Custom Fenders, Hood and front fascia for CLK 550 AMG Cab!
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Custom Fenders, Hood and front fascia for CLK 550 AMG Cab!
Hi Everyone!
Hope you all had a great holiday break.
I dropped off my car to have custom fenders made, a custom hood, front fascia and new fog lights installed. I am so excited!
The fenders are almost completed. He took my actual factory fenders modified them and then made a mold to pull a new part from. I am excited to see the hood come together next.
I also purchased the chrome led lights from the 2013 e class convertible to change out the round fog lights. I thought it would be a good time to make a change there since it is already in the shop.
I asked if it could be done, and he said sure! My hood will look similar to the SLK roadster, but I have two kids and can't get by with another 2-seater in the household.
I think i will have the brakes painted in the spring as well and either a new set of wheels or I may just get the current wheels chromed. Have not made up my mind yet. I don't understand why it has to be so complicated to change the wheels on the 550's! Kind of making me a little crazy. Besides, i am not fond of a lot of the styles out right now. I think wheels should be like jewelry, more sparkle is better!
Can't wait to start posting some photos!
Hope you all had a great holiday break.
I dropped off my car to have custom fenders made, a custom hood, front fascia and new fog lights installed. I am so excited!
The fenders are almost completed. He took my actual factory fenders modified them and then made a mold to pull a new part from. I am excited to see the hood come together next.
I also purchased the chrome led lights from the 2013 e class convertible to change out the round fog lights. I thought it would be a good time to make a change there since it is already in the shop.
I asked if it could be done, and he said sure! My hood will look similar to the SLK roadster, but I have two kids and can't get by with another 2-seater in the household.
I think i will have the brakes painted in the spring as well and either a new set of wheels or I may just get the current wheels chromed. Have not made up my mind yet. I don't understand why it has to be so complicated to change the wheels on the 550's! Kind of making me a little crazy. Besides, i am not fond of a lot of the styles out right now. I think wheels should be like jewelry, more sparkle is better!
Can't wait to start posting some photos!
Last edited by SunshineGirl; 12-30-2012 at 11:19 AM.
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That's a lot of modding... Good luck. I am almost as excited as you, to see the pics..... My OEM wheels are being refinished. A bit like you, I wondering if there will be enough glit from them.
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I am very excited, next week looks like a little break due to New Year holiday, but I can hardly wait to see how the hood turns out. It's really fun to have someone take ideas and just create what I imagine! I loved things about the SLK, but of course that doesn't work for me, so we are combining the attributes that I liked and see what we get.
If I don't like, I can always sell it and up grade to the Bentley convertible. Of course, I'll have to buy it used, but still very pretty cars too.
If I don't like, I can always sell it and up grade to the Bentley convertible. Of course, I'll have to buy it used, but still very pretty cars too.
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Hi Everyone!
Hope you all had a great holiday break.
I dropped off my car to have custom fenders made, a custom hood, front fascia and new fog lights installed. I am so excited!
The fenders are almost completed. He took my actual factory fenders modified them and then made a mold to pull a new part from. I am excited to see the hood come together next.
I also purchased the chrome led lights from the 2013 e class convertible to change out the round fog lights. I thought it would be a good time to make a change there since it is already in the shop.
I asked if it could be done, and he said sure! My hood will look similar to the SL roadster, but i have two kids and can't get by with another 2-seater in the household.
I think i will have the brakes painted in the spring as well and either a new set of wheels or I may just get the current wheels chromed. Have not made up my mind yet. I don't understand why it has to be so complicated to change the wheels on the 550's! Kind of making me a little crazy. Besides, i am not fond of a lot of the styles out right now. I think wheels should be like jewelry, more sparkle is better!
Can't wait to start posting some photos!
Hope you all had a great holiday break.
I dropped off my car to have custom fenders made, a custom hood, front fascia and new fog lights installed. I am so excited!
The fenders are almost completed. He took my actual factory fenders modified them and then made a mold to pull a new part from. I am excited to see the hood come together next.
I also purchased the chrome led lights from the 2013 e class convertible to change out the round fog lights. I thought it would be a good time to make a change there since it is already in the shop.
I asked if it could be done, and he said sure! My hood will look similar to the SL roadster, but i have two kids and can't get by with another 2-seater in the household.
I think i will have the brakes painted in the spring as well and either a new set of wheels or I may just get the current wheels chromed. Have not made up my mind yet. I don't understand why it has to be so complicated to change the wheels on the 550's! Kind of making me a little crazy. Besides, i am not fond of a lot of the styles out right now. I think wheels should be like jewelry, more sparkle is better!
Can't wait to start posting some photos!
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Let me know how the A207 (2013 E-class) LED DRL's work out. I did an LED DRL mod on my CLK, but the chrome trim on the Chinese LED bars I used is peeling and tarnishing, so I'm thinking of investing in the genuine MBZ parts. I'd like to know how much work is required to retrofit the A207 parts before I go spending $400 on it.
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Hi Everyone!
Hope you all had a great holiday break.
