CLK500 that met all my requirements at a price that I was happy with. Last night I finally found that perfect for me CLK; Its a MB Certified Pre owned with just under 62k, NAVI, Bi-xeon, Keyless go, Sun roof, Wood Trim, 6 disk CD changer, and Premium package.
I already have a huge list of mods planned for it, I even ordered a few little goodies for it within the first 3 hours of owning the car. I will keep updating this thread as I progress with mods, events in the cars life, maintaining and any sort of issues (hopefully not to many of those).
At the end of this post I will first post pictures of the new CLK and then pictures of my other w203s, If you want to follow the build threads of my w203s here are the links to those (Links also in my signature too).
https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w...230-sedan.html
https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w...230-coupe.html

And here come the pics:







Pics of w203s:

discoduck

Niiiiiceee. Can't wait till we see what you do with this one!

Did the 06s get the 7G?

Welcome to club 209

F1Bobby

Very nice! Congrats!

CLK550 $wagger

Congrats! That's a great looking car!

togaclk55

Nice!

MBfinatic

Great looking car. Bix look good! Cant wait to see the build! What suspension is on the 230k 4 door?

Peydidy

Thank you! and yes the 06s did get the 7G

Thanks! the 230k 4 door is still on stock suspension, the coupe is on Bilstein PSS9 coilovers.


Thank you all for your kind words!

MBfinatic

Ah ok the rear looked a little low in one of the pictures. What are your plans for this car?

Peydidy

Well I actually already started modding it, Got some LED city lights, LED interior lights, and LED license plate lights (swapped them from my sedan). Tomorrow morning I have an appointment to have some audio work done. After that I will probably lay off modding for a month or two because I am going to be swamped with work and school. Once I get some more time I will probably do a quad exhaust with a CF diffuser first then Coil overs are a must, New wheels, and I am kind craving a bigger wing. Will lay off on performance mods while I am under MB warranty because I don't want to mess that up considering how much I paid for that but after the warranties up maybe work in a few performance mods.

Peydidy

oh and have an appointment for tints next week, any recommendation on what % I should get?

ProjectCamaro

I like 20%, it's dark enough to look good without being to dark where you can't see out at night.

Here's a picture of my car which does have 20%.

Pufftrees

Nice man, welcome.

Same ride as me, you will love it

Clkboi

Welcome

Glyn M Ruck

Nice find P. Looks to be in great condition. Welcome to the 209 club!

discoduck

My tints are pretty dark (15%) but I find them pretty bright.

The windows are so huge that a lot of sun comes in and brightens up the interior of the car.

At night though.... that's a different story lol

Newjd2

First off welcome...as for the tints I went with 5% all around and really does elevate the look of the car especially with any black / carbon fiber theme...don't expect to see so well out the side though at night but enough to see out your side view clear...



Angelo

togaclk55

I'd say somewhere around 20%

Mka77

Welcome.

I was always one to do 20 on the rear and 35 on the sides. Gives a classy look IMHO.

Peydidy

Thanks for all your tips everyone! I just dropped off the car to have the tints done, going 20% all around, will update with pics when its done and I pic it up

Peydidy

Chapter 1: Sub
Here we are only 3 days after I bought the car already starting my build. The first thing I had to do was put in a sub, I felt like the car was just lacking some bass. I took my alpine amp and Kicker comp 12 with a ported box out of my C230 sedan and had it put into the CLK. I normally try to do most of my car work myself but I really don't know to much about how fiber optics work and all that so I figured I should have someone else do it before I mess it up. I went to one of my friends shops who is the only place I would trust doing audio work on my car. Process went smoothly and the sub sounds great!
While they were installing it another MBworld member came by the shop and we all got some pics together

My car, Michael Kuzni's E63, and forum member hcoronado's w203



And my car mid installation process

CLK550 $wagger

Nice Pics! I was thinking about adding a sub to mine but I was afraid because its under warranty. Did you amp the stock speakers too?

Kevwood

Good luck with the build, great platform and strong aftermarket to go in many, many different directions. Have fun

Peydidy

My car is also under warranty, Adding a sub shouldn't affect the warranty to much though..Hopefully. I did not amp the stock speakers because I have the H/K premium audio already which has an Amp already.

Thanks! Your car has been a big inspiration, Always enjoyed following along with your build

Peydidy

Chapter 2: Window Tint

As for the window Tints I decided to go with 20% all around. I was a bit skeptical about it coming out too dark but now I very happy with it. At night it is some times a bit harder to see out but nothing too bad.
Heres some pictures:

discoduck

looks awesome