I just wanted to share a couple photos of my new car with you guys, I really think it's something special and it was tough to pass it up knowing there would never be the chance to own another like it. For starters, it's a 2007 and only has 15k miles on it. Well-executed tuner cars like this are becoming rarer and rarer since manufacturers starting offering their own performance variants, and it's hard to find customized cars that are similar to your taste in the first place. Though this car doesn't have the ultimate power of a CLK63 or even a regular AMG car with a supercharger, this car is all NA and it still has plenty of power since the starting point is the ~385hp 5.5L and not the 300hp 5.0L the of the 500's. The car now has approximately 425-450hp with the bolt-ons and ECU. This was a huge selling point to me because I've never been that impressed with superchargers even in NSXs, AMG cars, or any other cars. Many will disagree with me but I hate supercharger whine and don't like the way they make power either. I admit they get the job done, I just don't like how they do it. Anyways, it also has the 7 speed automatic with paddle shifters, which is another great upgrade over Mercedes' previous 5 speeds. Though I love manual transmissions for real sports cars, the paddle shifters are ok with this car's personality and are definitely more fun than a regular auto. It always seems to be in the right gear. So I was told the original owner had several exotics and bought this car specifically to build an alternative to a CLK63 Black Series, and he immediately dropped almost $50k on mods for it (no joke, I have the invoice and he did not cut corners). You could say it has a more "subtle" widebody and more tame personality I suppose. 
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Onto the shorthand mods list:
CLK63 Black Series Steering Wheel
Alcantara throughout the interior and headliner (looks much better in person)
Renntech custom widebody front and rear, CF Hood, etc.
Renntech ECU, headers, exhaust
Renntech BBK, Bilstein Coilovers, custom HRE P40 20" for this application
I may post some more pics once I get it cleaned up and tinted, plus it was raining when it was delivered. What do you think about the blacked out badging, leave it or go back to stock?
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/70274025@N00/5996824666/" title="4007973_0075 by Nero Tenebre, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6121/5996824666_e2db62ed2b_b.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="4007973_0075"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/70274025@N00/5996824410/" title="IMG_2626 by Nero Tenebre, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6134/5996824410_eed5b70f73_b.jpg" width="1024" height="765" alt="IMG_2626"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/70274025@N00/5996824080/" title="used-2007-mercedes~benz-clk~class-clk550-5504-7067663-12-640 by Nero Tenebre, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6149/5996824080_5bff4261ea_z.jpg" width="640" height="426" alt="used-2007-mercedes~benz-clk~class-clk550-5504-7067663-12-640"></a>
:biggrin:Onto the shorthand mods list:
CLK63 Black Series Steering Wheel
Alcantara throughout the interior and headliner (looks much better in person)
Renntech custom widebody front and rear, CF Hood, etc.
Renntech ECU, headers, exhaust
Renntech BBK, Bilstein Coilovers, custom HRE P40 20" for this application
I may post some more pics once I get it cleaned up and tinted, plus it was raining when it was delivered. What do you think about the blacked out badging, leave it or go back to stock?
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/70274025@N00/5996824666/" title="4007973_0075 by Nero Tenebre, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6121/5996824666_e2db62ed2b_b.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="4007973_0075"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/70274025@N00/5996824410/" title="IMG_2626 by Nero Tenebre, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6134/5996824410_eed5b70f73_b.jpg" width="1024" height="765" alt="IMG_2626"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/70274025@N00/5996824080/" title="used-2007-mercedes~benz-clk~class-clk550-5504-7067663-12-640 by Nero Tenebre, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6149/5996824080_5bff4261ea_z.jpg" width="640" height="426" alt="used-2007-mercedes~benz-clk~class-clk550-5504-7067663-12-640"></a>
I also think 400-500hp is the sweet spot for street use.
