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This all happened 3weeks ago
After selling my crewcab and getting a company car I decided that I needed something to play with for the summer.
After a quick look on ebay I ended up with this, An Amg spec 300ce.....
One quick trip to Southampton and I was the proud owner of a 3 litre straight 6 automatic pillar-less coupe.
After a quick wash it looked like this
The Plans are
[s]fix funky auto box[/s] Many thanks to the guys at merc for setting my throttle cable up and it now work
[s]Fix random opening sunroof[/s] Loose wire on the switch (28/03)
Fix N/S rear window - very odd as it works from the alarm
[s]Fit stereo as it has nothing[/s] C.D player and pre fitted infinity components (28/03)
Replace anti rollbar bushes
Fit new numberplates
Fix N/S rear tail lamp
Then I may start changing things
28/03/10
As it was a nice morning today I decided to have a play with the merc, So I headed over to the parents house and discovered they had this
So stripped out all the carpets and got to work, 20 mins later I was faced with this
They have come up 100 times better, the dark spots are still wet.
Decided while the carpets were out I would start correcting the lack of stereo, Grabbed the multi meter and started working out how to wire it all up.
Stripped out the rear boot carpet to face this
Look closer....
Yes my bargain Merc has infinity components in it front and rear.
So while refitting the carpets I noticed my kickdown switch was not attached.
So today I now have a working sunroof, cd player and a fun button under the throttle pedal.
02/04/10
I managed to grab 5 mins and gave her a clean. Awaiting on loads of Ebay goodies at the moment so progress is slow until they arrive
Hopefully over the weekend I will get a sub in the boot and maybe my new wheels if my spacers turn up
Today
This morning got up early and headed down to the Malton Specialist cars breakfast, What a great turn out. The route I took was along some little country roads so the car looks a bit muddy now, I also managed to find an old garage on the way.
Yes I know I need new numberplates......But I have a plan for those
After selling my crewcab and getting a company car I decided that I needed something to play with for the summer.
After a quick look on ebay I ended up with this, An Amg spec 300ce.....
One quick trip to Southampton and I was the proud owner of a 3 litre straight 6 automatic pillar-less coupe.
After a quick wash it looked like this
The Plans are
[s]fix funky auto box[/s] Many thanks to the guys at merc for setting my throttle cable up and it now work
[s]Fix random opening sunroof[/s] Loose wire on the switch (28/03)
Fix N/S rear window - very odd as it works from the alarm
[s]Fit stereo as it has nothing[/s] C.D player and pre fitted infinity components (28/03)
Replace anti rollbar bushes
Fit new numberplates
Fix N/S rear tail lamp
Then I may start changing things
28/03/10
As it was a nice morning today I decided to have a play with the merc, So I headed over to the parents house and discovered they had this
So stripped out all the carpets and got to work, 20 mins later I was faced with this
They have come up 100 times better, the dark spots are still wet.
Decided while the carpets were out I would start correcting the lack of stereo, Grabbed the multi meter and started working out how to wire it all up.
Stripped out the rear boot carpet to face this
Look closer....
Yes my bargain Merc has infinity components in it front and rear.
So while refitting the carpets I noticed my kickdown switch was not attached.
So today I now have a working sunroof, cd player and a fun button under the throttle pedal.
02/04/10
I managed to grab 5 mins and gave her a clean. Awaiting on loads of Ebay goodies at the moment so progress is slow until they arrive
Hopefully over the weekend I will get a sub in the boot and maybe my new wheels if my spacers turn up
Today
This morning got up early and headed down to the Malton Specialist cars breakfast, What a great turn out. The route I took was along some little country roads so the car looks a bit muddy now, I also managed to find an old garage on the way.
Yes I know I need new numberplates......But I have a plan for those
Thanks for the comments, The seats are good if your under 6ft sadly i am 6'4 so the seats are not amazing but its a mass of cream leather makes up for it. I did not choose this over an SEC i stuck a 'cheeky' bid on ebay and won it.
I have a few plans for it over the next few months
I am only 24 so i think insurance would have been an issue on an sec as well.
I have a few plans for it over the next few months
I am only 24 so i think insurance would have been an issue on an sec as well.
I think you might have started to convert the masses judging by the comments from all the Vauxhall, BMW and Ford drivers.
What are your plans for the wheels - the car wears its original AMG's well. New they would have been £££'s. Whatever its wearing, its a good job you have something else for when it snows !
I was down in the SLK ('orange'), parked directly ahead, which I have had for only about three weeks. Then got into the S124 afterwards getting, it ready for 3,000 miles around Scotland over the coming two weeks. Being only a 220 it felt like a snail.
In fact, due to the arrival of the SLK I have a 190E going very cheap due to lack of storage - not in the same league as a C124 but far too good to scrap.
What are your plans for the wheels - the car wears its original AMG's well. New they would have been £££'s. Whatever its wearing, its a good job you have something else for when it snows !
I was down in the SLK ('orange'), parked directly ahead, which I have had for only about three weeks. Then got into the S124 afterwards getting, it ready for 3,000 miles around Scotland over the coming two weeks. Being only a 220 it felt like a snail.
In fact, due to the arrival of the SLK I have a 190E going very cheap due to lack of storage - not in the same league as a C124 but far too good to scrap.
I had a set of BBS LM's for it but as a number of my friends are running these and due to the fact they did not suit the 300ce at all i have sold them on.
Coupled with the fact I have have fallen in love with the AMG's now, Sadly the front have a slightly too high offset and just sit a little far out the front arches for my liking. So i am looking into getting them machined down a little to reduce the offset and fitting some smaller front tyres as she has 225/45/17s current.
Then spacing out the rears 10-15mm and lowering a little more.
I have a few interesting bits in transit at the moment and will no doubt be adding to this as i go. I am currently pondering what steering wheel and gear knob to go with.
Coupled with the fact I have have fallen in love with the AMG's now, Sadly the front have a slightly too high offset and just sit a little far out the front arches for my liking. So i am looking into getting them machined down a little to reduce the offset and fitting some smaller front tyres as she has 225/45/17s current.
Then spacing out the rears 10-15mm and lowering a little more.
I have a few interesting bits in transit at the moment and will no doubt be adding to this as i go. I am currently pondering what steering wheel and gear knob to go with.
There's a lot to be said for wheels that are easy to clean! - 2 minute job with those AMG rims. I can't think of another wheel that would suit the car better, if I had to make a choice I'd probably go for a more modern AMG split rim from something like the SL65 if it would fit.
Or this
Or this
Edited by Mark34bn on Monday 5th April 10:54
Beirut Taxi said:
norman156 said:
Absolutely love these things, been very tempted by them lately. Stick with the AMG monoblocks, I've not seen a set of wheels which suit the CE more.
Is that 190e 2.3 of yours working again yet?Edited by norman156 on Monday 5th April 22:02
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