Mansory Wide-Body Kit — Mercedes S-class C217 Cabrio Restyling

MANSORY for the Mercedes S-Class Cabriolet A217 facelift — wide-body in carbon, soft-top untouched

The Mercedes-Benz S-Class Cabriolet on the A217 chassis is the soft-top variant of the C217 Coupé, built 2015-2020. Mansory's programme on this page is the post-facelift wide-body conversion — dimensioned to the 2018 restyling that introduced revised LED Multibeam headlamps, the AMG S 63 powertrain switch from M157 5.5 V8 to M177 4.0 biturbo V8 (and the badge change to S 63 4MATIC+), and a redrawn front bumper. The Cabriolet shares windscreen, doors and most fender stamping with the Coupé but differs above the windowline due to the soft-top stowage compartment, reinforced sills and shorter rear-deck profile.

Sister-cars on Hodoor: the matching C217 Coupé wide-body, the lighter C217/A217 facelift soft kit, the W222 sedan, the W222 facelift and the current W223 sedan. Platform background at the Wikipedia C/A217 entry.

Why this is its own SKU set vs the C217 Coupé wide-body

The A217 Cabriolet has a different rear deck than the C217 Coupé — soft-top fabric folds into a stowage well behind the rear seats, eliminating rear-quarter glass and shortening the rear-deck length. Front bumpers, bonnet, flares, skirts and rear bumper are shared with the Coupé kit. The A217-specific item is the fixed carbon rear spoiler, engineered to mount on the shorter Cabriolet trunk lid. Specifying the wrong rear spoiler at order is the single most common SKU error on this catalogue.

The three donors covered — across both V8 and V12 calibrations

• S 560 Cabriolet — M176 4.0 twin-turbo V8, 469 PS / 700 Nm, RWD, 9G-TRONIC. 0-100 km/h: 4.6 s, top speed 250 km/h limited. Body kit fits; no Powerbox catalogued — the M176 is a luxury-tune engine with limited tuning headroom in this state.
• AMG S 63 Cabriolet 4MATIC+ — M177 4.0 twin-turbo V8, 612 PS / 900 Nm, AMG Performance 4MATIC+ AWD, AMG SPEEDSHIFT MCT 9G. 0-100 km/h: 3.5 s (3.3 s with module), top speed 300 km/h with the AMG Driver's Package. Body kit + optional Powerbox + sport exhaust catalogued; module raises output to roughly 720 PS / 1,000 Nm.
• AMG S 65 Cabriolet — M279 6.0 twin-turbo V12, 630 PS / 1,000 Nm, RWD, AMG SPEEDSHIFT 7G. 0-100 km/h: 4.1 s, top speed 300 km/h with the AMG Driver's Package. Body kit + optional Powerbox catalogued — the V12 module targets approximately 720 PS / 1,100 Nm.

Curb weights 2,090 kg (S 560) / 2,170 kg (S 63) / 2,255 kg (S 65). Conversion adds ~35 kg of carbon; the 22" forged set saves ~20 kg unsprung against OEM 21" AMG forged. Net delta leaves AIRMATIC calibration untouched.

Carbon panel schedule on the A217 body

Comprehensive bonded carbon conversion. OEM bumpers replace; doors, soft-top mechanism, glass and windscreen retain factory; fenders are cut back and flared. The fabric roof is preserved — no modification to soft-top hydraulics, magnesium folding frame, fabric tensioning or control electronics. Hand-laid 2x2 twill weave on visible pieces; PU-RIM on bumper bodies and flare carriers.

• Replacement front bumper in full carbon — revised lower intake aperture, integrated splitter, brake-cooling cuts; OEM Multibeam LED headlamp pass-through retained, OEM PDC sensor pattern preserved.
• Vented carbon bonnet with twin NACA cuts above the V8 / V12 plenum; venting tuned to the M177 / M279 thermal envelope.
• Bonded fender flares — aluminium-grade structural bonding (Mercedes moved the C/A217 to all-aluminium body panels, so the adhesive spec is aluminium-grade rather than steel-grade). +25 mm per side at the front, +35 mm per side at the rear.
• Carbon side skirts bridging flares to OEM rocker; the cut accounts for the A217's reinforced sill structure.
• Replacement rear bumper with integrated diffuser; quad-tip exhaust cutout matched to OEM A217 geometry on S 63 / S 65, oval twin-tip cutout for S 560.
• Fixed carbon rear spoiler — A217-specific SKU. Sits on the shorter Cabriolet trunk lid; does not interfere with soft-top deployment range.
• Mirror caps, side-vent fairings, rear-quarter overlay in visible weave; subtle gloss-lacquer finish.

