W203 future owner

[adyuaic]

Hi all,

I'm already a proud owner of a jaguar xf 3.0 v6 petrol, but I'm looking to buy a mercedes-benz C180 Coupe Kompressor 1.8 petrol 2005-2007 for my wife next week - I believe it's a W203?
I hope that this community is as friendly as honda or jaguar communities are, and I'll do my best in helping with any kind of info that I can.

 

[John Laidlaw]

Welcome- friendly bunch on here I can tell you.....

 

[A.J.]

Hi adyuaic, welcome to the forum. As John says we are a pretty friendly bunch of enthusiasts on here, at least we certainly try to be.

 

[LostKiwi]

Hi and welcome.

 

[adyuaic]

Thank you all for you warm welcome. I can see that already

 

[Capra]

Hello.

 

[davemercedes]

Hello and welcome.

 

[adyuaic]

I've ended up in buying a CL203 C220 CDI SE, 2005, 140.000 miles. Few things needs to be sorted on it, but so far it's a very good start car for my wife.

 

[John Laidlaw]

Sounds nice, some pics when you can please- you went for a CL then?

 

[umblecumbuz]

Sounds nice, some pics when you can please- you went for a CL then?

I'm guessing the OP means the two door 203 class coupe, sometimes called the CL203. Should really be the CLC203 if I'm correct.

 

[adyuaic]

I'm guessing the OP means the two door 203 class coupe, sometimes called the CL203. Should really be the CLC203 if I'm correct.

That's correct, not sure which is the proper abbreviation in this case: W203, CL203, CLC203 - anyway, coupe, diesel.
I have to do some minor work to it, especially to that rear plastic trim which surrounds the rear windscreen, as it's so noisy, and previous owners have done an awful job, putting some glue to it (I'll add some pictures later on).
Maybe you guys can help me out finding the right parts so I can take it back to standards and without any rattle?

 

[adyuaic]

Here are a couple of pics when I went to see it:

 

[adyuaic]

This is the plastic trim that rattles in the back. As you can see, they've done such a bad job, by using that type of 'glue' or whatever it is. Therefore, how can I fit the plastic properly so it doesn't rattle? How is it originally fitted? Any advice? Thanks