Tom Sederburg

Hello everyone!

Hi everyone!

I haven't been on here in a while but I thought it might be nice to post up some new pics of my car and see what you guys think of it so far. I've done quite a few things to it since I made my signature but I don't have time to make a new one right now. Umm... well, firstly, audio wise I added a nice set of Focal Utopia components which have noticably improved sound quality. I also changed a lot of the bulbs around (experimenting with colour) inside and outside which you can't see in the pics. Hmm... what else? Oh I had the outdated "E500" emblem removed from the decklid and replaced with a Lorinser one. The only Lorinser products I have added to it are the wheels but what the heck right? I'm thinking about getting a set of those fenders they make too. Before that however, I will probably replace the bottom half of the trunklid with a 2007-style one though. (With the longer chrome strip.) Oh and of course I blacked out the tail lamps. (It was professionally done of course and nothing cheap.)

Anyway, without further ado, here she is:









I would be interested to hear any thoughts, ideas, or suggestions you may have. In addition to updating the fenders & trunk, I am thinking about having the mesh inserts on its front bumper either colourmatched or painted a gloss black to compliment my taillights... Or perhaps replaced with black or chrome Bently-style mesh... Other than that, I think I am going to stick to tweaking the audio/video system from now on. :-)

Anyway, it's way past my bedtime so I'll talk to you guys later.

Ciao,
Tom

P.S. I am curious, does anyone know if the new style floormats with the little metal Mercedes-Benz logos will work in pre-'07 w211's? I asked my service tech but he says the pedal arraingment has been altered? I don't know if I trust that though. If anyone has added them or tried to I would be curious to hear your experiences and recommendations in this regard.

jallison12

Beautiful car!! Please post some pics showing the color lighting changes. I am intrigued!

Tom Sederburg

I'll try and take some while I'm out tonight and get them up on here tomorrow. I changed the bulbs in my fog and parking lights but the sidemarkers and turn signals are still factory. I really want to get silver coloured ones but I dunno where to look besides ebay and their products are of questionable quality.

For the inside what I did was try to install some footwell lights but it wound up shorting out part of the electrical system and they had to take them out. I am thinking about trying it again sometime with led's though.

Later,
Tom

Quadcammer

I gotta be honest here man, but I don't like the grille, the wheels, or the taillight covers.

If it were my car, id put the stock hood/star back on, get a set of 550/350 sport wheels, and the stock tail lights.

just imho.

TPAbnz

A bit too urban for my taste, but wow, imho, the tail lights do nothing for your beauty of a car and color. Sorry.

Keep all of your stock parts when resale rolls around.

Tank7

What front Grill do are you using? I have been thinking about getting something like it. Not sure if the diameter of the star is too big for me as I have seen some smaller ones but want to investigate.

mpx220

I like the front grill! Not my style of rims but rims are a personal choice! Nice car!

jallison12

I am getting to really like the tinted lights. I think they look great on your car, imho.

dsbull

i am not sure why are you asking what people think of your car, i think its all about what you like...

Tom Sederburg

Hey I liked the factory tail lights too... back when I was lucky to spot two or three other W211s a day. Now that I'm seeing 10-20 of them, not so much. Had to do something to make it stand out from the pack. Perhaps when I have the '07 style trunklid installed I'll get the tailights updated as well... until then I think this looks pretty swank.

Yeah I have 18s on it.... I want this to be a fun car to drive and not have to worry about swerving around every pothole. I have larger rims on some of my other vehicles and the roads around here can tear them up pretty bad if I'm not careful. Whatever though...

Anyway, I still need to take those light pics. Just been a busy weekend and haven't had much time. Probably Tuesday night? I have things to do tomorrow.

Anyway, thanks for all the input everyone. Positive and negative. It's all good. :-)

Later,
Tom

P.S. Curious - how old are you guys who don't like the tinted taillights? I mean, 18-24 year old girls are my target demographic and they seem to love them. lol

iBenz

What colour is your car, Tom?

Tom Sederburg

Hellblau (Light Blue):



Later,
Tom

mbuskuhl

Do I see gold colored handcuffs hanging from the rear view mirror?

Tom Sederburg

What does that have to do with anything? lol

Later,
Tom

mbuskuhl

I don't know what it means when someone hangs handcuffs from their rearview mirror. Perhaps you are a cop, bounty hunter, security guard, get kinky with the ladies, been arrrested a lot or ?

KosherBenz

Im sorry brother, but those rims are n a s t y. I would think they belong on a W210, not a w211.

remember......
opinions are like a$$holes, everyone has one.

Everyone has diffrent taste, if you like it thats all that matters!

R/
Evan

Tom Sederburg

Please, this is a family forum sir! lol

I'll just say they've come in handy occasionally and leave it at that.

Later,
Tom

Tom Sederburg

Hey Evan,

These are actually my favourite rims for this car and I looked though thousands before selecting them.

What kind of wheels do you prefer on w211's? 5 stars?

Later,
Tom

KosherBenz

OEM CLS 18's.

Quadcammer

I don't love them and Im 24. Then again, I've never been a fan of modifying the appearance of mb sedans (with the exception of some tasteful wheels). I have "old manish" taste.

LB Bnz

nice colour car....I think you may want to think about adding:

--AMG style front bumper (it'll give that aggressive but clean look now that you have a 'flat hood emblem' and new grill)

--sport exhaust tips (either dual or quad)

--trunk spoiler

....modding: once you start, it's hard to stop!!!