Hi again all,

Just wanted some advice. I drive a 1997 C200 Elegance. While im not overly happy with the power (it pisses me off so hard when the a/c is on and the car has 5 ppl in it-slowwwwwwwwwwww), it handles quite well and is well geared for most situations. The point is, im wanting for more power and handling with minimum costs. Im getting 17inch low profile alloy wheels next week which will help i guess. I mean what i want to do really is lower it, put an exhaust on and modify the motor somewhat. Are there any kits like superchargers out there for the W202 C-200 Motor? I mean id even be happy just swapping the springs from what they are now to the sport or esprit models that came out which were apparently a bit lower. Any advice would do!

Thanks
Christian

1989 300TE (Smoke silver/red leather)
1997 C200 Elegance (Silver/grey cloth)
2000 ML430 (Black/cream leather)

Hopefully a 450SEL 6.9 soon!

sorry before anything else, i want to know if there is available door sills with the "mercedes-Benz" sign that glow? so when u open the door its stands out?

The 'Elegance' suspension is pretty soft. AMG makes a spring/strut kit under part #66020025, about $1759.68 Canadian dollars. I understand that it lowers the car a bit, and keeps pretty much the same normal ride while improving the cornering.

Most acceleration improvements are going to be expensive. I think Kleeman makes a supercharger kit, or the supercharger off the US C230 could work (not a long life component, I hear). A space saver spare or no spare but an inflating/sealing can could save some weight, as could lighter wheels.

You might explore MBenz' page to see just how much can be done to a 1997 C class, with enough time, money, and skill: http://members.tripodnet.nl/mbenz/index.htm

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John

2003 Firemist Red/grey leather SL 500
2015 Palladium Silver/black mbtex GLK 350
1987 Smoke Silver/burgundy mbtex 300E Sportline (SOLD)

Click to see 87 300E

Christian...are you the Christian from the German W202 forum?

JCE, nice link...hehe

greetingz,

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1990 300SL-24
1993 C250D with a minor 600+k kilometer
www.MBenzNL.com(the Netherlands)

I want my car to look exactly like that one u got there MBENZ! It looks hot...anyways thanks guys...it all seems a little to expensive. I guess ill just prod along with tha standard motor
Thanks anyways

Best wishes for Christmas and the new year


Christian


1989 300TE
1997 C200 Elegance
2000 ML430

I got Mercedes-Benz door sills on ebay for USD$ 220. Front two are lit, rear two are not lit.

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2006 E350 w/ 155k miles (Daily Driver)

Previous:
1993 300E 3.2L Sedan w/ close to about 300k miles
2003 E500 Brilliant Silver (Had 217k miles when totalled!)
1989 300E with 289,000 miles (had for <1 yr while in HI)
03 CLK 500 cabrio (Mom's)
2006 C230k (Dad's)
1999 S420 (Mom's/Dad's)
2000 C230k Sport sedans
2001 CLK320 Cabrio (Mom's)
1995 C280 My First Mercedes-Benz... (155k miles. EXCEPTIONAL AUTOMOBILE. Was Very hard to let go of!)

thats EXACTLY what i want david...is it hard to install?

Well, let's put it this way... I took it out of the box, layed all of the items out, stared and thought.... and about 10 minutes later realized I had not a clue.. so I took it to Circuit City (local electronics store), and they installed it in about 1/2 hour, and for about $60 bucks. Not too bad.

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2006 E350 w/ 155k miles (Daily Driver)

Previous:
1993 300E 3.2L Sedan w/ close to about 300k miles
2003 E500 Brilliant Silver (Had 217k miles when totalled!)
1989 300E with 289,000 miles (had for <1 yr while in HI)
03 CLK 500 cabrio (Mom's)
2006 C230k (Dad's)
1999 S420 (Mom's/Dad's)
2000 C230k Sport sedans
2001 CLK320 Cabrio (Mom's)
1995 C280 My First Mercedes-Benz... (155k miles. EXCEPTIONAL AUTOMOBILE. Was Very hard to let go of!)