AMG BRED

that's the natural color of the lights in the garage itself.

AMG BRED

no i haven't, is it a Digital Elph?

Kar don

i dunno, im growing to like the brabus from the rest AMG stuff. I still think you should get quad exhaust, but I really love that CLK.

kaze81

AMG BRED: One question for you..what did u used to shine ur CLK??

U have a very clean and nice car. Keep up the work

thanks
KZ

kaze81

AMG BRED: One question for you..what did u used to shine ur CLK??

U have a very clean and nice car. Keep up the work

thanks
KZ

AMG BRED

i used meguiar's (sp?) polishe and then S100 wax (2 applications)

Harris

since W203 and W209 share the same chassis, and suspension for W203 and W209 are always interchangable. I have to think they use the same spring pads.

Yes, I think you can use the Dot 3 pads and put it on the 32 and use Dot 1 pads on the 55. That might help your 32 rubbing problem and lower your 55 a bit.

Harris

I agree that you should get the rear bumper as well. But you might want to keep the AMG side skirts because Brabus does not offer side skirts for W209.

Paul Le Corre

AMG BRED, it's always a pleasure to see pics of your car. It's a proof that's Brabus is on top.

lvit

Harris,

Are you sure, that Brabus doesn't offer the skirts for the CLK?
Please see their poster attached.

JamE55

That is a lot of pics!

Thanks for sharing!

Harris

The side skirts that you see on that picture are the AMG side skirts. Brabus does not offer any side skirts for the W209 at this moment.

AMG BRED

i have never liked the Brabus rear bumper.. i detest the rear bumper due to the fact that the lower rear lip look on the bumper doesn't flow with the rest of the car.

As for the spring pads, thanks Harris, now i wonder if my MB dealer is willing to work on the modified suspension of both cars, to exchange the spring pads.

i am afraid the dealer will see the Moded suspension and void my warranty. :o

lvit

Harris,

The skirts on Brabus CLK61 look entirely different from the ones on AMGBRED's car (any W209 CLK55/CLK500).

How many different skirt designs AMG has for W209?

lvit

AMGBRED,

My dealer told me, that they will void any suspension related warranty once I go with Brabus suspension. However, I heard, that they (MB) have to prove now, that the problem was caused by modified part.

Harris

I think the first thing you need to do is to find out is what pads your cars are having right now. If the 55 already has Dot 1 pads, then there is nothing much that you can do about it. And if your 32 has Dot 4 already, same thing, you cant do anything to it.

If both of your cars have Dot 2 or Dot 3 pads, then you can just go to the parts dept and buy a pair of Dot 1 & Dot 4 pads and bring them to a suspension shop & change it. Your dealer will never know this.

But even if they do know you have moded suspension, which part of the warranty can they void??? You changed the whole suspension of your car, there is nothing to be claimed and there is nothing to be voided!!

Harris

Well, I specifically sent an e-mail to Brabus this morning and attached your pic to them, and thats what they replied. Although that side skirt doesnt look too AMG to you (and me), what can I say?? I am just relaying their message here.

AMG BRED

you are correct, i confirmed this with the Brabus rep whom i went thru and he told me they don't have side skirts for the CLK.

Frisco

AMG BRED - Very nice indeed. This round of pictures definitely does the car way more justice than the first round. Unfortunately, I'm still waiting on my kit and won't have it for another couple months

Aren't they just the stock MB skirts and not even the AMG ones?

AMG BRED

a couple of months for Brabus kit? something doesn't sound right?

Harris

Unfortunately, yes. Brabus has sold out of the current version of the W209 bodykit. They wont be getting any new shipment until Nov.

hbo1

VERY NICE CAR MAN !

BenzoBoi

Man that car is sick. Always loved the new clk's but dayam yer car makes me freakin want one too congrats

GunMoto

AMG BRED, I have no words:

WishforE55

amgbred here you go.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos300d/

On 20th August 2003 Canon surprised many people (not least us) when it announced its $899 / €1,099 EOS 300D (Digital Rebel). This digital SLR based on the EOS 10D's superb six megapixel CMOS sensor and image processor in an inexpensive consumer body similar to the film EOS-300. This camera is designed to take the prosumer end of the digital camera market by storm, everyone is fully aware of the image quality of the EOS 10D (considered by many as the benchmark six megapixel digital SLR), and so a consumer priced digital SLR based on the same sensor is irrefutably attractive to anyone who would have previously considered an 'all in one' prosumer digital cameras.

This camera is probably the most fundamentally important step for digital SLR's since the introduction of the Nikon D1. It will place digital SLR's into the hands of consumers (with a moderate budget) and will probably also have a very strong negative effect on the $1,000 prosumer digital camera market. Especially considering that the Kit price which includes the new EF-S 18 - 55 mm (3x) lens costs just $100 / €100 more.

The EOS 300D's plastic body is just one of the elements used to reduce the cost of the camera, others include the use of a pentamirror in the viewfinder instead of a pentaprism, a reduction of features (although I feel that much of this is simply firmware crippling) and a shifting of manufacturing from Japan to Taiwan. Additionally Canon say that they have altered the production process of the CMOS sensor to reduce costs.

To give the camera more consumer appeal Canon has also replaced the EOS 10D's neutral image parameters with a new default set called 'Parameter 1' which defines Contrast, Saturation and Sharpness as +1. Adjustment to Contrast and Saturation have the same power as the EOS 10D, however the EOS 300D's sharpness is twice as strong as the EOS 10D. Thus the EOS 300D's "Parameter 1" is the same as Contrast +1, Saturation +1, Sharpness +2 on the EOS 10D. The EOS 10D's 'Standard' setting is called 'Parameter 2' on the EOS 300D.

In addition to this the EOS 300D is the first Canon digital SLR to support a new lens called the EF-S (S = short back focus), this has the same mount and electrical contacts as an EF lens but has a rear element which fits further into the camera allowing it to be closer to the image sensor. The lens elements can also be reduced in size as the imaging circle does not need to be as large, thus EF-S lenses should be smaller and lighter than their 35 mm equivalents. Note that EF-S lenses can only be used on the EOS 300D (so far) as no other EOS camera supports the EF-S mount.