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Chrysler 300 Fat Chance 2.0

The first customized 2011 Chrysler 300 comes from the company itself. They revealed the car, dubbed FatChance 2.0 at the Annual Spring Festival of LXs in California alongside the new S-Concept line.

The car is commissioned to John Fortuno, professional car customizer, who had also did the same thing to the first gen 300. The first gen was indeed one of the tuners most favorite cars.

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The car is obviously slammed on big wheels as the main feature. It uses adjustable suspension and 22-inch rims. The body is also heavily revised with new bumpers, new grille, smoked lights, chrome detailing and buffed up fenders. Add to that those presidential tinted windows and there’s your lot.

This is just a show car, but we’re sure if you come up with enough money they will make one for you as well.

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STaSIS Audi R8 V10

American tuner STaSIS is at it again, releasing an overpowered version of the Audi R8 V10, which will be presented in UK through their partner’s outlets, APS of Brackley.

This £45,000 kit is called Challenge Extreme and takes the power of the 535-hp V10 engine up to a massive 710 bhp and 523 lb.ft of torque. As a result the car can now go from 0 to 60 in 3.1 seconds as opposed to the 3.7 seconds of the standard car.

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The engine tuning kit includes Eaton / Magnusson TVS 2300 supercharger running 7.5 psi of boost, independent charge cooler system to ensure consistent high power output, CNC billet alloy machined intake plenum for durability and strength, high performance STaSIS ECU remap.

They also provide professional suspension and braking upgrades, as well as 9.5 x 20 inch ultra-lightweight forged aluminium front, 12 x 20 inch forged aluminium rear with high performance low profile tyres.

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Volkswagen Scirocco by CSR Automotive

Volkswagen Scirocco has a kind of design that’s very forgiving! That means even if tuners do very bad things to it, it’d still look good.

Take this new kit by CSR Automotive. On every other car such a busy treatment would have looked bad, and yet on the Scirocco it doesn’t. That said, we’re still not sure about those weird wheels they’ve put on the car.

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The body kit itself consists of a single-frame front grille, side skirts and a rear apron from the O-Line-Design, the upper and lower rear wings, “bad-look” headlight trims and a stainless steel rear silencer. But it’s the foiling that has revamped the look further. Yes, those carbon-look bits are actually film and not real carbon!

Then there is those wheels with 8.5×20? with 235/30 ZR20 tires from Toyo at the front or 10.5×20? with 285/25 ZR20 at the rear. They are the Schmidt Revolution Cirrus models and are carbon-look too, but they’re somehow unfathomable.

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Mercedes CL500 Vath

The owners of the old Mercedes CL might feel a bit down now that the new facelifted model is out. But Vath has an upgrade kit that might pick up your spirit!

The looks of the car is still pretty much… old, but they add a couple of carbon fiber bits which make it more exclusive and sporty. They include front spoiler lip, boot lid wing, and rear diffuser. Add to that a new set of 20-inch matte black finished wheels and you have a nice looking coupe.

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But it’s under the bonnet that things get really interesting. The 5.5 liter V8 of the CL500 is tweaked by new sport exhausts, new air intake system and camshafts as well as a remapped ECU so it now develops a healthy 460 horsepower and 600 Nm of torque.

The interior is also enhanced to some extent with new carbon fiber trims and suede.

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New Mercedes CLS Tuning by Wald

Wald International is currently working on a couple of German cars. We showed you their 2011 BMW 5 Series yesterday and now let’s take a look at another wok-in-progress model, the 2011 Mercedes CLS.

The magnificent four-door coupe will be getting a Black Bison Kit as previewed in this picture. Bison kit have many things in common and that’s good because it gives them a sort of exclusive identity.

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So the Wald CLS gets revised bumpers with a new front lip and LED lights, new side gills, Bison side skirts, a new rear diffuser and roof and trunk lid spoilers. The car also benefits from new tailpipes, lowered suspension and a new set of wheels.

Tuning a car as good-looking as the CLS is not easy, but Wald has pull it off well.

