kattanh3's W203 build-up thread

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Took the car to get checked last week @ EAS. Tranmission was shifting rough and late  they serviced the transmission & transaxle, replaced passenger front lower control arm, installed AUX, and gave me a free loaner while at it! They had an awesome '57 300SL roadster and bmw isetta (1 cylinder, 13hp car!!!).

A+ on technical expertise, customer service, and punctuality... D on hourly rate though, granted they are cheaper than the stealership but these guys are NOT CHEAP. Good thing they gave me heads up that I'll need to replace the rear swaybar and some bushings on my next service.

Will be visiting Eastside Motoring next week. If you are around Boston, don't waste your time. These are my go-to guys for all aftermarket mods. I swear it's like almost all the modified cars in here are rockin their decals! that was my first clue lol

I'll need a toe alignment, install D-rings for the cargo net, swap interior lighting back to stock, change most of the exterior lighting to 5000k LED. I might cut the front coils and fix the rear spacers as well.

* P.S. My Kleemann headers are up for sale, shoot me a pm if interested.* Basically I just stumbled upon one of Rollnnn's posts about the headers and found out that it's a 2pc kit! I purchased mine from a member and he only sold me the header without the down-pipe. I'm not interested in taking on this project LOL


Will be cutting the bumper's exhaust opening tomorrow and weld in tips. AMG style, not the c55/32 size but the more common larger ones. Trying to go for the CLK550 look.

Here are crappy iPhone pics of the car

Just got the exhaust tips done and the bumper trimmed. I could've widen the bumper opening further and get a better look, but that meant trimming through the bumper clips.

More crappy phone pix for now. I'll be taking decent photos once I'm done with next week's work.