W209 CLK270 CDI with AMG Styling Package Delivery Date - 11/02/2003 Not many options selected - which means more mods to do! to discuss my car visit this thread: HERE Factory fitted Options: 744 - Brilliant Sliver Metallic Exterior 249 - Dimming Interior & Exterior mirrors (Drivers side) 486 - Sports Suspension 500 - Folding wing mirrors 772 - AMG Styling Package, Front bumper, Sideskirts, Rear bumper & Lip spoiler 790 - 18" AMG Style III staggered Alloy Wheels Interior 831A - Leather/Nappa/Semi-Aniline - 830A - Black/Anthracite Mods so far (as of Oct 2012): Exterior -New 'Euro' Numberplates & Surrounds -Side 'Avantgarde' badges relocated to 2004 Position -5000k W5W LED error free sidelights -5000k Festoon LED error free numberplate lights -OEM 2005+ Facelift 3 Bar front grill -OEM 2005+ Facelift Avantgarde/AMG rear light clusters -CLK55 AMG Rear Twin pipe Exhaust -CLK63 AMG Front bumper with Carbon Fibre cut out -Facelift GPS Aerial Interior -Complete facelift of dashboard: 2005+ Switchgear, heater controls and Audio20 headunit. -Ambient LED lighting for dash and footwells The car when I bought it: My planned mods (in no particular order): -W207/W212 DRL's CLK63 AMG quad pipes -Rear Carbon Fibre diffuser -19" AMG wheels, not decided on which style yet -Rear sunblind -Parktronic OEM AMG Mats:
Now for the mods...! Mod 1) W5W error free LED sidelights & Rear numberplate LEDs (My own brand): Mod 2) Hammerite Smooth Silver painted brake Calipers: Mod 3) OEM Facelift '2 Stripe' front grill: Mod 4) Carbon Fibre wrap for rear bumper difuser: Mod 5) Relocate side 'Avantgarde' badges from the doors to the wings (As per 2004+ models):
Mod 6) Complete dashboard Switchgear facelift conversion, including upgrade from Audio 10 to brand new! Audio 20 system: Before with Audio 10 and pre-facelift switchgear: During: After Audio 20 and facelift switchgear & heater controls: (I know the upper trim doesnt match, but I cant find it on eBay )
Mod 6): Trip to COMAND.co.uk to add a couple of options to my car via STAR, sort out audio issues & to clear the SRS error I had caused when facelifting the dash. Added: -Tank content (Gallons) -Temp display on all screens -Digital speedo with temp display -Netherlands Setting* *This strangely appeared by itself when I reconnected the battery a week before. Wasnt able to add auto/folding mirrors however as my car is too old Facelift dash transformation finally complete. Missing upper dash trim found (thanks Gurpz!):
Mod 7): Facelift (2005-09) Avantgarde/AMG rear clusters: A couple of people have asked me what bulbs I use with my LEDs as I dont have Xenon's. MTEC white H7s: Fogs are OEM yellow, vast difference eh?
November 2012 Mod 8) CLK55 AMG Rear Box: Another 2x Tips will be added in the future for the Quad tail pipe set up Mod 9) Facelift GPS Aerial: Discuss my modifcations HERE
February 2013 Mod 10) CLK63 AMG Front bumper, with Carbon Fibre wrap central diffuser - I like to do something slightly unique, as far as I know noone else in the UK has done this : Mod 11) Debadged:
Mod 12) Interior Ambient lighting. (Rear View Mirror & front footwells) For the base of the Rear View Mirror: Connected via the A-Pillar/roof lining And 2x LEDs for both front footwells: (photo brighten up to demonstrate)
Mod 13) OEM Mechanised cup holder - required half the dash to be removed for fitting Mod 14) Quad Exhausts using OEM CLK63 AMG tips/pipes: :bannana::bannana::bannana: Couple more pictures of the car, just under a year of ownership:
Mod 15) Headlight Restoration. Ever since I got the car the plastic lenses on have been yellow and scratched. By using Megirues Headlight Restoration kit I have returned them back to original shininess: (time taken around 1 hour) Before: After:
I picked up my W209 CLK 240 (54 plate) last night and already you've got me thinking about some alternatives, nice work!
. Which kit exactly, was it the one containing a lacquer to seal the plastic? I need to do my wife's old RAV4 which now has yellow plastic headlights! Thanks