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Wald BMW 5 Series 2011

we had kits for the 2011 BMW 5 Series from all the big boys. Hamann, AC Schnitzer, the lot. But the coolest kit of them all comes form Japan and the tuner who never makes a big fuss about their cars, Wald International.

This magnificent kit features a new front bumper with the same familiar design of Wald Black Bison with lots of line that cut each other in sophisticated way and LED lights. side skirts, and a great looking rear bumper with a unique diffuser, quad tailpipes and a boot lid wing all arranged in a very nice way.

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You have different options for the wheels, but whichever you go for it doesn’t matter because the kit itself is so awesome the wheels play a small role in its overall appearance. This we think is the best kit made for the new BMW 5er made so far.

Well done Wald.

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Lorinser Golden Wheels For Mercedes SLS

Not sure what possessed them to do such a thing but Mercedes tuner Lorinser has bolted up some golden wheels on the Mercedes SLS!

These RSK8 7-spoke three-part forged lightweight alloys finished in gold can be had in other finishes as well, mercifully, and come in size 9×20 for front and 11×21 inch at rear wrapped in 275/30 ZR 20 front and 295/25 ZR 21 back.

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Lorinser believes the gold wheels complement the black exterior car but the fact is that they are ghastly! The might part of an upcoming package, but they don’t look good whichever way you cut’em.

Lorinser says they will enhance braking and handling due to the high-end technology they’ve used in making these wheels.

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Steeda Boss 302 Mustang

To take on the factory-standard Mustang Boss 302, Steeda has come up with their own Boss 302!

It is still a work in progress kit, but they revealed its ultimate induction system as a sort of teaser. Designed specifically for the five-point-o Mustang, the kit is a professionally-made cold air intake which complements other deep modifications they have implemented on the growling V8.

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Performance figures for this engine tuning treatment are yet to be announced. So we’re not sure if it’s a real boss, or just an under boss trying to take on the big boss to run the show!

“The performance figures we have seen have just been amazing so far – especially at the upper RPM range where initial testing has shown tremendous power increases all the way to the redline. Track and dragstrip tests have also been extremely impressive – surpassing our own high expectations for this power package! For those that are incline to want a nitrous injection, we are also developing an integrated solution that is completely compatible with our induction system.”

  • Boss 302 Composite Intake
  • Steeda High Velocity Cold Air Intake with Cool Tube Technology
  • Steeda Performance Tune maximized for total system performance
  • SCT X3 Power Flash Tool for easy flashing operations
  • Comprehensive instructions for easy do-it-yourself installation

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H&R VW Jetta

suspension specialists from H&R tend to come up with a package for every new car that comes out, and it’s now 2011 Volkswagen Jetta’s turn.

The new mid-size sedan which has been thoroughly revised in terms of interior, exterior and dynamics to become more and more like its bigger brother Passat, can now benefit from better handling and enhanced style, if you are into that sort of things, thanks to the lowered suspension.

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H&R’s 210 Euro professional kit with shorter springs drops the car down by 35 and 40 mm at front and rear. If you are really into modifying your car they can even sell you a kit that lower the ca by 60mm! As always, they provide a set of wheels spacers for the perfect fitment priced from 40 to 120 Euro.

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Audi A5 Coupe by Kahn

This time project Kahn decided to try its hand at tuning a mid-range Audi Coupe, so they picked the M5 and went berserk with it.

They’ve actually done a mild facelift on the car taking inspirations from the Quattro concept and the mighty R8. It gets a kit consisting of  a front and rear bumper unit with side blades, rear boot spoiler and a pair of new twin tailpipes.

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The exterior is further garnished with silver door mirrors, pearl front and rear diffuser. Kahn fans will rejoice when they realize that this car too comes with the infamous 21-inch RSL lightweight wheels with black and red stripes. They’ve lowered the suspension too so the wheels look really good inside the fenders.

This £31,875 car is based on the diesel model and doesn’t feature any power upgrade but it does get red dials in matt finish, stainless steel kick plates and billet aluminum pedals for the interior.

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