chkoo

finally got around to making a thread. got my car a year ago and it looked like this


then came the blacked out grille

and the the cf trim


lowered my car after 6 months with H&Rs


then came the new rims


then tires poped lol

then the bix

then the magnaflow!!!

then the rieger


look was inspired by c24owner

still to come:
- AMG skirts and rear + rear diffuser
- trunk lip and roof spoiler
- blacked out roof
- kleemann tune/header/pulley

havoc_vulture

Very nice progress
Hope to see more soon

W203E35

OMG that looks amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Keep up the great work brother.

pawe

Great progress! Love the look!

jreC230

Looking good!

havoc_vulture

best mod is the hello kitty sticker

W203E35

+1

infected

Nice progress. Look forward to meeting you next Summer if there is going to be a meet set up for the C class guys.

Crna Mechka

Lookin tight dude! Very impressive.

I'm in a similar place as you right now, well, maybe about a mile or two behind but I've only had her for about 4 weeks or so?

Anyway, I really love what you did with the interior trim - can I ask - what kind of material is that?

I saw some stuff on eBay that looks like carbon fibre and it looks like it would really fit the black interior.

It doesn't seem too difficult to do either - just remove the panels, cover em with the new material, and pop em back in - right?

Rock on dude

W203E35

chkoo, Kleemann is going to make you bend over. I would hop on the group buy that powerchip has. 350 plus shipping (might be expensive from Vancouver but still cheaper than Kleemann) is a great deal.

pawe

Carbon fiber fabric. comes in two types now. One is an actual fabric material with no adhesive backing and one has like a fabric texture but comes with adhesive backing.
If you plan to do your interior trims, I suggest you do it with a carbon fiber fabric+spray adhesive since its much easier to wrap the trims. It took me 8 hours to do my trims since I made sure the trims will fit properly again because of the added material.

Another tricky problem is the passenger airbag warning. If you will look closely on the "hazard light" picture. There is a small rectangular indentation...that was his passenger airbag warning that was covered. he covered it because the added material from the fabric didnt allow it to be inserted back in again.

Crna Mechka

Thanks for your response pawe.

I found these varieties on eBay - which one would you suggest most?

I can deal with having to cover the passenger Airbag warning if I have to.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/24-x-...Q5fAccessories
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/3M-NE...Q5fAccessories
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-3...Q5fAccessories
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Black...Q5fAccessories
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Carbo...Q5fAccessories (This one seems to be the only one that doesn't have pre-applied adhesive on it)

pawe

This is what I used and I bought it from the same site.
http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=325750


*Im not sure about posting links to other car forums for sales and ads so mods, delete this post if this is not proper.

hcalvarez

keep it up! looking good!

ao125

How did you install the Magnaflow?

Did you cut the stock muffler off and clamp the new one on, or did you have it welded?

XsuperbeeX

looks good!

OneOfaKindTrini

Looking good. What trim model is your car?

FrankW

looks good

chkoo

that picture is old, i fixed it later after some tinkering.
the stuff i used is actaully 3m dinoc vinyl. i got a huge roll from www.pyspeed.com and wrapped a few of my freinds cars. here is an example of a w204 i did.


the stuff is really easy to install provided you have a heat gun.

chkoo

the muffler was welded and was installed with custom hangers.

chkoo

it is an 05 base c230. really regret not getting a c350 or a c55

chkoo

yea kleeman is abit steep. i think it was 2k for tune and pulleys. i havent decided yet since im prolly going to do engine stuff after all my cosmetics are done.

chkoo

so my friend was driving me to school cuz my lisence is suspended and he decided it would be fun to cut traffic on the parking lane. then for sum strange reason, someone decided it was smart to put their garbage bin on the side of the road and my freind couldnt cut into the left land in time and left me with this



amazingly only the blinker cover and the mirror broke and the housing was unscratched.

W203E35

That sucks, is it only the glass?

Easy fix. Just bend the mirror inward and there is a clip. Press that clip and slide the mirror cover off. Then from there you can take off the glass.

Not a huge shell shocker. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/01-07...Q5fAccessories

Did you brake the blinker? I have an extra blinker if you need it. I'll send it to you for free. I broke mine too and salvaged parts and the facelift mirror blinker is clear not frosty so I left my broken one on.

Let me know.

W203E35

Rmeuropean has it for 89 bucks but it might get there quicker than the ebay one.
http://www.rmeuropean.com/Part-Numbe..._6BB4EABD.aspx

Ebay one says it's from Latvia and 14-23 days shipping

Scratch that, since you have a partial mirror I would just save money and order it from ebay.