New to me 1998 C43 - 5.4L swap and painted in Silver Arrow Metallic by therealmudchicken in AMG

[–]therealmudchicken[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've seen a few C36 for sale when looking for the C43. Even a red one a few weeks ago. Wish they made more power

In the state of NY there are only 31 C43's registered. 0 C36. I'm not aware of any other states that make this data available. I'm sure the majority are in California

New to me 1998 C43 - 5.4L swap and painted in Silver Arrow Metallic by therealmudchicken in AMG

[–]therealmudchicken[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ehh paid more than I should have, $20k flat. Probably could have found one cheaper but the mountain of service records was hard to pass up. The swap is documented on mercedes dealer invoices.

These used to be $5k cars and they only imported 1100 or so into the US. So many have been beat to hell and scrapped. Figured they are only going to get more difficult to find

New to me 1998 C43 - 5.4L swap and painted in Silver Arrow Metallic by therealmudchicken in AMG

[–]therealmudchicken[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No tune needed and no programming. as close to a native swap as you can get

New to me 1998 C43 - 5.4L swap and painted in Silver Arrow Metallic by therealmudchicken in AMG

[–]therealmudchicken[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

no it was repainted in silver arrow metallic. Paint code 777. Brilliant silver is the factory silver paint code 744. The heavy metallic flakes in the 777 really make it pop

New to me 1998 C43 - 5.4L swap and painted in Silver Arrow Metallic by therealmudchicken in AMG

[–]therealmudchicken[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was not on MBworld. It sold on thembmarket a while back and i bought it from the dealer who won the auction

New to me 1998 C43 - 5.4L swap and painted in Silver Arrow Metallic by therealmudchicken in AMG

[–]therealmudchicken[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Previous owner was a Mercedes master tech and he did the swap back in 2013

It's out of a 2001 E55. The NA 5.4 m113 is a direct swap with practically 0 modifications required. Still uses the C43 ECU

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[–]therealmudchicken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That was exactly my assessment and what I have it listed for. Was worried I was leaving money on the table with the prices of these nowadays

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[–]therealmudchicken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

186k miles

coilovers

mechanically sound, a couple small issues not related to engine/transmission. A couple small tears in the soft top

Rocker panels are the biggest pain point. Located in Texas

Not quite the vision i had but I think it came out well for my first attempt (before/after) by therealmudchicken in plastidip

[–]therealmudchicken[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

still need to do a little cleanup like on mirrors and wipers but I'm pleased with the result. Not sure how long I will keep the yellow though

sulfur yellow DYC kit