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    What do you think of my interior?

    http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...1&l=d2686962f5

    Mods to date

    -Alcantara upholstery on all pillars and door pockets
    -Completely custom audio tuned by a recording engineer(me)
    -Extensive Dynamat
    -AMG 2 tone leather seats
    -Footwell illumination X4(LED)
    -Poo lamps X2 (LED)
    -Plasma blue gauges
    -All dashboard/switch illumination changed to bright blue
    -Illuminated(blue) door sills color matched to brilliant silver
    -Custom seat heater logic controlled by PICAXE
    -Rear seat heaters
    -W210 folding and blinking mirrors
    -Electric rear blind
    -OEM rear side window blinds
    -Multi-view front and rear parking cameras switchable from the parktronic switch(controlled by PICAXE)
    -All burlwood polished to remove scratches
    -Passenger electrically adjustable seat
    -All cluster bulbs switched to LED
    -Dome lamps switched to LED
    -OEM AMG pedals
    -50% 3M Crystalline tint on all side glass


    A solid year of obsessing over every detail.

    What do you think?
    Last edited by RWD; 12-20-2012 at 09:07 PM.

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    Man your interior looks beautiful. That instrumental cluster wow. I have one question about the dynamat. did it make any difference and where in the car did you install it

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    Quote Originally Posted by thegame View Post
    Man your interior looks beautiful. That instrumental cluster wow. I have one question about the dynamat. did it make any difference and where in the car did you install it
    Thanks!

    It was installed in the doors, ceiling, and all pillars.

    The thin shiny stuff does a decent job of insulating thermal. It's also good at reducing rattles, if your speakers like to vibrate the interior.

    Take it from someone who works with sound daily...The thin stuff is useless for stopping sound! If you're interested in sound proofing you need to go for the thicker foam stuff, the problem is that it doesn't fit in too many places.
    I used the thick stuff in a few key areas(where ever it would fit) and I noticed a 2-3 db reduction in overall cabin noise. It's not much but I'm glad I did it because I can turn up my audio and there is no vibrations on any panels.

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    AWESOME....I'm blown away and I haven't even heard your stereo yet....love the cluster...the rear window shade...I would have love to see you put real carbon fiber or the older style Zabrano wood, not a fan of burl wood, man you just went all out and the interior looks AWESOME....

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    We have the same radio... I also have that amg wallpaper.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jc1kz View Post
    AWESOME....I'm blown away and I haven't even heard your stereo yet....love the cluster...the rear window shade...I would have love to see you put real carbon fiber or the older style Zabrano wood, not a fan of burl wood, man you just went all out and the interior looks AWESOME....
    Thanks!

    If it was a "sport" model I would of went with the carbon fiber. It's an elegance.
    Last edited by RWD; 12-20-2012 at 09:37 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by svt ricco View Post
    We have the same radio... I also have that amg wallpaper.

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    I like your centre console with all switches for power rear blind-parktronic-folding windows.
    looks like mine, jaaaaaaaaaaaaawohl!

    where did you get your leds for instrument cluster?
    how much did these led bulbs cost?
    there should be 25 leds for cluster, ja oder nein?

    wo ist die aussen exterior photos für ihre auto?
    auto hat AMG spoiler kit?
    interior hat AMG designo sitzen?
    Last edited by kowalski; 12-21-2012 at 08:01 AM.

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    I'm more interested in reducing road noise and cabin noise. so you are saying that dynaliner or dynadeck is good for reducing road noise?

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    Dyanmat dampers vibration on the chassis for better ride quality. THink of it like riding a bike on a bad road and the handlebars vibrating- the dynamat is a little like adding shock absorbers to a bicycle. It will reduce and pretty much eliminate in some cases the vibration of the suspension and drivetrain tranmitting through a vehicle. It just gives a more solid and better feel of comfort.

    Drawbacks to Dynamat? it is heavy. From a handling stand point, I have used this in another vehicle strategicly to add weight low and centered in the car and truck floorboards to help with weight bias- and mainly to adsd lower chassis weight to reduce the car's positive roll rate (more weight below the lateral center of gravity). this counter acts the upper roll weight of the chassis roller over the cg as the weight of the dynamat helps weight the chassis lower than the cg to counter act it. Thus a slight reduction in swaybar size which also helps in ride quality and handling of independant suspension.