I dropped off my car to have custom fenders made, a custom hood, front fascia and new fog lights installed. I am so excited!
The fenders are almost completed. He took my actual factory fenders modified them and then made a mold to pull a new part from. I am excited to see the hood come together next.
I also purchased the chrome led lights from the 2013 e class convertible to change out the round fog lights. I thought it would be a good time to make a change there since it is already in the shop.
I asked if it could be done, and he said sure! My hood will look similar to the SL roadster, but i have two kids and can't get by with another 2-seater in the household.
I think i will have the brakes painted in the spring as well and either a new set of wheels or I may just get the current wheels chromed. Have not made up my mind yet. I don't understand why it has to be so complicated to change the wheels on the 550's! Kind of making me a little crazy. Besides, i am not fond of a lot of the styles out right now. I think wheels should be like jewelry, more sparkle is better!
Can't wait to start posting some photos!
Hope you all had a great holiday break.
I dropped off my car to have custom fenders made, a custom hood, front fascia and new fog lights installed. I am so excited!
The fenders are almost completed. He took my actual factory fenders modified them and then made a mold to pull a new part from. I am excited to see the hood come together next.
I also purchased the chrome led lights from the 2013 e class convertible to change out the round fog lights. I thought it would be a good time to make a change there since it is already in the shop.
I asked if it could be done, and he said sure! My hood will look similar to the SL roadster, but i have two kids and can't get by with another 2-seater in the household.
I think i will have the brakes painted in the spring as well and either a new set of wheels or I may just get the current wheels chromed. Have not made up my mind yet. I don't understand why it has to be so complicated to change the wheels on the 550's! Kind of making me a little crazy. Besides, i am not fond of a lot of the styles out right now. I think wheels should be like jewelry, more sparkle is better!
Can't wait to start posting some photos!
Where's the shop location? If it look nice, I want the same mods for my Slk55. Thanks.
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Let me know how the A207 (2013 E-class) LED DRL's work out. I did an LED DRL mod on my CLK, but the chrome trim on the Chinese LED bars I used is peeling and tarnishing, so I'm thinking of investing in the genuine MBZ parts. I'd like to know how much work is required to retrofit the A207 parts before I go spending $400 on it.
On another note, I see some CLK's with dual exhaust tips on each side. Who makes a exhaust like this? I like that! I will also have the rear plastic panel on the rear bumper painted to match the body color. I hate the black plastic as it seems to look dirty all the time. We also talked about building a chrome piece there underneath it like the newer models have. Not sure we will do this right now, maybe in the spring when I get the wheels done.
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Dual exhaust pipes on the cabriolet can be done, but it's really difficult. There is a thread or two on the forum where it's been done:
https://mbworld.org/forums/clk-class...e-goodies.html
It's not true "dual exhaust" but at least you have the look of du\al (or really, quad) pipes.
https://mbworld.org/forums/clk-class...e-goodies.html
It's not true "dual exhaust" but at least you have the look of du\al (or really, quad) pipes.
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Hi everybody!
Sorry it has taken me so long to post again.
After the getting the car apart in mid December, we found there was a little frame damage after all.The right side looked like it was down.
MPD1 does not do frame repair so we took it to another shop to have the straightening done. Get the car back two weeks later, on the lift and the right side of the crash bar is still down. So back to the frame shop for a new right front rail.
They proceeded to have my car for 5 more weeks! That's right, i can't even believe it myself, but they had it 5 weeks. one would have expected some serious
damage to have it take that long, but nope.
anyway, this put the whole project pretty far behind schedule, but hey.. think of all the miles i am not putting on her! lol
While the car was at the frame shop MPD1 worked on the new vented fenders. The goal was to make them look like the new SLS.
They used a new pair of OE fenders to modify and pull molds from.
the new fenders are trimmed and fitted to the car. Have not cut the holes for the mesh yet. They have a final program to CNC cut the billet grill bar vents Third times a charm LOL
The front fascia is going to be in for quit a few modifications, so they pulled a mold from the front and will proceed with modifications to it.
The hood is also underway with part of the original hood and part of an SLK fused to the middle. Love the look of the Mclaren and SLK hoods
Other than that, looks like it will be a few weeks in the making before I have any paintable parts, but it is getting exciting once again.
I am going to pick out some paint for the brakes maybe a powder coat. Any recommendations for getting the calipers powder coated? Still thinking that i will have these wheels chromed as every other option just seems more complicated
than it is worth.
So here is some pictures of my car after the "fender bender" before tear down, the frame repair and the development of the new fenders.
Sorry it has taken me so long to post again.
After the getting the car apart in mid December, we found there was a little frame damage after all.The right side looked like it was down.
MPD1 does not do frame repair so we took it to another shop to have the straightening done. Get the car back two weeks later, on the lift and the right side of the crash bar is still down. So back to the frame shop for a new right front rail.
They proceeded to have my car for 5 more weeks! That's right, i can't even believe it myself, but they had it 5 weeks. one would have expected some serious
damage to have it take that long, but nope.
anyway, this put the whole project pretty far behind schedule, but hey.. think of all the miles i am not putting on her! lol
While the car was at the frame shop MPD1 worked on the new vented fenders. The goal was to make them look like the new SLS.
