Scoops1972
Active Member
I had been looking at trading in my 2012 W204 250 CDI against an SUV, as I had been missing the elevated driving position that my Jeep Patriot used to give. Unfortunately the trade in value of my
Mercedes didn't really give many options within the budget I had set myself. So after a very unpleasant experience with a salesman when looking at a 4 year old Fiat 500x Cross, and a requirement to have an intercooler hose replaced on my 56k miles W204, I decided to keep the Merc, at least for now.
I chose to spend the remainder of my budget on swapping out a few parts on my car.
This weekend I have fitted a gloss black and chrome Panamericana grille, real carbon fibre boot lip spoiler, real carbon fibre door mirror caps, and whilst the mirror caps were off I took the opportunity to fit some sequential/dynamic LED indicators in said door mirrors. The 'upgrades' won't be to everyone's taste, but life would be dull if we all liked the same things.
Here's the links to a video of the scrolling mirror indicators, and a few pics of the car with all the parts fitted.
One lesson learned: Watch spoiler installation videos BEFORE attempting an install, and not after 2 failed attempts!
For door mirror indicator video click here!
For photo 1 click here!
For photo 2 click here!
For photo 3 click here!
For photo 4 click here!
Mercedes didn't really give many options within the budget I had set myself. So after a very unpleasant experience with a salesman when looking at a 4 year old Fiat 500x Cross, and a requirement to have an intercooler hose replaced on my 56k miles W204, I decided to keep the Merc, at least for now.
I chose to spend the remainder of my budget on swapping out a few parts on my car.
This weekend I have fitted a gloss black and chrome Panamericana grille, real carbon fibre boot lip spoiler, real carbon fibre door mirror caps, and whilst the mirror caps were off I took the opportunity to fit some sequential/dynamic LED indicators in said door mirrors. The 'upgrades' won't be to everyone's taste, but life would be dull if we all liked the same things.
Here's the links to a video of the scrolling mirror indicators, and a few pics of the car with all the parts fitted.
One lesson learned: Watch spoiler installation videos BEFORE attempting an install, and not after 2 failed attempts!
For door mirror indicator video click here!
For photo 1 click here!
For photo 2 click here!
For photo 3 click here!
For photo 4 click here!