last night, while parking the car, i misjudged how low my car sits and i hit the curb, scraping the whole bumper, then i tried to back up and i cracked it.. now i have a front cracked bumper, anybody know where i can go to get a good on W209 CLK55 bumpers or is it repairable.. the bumper is together, but just has a crack on the bottom left. i really need to get used to how low the car sits.

First off, sorry to hear that.

However, it might be a good opportunity to get the Brabus front spoiler with four auxiliary headlight - your 55 will be one item closer to full Brabus configuration.

i already asked Brabus when i first started working on my car and they said their W209 bumpers don't fit the CLK55 'cause of the mounting points on the AMG are different from that of the other CLKs.

You could go with Kleemann or Lorinser, but my personal opinion - Brabus looks the best for W209. Another choise is to replace you AMG spoiler, which is not such a bad option in a first place.

Lorinser

Kleemann

how much does the factory bumper cover cost?

how much does the factory bumper cover cost?

I don't know, but suspect quite a bit. That's why I would prefer to get something different.
Otherwise, you pay significant amount (definitely over 1K) and get the same thing.

So, how is your front bumper doing? Did you get it fixed?

Sorry for asking, I just like your car.

I'm expecting obsidian black '04s CLK500 in July and planning to put the same Monoblocks on it, not sure 18"s or 19"s. By the way, how it feels with 19"s. Isn't it like wearing heavy shoes? Well, your engine is quite capable...

I don't mind you asking at all.

The factory wanted 1,300.00 for the factory AMG bumper cover, so i called up Brabus and they told me they can fit their bumper on my car and being a good customer, they gave me a good discount on their bumper.

so now my car will look like this but in silver..

as far as ride goes, i don't think it has changed much except it does feel heavier.. like you said, our cars are perfectly capable of handling such weight .. i think some of it is contibuted to the brabus suspension as well. but i don't think your ride would change either.

I think, I'm more anxious to see your car after bodywork is done than you are

Keep us posted...

thank you.

i certainly will keep you posted.

how many bodykit does kleemann produce? cuz the pic posted looks differetn from the ones they had at a car show..
the one posted is pretty cruel... they killed that clk....

Brabus and Kleemann are not the same company. I like the bumper of Brabus that's posted, it's made out polyeurethrene (sp?) material, the same material factory bumpers are made with as opposed to other tuners who use fiberglass bumpers. Besides it's not that bad looking, i don't think it killed the car, i have seen uglier bumpers out there.

d'oh.. talk about embarassing, i misread your thread and i thought you were referring to the brabus CLK that i posted, i am sorry.

Agreed though, Kleeman did kill the CLK in the one posted.

hahah AMG BRED daz alright.. ill get over it..
seems like kleemann has two bodykits for the clk. they had on at the car show.... which is shown in evosports gallery and another kit which is posted in the previous reply..... the one that was at the car show looks awesome but not the one that was just posted...
someone wana clear this up?!
how many kleemann kits are there and how much?

tango,

I think it's the same spoiler, the grills behind the spoiler are different though.

It seems, that the spoilers are different due to different angles the pictures were taken, different colors of the cars. Correct me, if I'm wrong.

KLEEMANN only have 1 style aero kit for 209, the one in the Evosport gallery is taken by Brad and Simon when they visited
Essen Motor show in November 2002.

The pictures must be playing you a trick.

i duno what to say.... i need glasses...
the black one looked so much better until someone enlightened me... but the silver one is another story....
lucas ... how much does kleemann aerokit cost?

Which Silver one ????.

Price ask KLEEMANN USA.

This silver one http://www.parvinder.dk/cars/fastest...annclk-01.html

To me, those spoilers are the same too, the grills on the bottom are different.

It looks much better in black - agree.

it looks so much better in black.. thank god i didn't go with the kleeman bodykit 'cause in silver, it's blah.



on a side note: The bodykit is in.. it's going in the shop on monday to get it painted and hopefully by friday, everything will be on.

AMG BRED,
There is one more positive aspect in replacing the factory bumper - you'll get rid of those ugly yellow corners.

By the way, are you getting rear bumper too, or just front?

OK I follow you, the silver is a photo shop picture which was made for the press before the W 209 was released in the market.

I am happy you like the black car, because it's the real thing and it looks just as good in silver.