They used a new pair of OE fenders to modify and pull molds from.
the new fenders are trimmed and fitted to the car. Have not cut the holes for the mesh yet. They have a final program to CNC cut the billet grill bar vents Third times a charm LOL
The front fascia is going to be in for quit a few modifications, so they pulled a mold from the front and will proceed with modifications to it.
The hood is also underway with part of the original hood and part of an SLK fused to the middle. Love the look of the Mclaren and SLK hoods
Other than that, looks like it will be a few weeks in the making before I have any paintable parts, but it is getting exciting once again.
I am going to pick out some paint for the brakes maybe a powder coat. Any recommendations for getting the calipers powder coated? Still thinking that i will have these wheels chromed as every other option just seems more complicated
than it is worth.
So here is some pictures of my car after the "fender bender" before tear down, the frame repair and the development of the new fenders.
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Here is some more pictures of the fenders and molds MPD1 made. In the last pictures you can see the fenders are fitted to the car. Once they got the new hood and fenders aligned they put on the nice new front fascia and getting it ready to pull a mold off off.
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I've been investigating hypersilver paints and chrome paints for my new MB wheels, which I love. It looks as though my new oem MB wheels were at one time a CLK upgrade, but have never seen a CLK with them. Will post pics later.
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There is a way to properly chrome alloy wheels. They have to first be thoroughly cleaned in an acid bath, then have a layer of copper clad onto them, then they can be chromed. This usually lasts as well as any chrome on the car. A better (and easier, even DIY possible) option might be to strip the OEM paint and coatings and just go with "raw" polished aluminum. This has become a more popular OEM option on new car. You get a nice shine and easier cleaning than paint, but no worries about chipping or peeling with chrome plate. Of course even the best polish job won't be as shiny as chrome, but it will give you a nice snappy finish as compared to the matte finish of the OEM paint.
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I'm still looking into this with the wheel issue. The way I keep getting snags, I'll be lucky to have it back for summer!
The new headlights came and went back! They were awful quality, waiting on another set.
I wish there were more options on the wheel issue!
I guess these big brakes just don't clear with much!
If only I felt like spending $4,000 on a custom set of foose wheels. Lol just have to draw the line somewhere.
The new headlights came and went back! They were awful quality, waiting on another set.
I wish there were more options on the wheel issue!
I guess these big brakes just don't clear with much!
If only I felt like spending $4,000 on a custom set of foose wheels. Lol just have to draw the line somewhere.
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There is a way to properly chrome alloy wheels. They have to first be thoroughly cleaned in an acid bath, then have a layer of copper clad onto them, then they can be chromed. This usually lasts as well as any chrome on the car. A better (and easier, even DIY possible) option might be to strip the OEM paint and coatings and just go with "raw" polished aluminum. This has become a more popular OEM option on new car. You get a nice shine and easier cleaning than paint, but no worries about chipping or peeling with chrome plate. Of course even the best polish job won't be as shiny as chrome, but it will give you a nice snappy finish as compared to the matte finish of the OEM paint.
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I can only assume that with all of this custom work you are doing you take pretty good care of a car in general. If you care for chrome wheels they will last a long long time. I just sold a 10 year old car with the original chrome wheels in good shape. Just don't use anything at all abrasive on them. Even some chrome polish can have some abrasive. The only thing I ever clean them with it a soft old paint brush and Simple Green. I just used carnuba wax on mine to polish. I recently became aware of a product that you spray on your chrome wheels to help them shed brake dust. Brake dust is pretty toxic stuff on chrome wheels. I haven't tried it yet though.
I will soon be putting chromed factory wheels from LA Wheel on the CLK I just bought and I will just take care of them as usual. I will get many years out of them.
I will soon be putting chromed factory wheels from LA Wheel on the CLK I just bought and I will just take care of them as usual. I will get many years out of them.
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I do take good care of my cars. I just sold my '99 e class and it still looked new. Loved that car and I got a lot of use out of it! My '05 e550 was junk by comparison and I only kept that one a short time. I'm very happy MB bought Chrysler out. They didn't do any justice to MB at all.
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Due to the larger brakes on a 550 amg, not many of the standard wheels will fit "clear" the brakes. There just aren't many companies that make wheels this size probably because they won't sell enough.
I do take good care of my cars. I just sold my '99 e class and it still looked new. Loved that car and I got a lot of use out of it! My '05 e550 was junk by comparison and I only kept that one a short time. I'm very happy MB bought Chrysler out. They didn't do any justice to MB at all.
I do take good care of my cars. I just sold my '99 e class and it still looked new. Loved that car and I got a lot of use out of it! My '05 e550 was junk by comparison and I only kept that one a short time. I'm very happy MB bought Chrysler out. They didn't do any justice to MB at all.
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I was going to say the same thing as Lowpost said there are allot choices for our cars both OEM and REPS.. And regarding the big brakes i personal think they are small front is only 4 pots and rear is 2 pot.. I personal think a 6 and 4 be nice