    I know this is kind of an off beat unexpected answer- but it leads to food for thought on engineered car builds for performance ahndling values. Every little bit counts when it comes to chassis handling.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kowalski View Post
    I like your centre console with all switches for power rear blind-parktronic-folding windows.
    looks like mine, jaaaaaaaaaaaaawohl!

    where did you get your leds for instrument cluster?
    how much did these led bulbs cost?
    there should be 25 leds for cluster, ja oder nein?

    wo ist die aussen exterior photos für ihre auto?
    auto hat AMG spoiler kit?
    interior hat AMG designo sitzen?
    http://www.superbrightleds.com/cat/i...cluster-gauge/

    It's probably a few less than 25, but you should get extras because the contacts sometimes break when you install them. They're really meant to be installed once and never touched again.

    I'm still working on the exterior. It's in nice shape but very stock looking as of right now. I'm planning on putting on AMG bumpers, HID, touch up the paint etc...
    The seats are AMG designo.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thegame View Post
    I'm more interested in reducing road noise and cabin noise. so you are saying that dynaliner or dynadeck is good for reducing road noise?
    Yeah, the thick stuff will make a small difference but don't expect miracles. In order to absorb the lower midrange road noise you need MASS. In other words, you need very thick material like fiberglass(Messy). It really has to be built into the design of the car. There's just not enough room behind the panels in the 202 for that kind of project.

    From experience I can tell you that the most naked areas on the 202 are the A and B Pillars, roof, and rear deck. The floor is already very well insulated. If you go for the naked areas you'll notice a small difference.

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    No they're not. It's just a regular 2-tone seat. Mercedes Benz Designo edition cars are did not come with 2-tone seats. Some came in 2-tone color interior but not the seats.

    Quote Originally Posted by RWD View Post
    The seats are AMG designo.

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    Great looking interior. How about posting pictures of the exterior and the whole car.
    Quote Originally Posted by RWD View Post

    What do you think?

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    Quote Originally Posted by hvmercy View Post
    No they're not. It's just a regular 2-tone seat. Mercedes Benz Designo edition cars are did not come with 2-tone seats. Some came in 2-tone color interior but not the seats.

    The seats came out of an AMG C43 with designo interior.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hvmercy View Post
    Great looking interior. How about posting pictures of the exterior and the whole car.
    When it's finished. The exterior is in great shape but very stock as of right now.

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    What designo edition? Champagne? Mocha?
    Those designo edition in US came with 1 tone seats and 2-tone side panels.
    Maybe in Canada they did but I doubt it.

    If you have the VIN of the C43 we can confirm.

    Here is a picture of a Mocha Espresso Designo interior


    just to clarify this is a W210.


    Quote Originally Posted by RWD View Post
    The seats came out of an AMG C43 with designo interior.
    Last edited by hvmercy; 12-21-2012 at 08:43 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hvmercy View Post
    What designo edition? Champagne? Mocha?
    Those designo edition in US came with 1 tone seats and 2-tone side panels.
    Maybe in Canada they did but I doubt it.

    If you have the VIN of the C43 we can confirm.

    Here is a picture of a Mocha Espresso Designo interior


    just to clarify this is a W210.

    My god that is beautiful. My favorite color combo of all time.
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    Sweet n Sassy...awesome. One question: What's next??

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    Love the two tone black and white seats.

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    jesus christ thats a clean interior.

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    Damn, those seats are hot!

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    Quote Originally Posted by dalhem View Post
    Damn, those seats are hot!
    sa Kungen

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    Awesome work. Very professional.
    How was the rear blind? Easy,plug and play? Some have said that the wiring already exsists back there. I really would love to do that.

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    Nice

    Quote Originally Posted by RWD View Post
    http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...1&l=d2686962f5

    Mods to date

    -Alcantara upholstery on all pillars and door pockets
    -Completely custom audio tuned by a recording engineer(me)
    -Extensive Dynamat
    -AMG 2 tone leather seats
    -Footwell illumination X4(LED)
    -Poo lamps X2 (LED)
    -Plasma blue gauges
    -All dashboard/switch illumination changed to bright blue
    -Illuminated(blue) door sills color matched to brilliant silver
    -Custom seat heater logic controlled by PICAXE
    -Rear seat heaters
    -W210 folding and blinking mirrors
    -Electric rear blind
    -OEM rear side window blinds
    -Multi-view front and rear parking cameras switchable from the parktronic switch(controlled by PICAXE)
    -All burlwood polished to remove scratches
    -Passenger electrically adjustable seat
    -All cluster bulbs switched to LED
    -Dome lamps switched to LED
    -OEM AMG pedals
    -50% 3M Crystalline tint on all side glass


    A solid year of obsessing over every detail.

    What do you think?
    Dam that's looks sick very good looking interior

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