Body-shop fitment runs 15-20 working days. Aluminium-grade structural bonder is used on the alu fender stampings (steel-grade adhesive of the W222 kit does not suit). Soft-top clearance is verified twice: pre-paint and post-reassembly.

Powerbox + sport exhaust — V8 and V12 both catalogued

The A217 wide-body offers the Powerbox on both the M177 4.0 biturbo V8 (S 63 4MATIC+) and the M279 6.0 biturbo V12 (S 65). M177 with module + valved sport exhaust runs ~720 PS / 1,000 Nm; M279 with module targets ~720 PS / 1,100 Nm, OEM seven-speed automatic unchanged. Not catalogued for the S 560 M176 — gains too small to justify; S 560 owners take body and wheels only.

M-series 22" forged — single fitment, three patterns

Matched fitment: Mansory M-series fully forged 22" in stagger sizing. PCD 5x112, CB 66.5 mm, 22x9.0J ET+38 front, 22x10.5J ET+30 rear; 265/35 R22 front, 295/30 R22 rear. Patterns M.7, FD.16, YN.5 in diamond black, polished silver, gun metal and Mansory bronze. Trims ~4 kg unsprung per corner against OEM 21" forged and clears OEM AMG ceramic-composite brakes without spacers. Range at forgedwheels.

Country corridor — where A217 commissions concentrate

A217 is a low-volume body — fewer Cabriolets built than Coupés. 2026 commissions skew toward sun-belt geographies and Crown Dependencies where convertible donors retain best.

• UAE — Dubai/Abu Dhabi: largest share, AMG S 63 4MATIC+ with Powerbox + quad-tip exhaust.
• Monaco — paint-to-sample 22" forged at the highest fitment rate; Cannes-Monaco summer-season delivery.
• Qatar — Doha S 65 V12, body + Powerbox at first install.
• Saudi Arabia — Riyadh/Jeddah AMG S 65 V12 family-fleet cars.
• Isle of Man — Manx registration accepts kit on engineering-letter.
• Bermuda — high-spec AMG S 63 with diamond-black 22" forged.
• Hong Kong — weekend AMG S 63 4MATIC+ donors.
• Jersey / Guernsey — Channel Islands long-tail, one-or-two cars/year.

Lead time, deposit, install

Carbon manufacture 5-6 weeks; Mercedes-experienced body-shop install 15-20 working days; forged set 4 weeks; Powerbox 1 hour at the OBD port; sport-exhaust 1 day. End-to-end VIN-confirmed quote to driveable car: 10-13 weeks. Email [email protected] with VIN, donor (S 560 / S 63 4MATIC+ / S 65), paint code, soft-top fabric spec, wheel pattern and finish, destination. WhatsApp +44 7488 818747 for landed-quote turnaround.

FAQ

My Cabrio is a 2017 — does this restyling kit fit?
No. A 2017 Cabriolet is the pre-facelift A217; the 2018 restyling redrew the front bumper and fender front-section, so the lines do not align. The pre-facelift A217 Cabriolet runs a separate Mansory part-number set — request that kit specifically at quote time.

Does the wide-body interfere with the soft-top mechanism?
No. Mansory does not modify the OEM soft-top hydraulics, the magnesium folding frame, the fabric tensioning system or the soft-top control electronics. The fixed carbon rear spoiler mounts to the trunk lid (which is itself shorter than the Coupé's to clear the soft-top stowage well) — soft-top deployment range is unchanged with the kit installed. Specify Cabriolet at quote time so the correct A217-specific spoiler ships.

Can I install the front bumper and flares as a phase-one without the rear-deck panels?
Yes. The body programme is modular. Owners commonly take the front bumper, bonnet, fenders and side skirts as a phase-one installation and add the rear bumper and fixed spoiler at a later service interval. Specify the modular spec at quote time so the correct delivery-batch SKU schedule ships.

Is the Powerbox safe on a 6.0 V12?
Yes. The M279 V12 is a robust block — it is shared across the S 65, the SL 65, the now-discontinued G 65 and the early Maybach S 600. The Powerbox at +90 PS sits within tuning headroom; the OEM seven-speed automatic transmission retains stock calibration. The check that matters is M279 service history — the V12 has higher maintenance overhead than the M177 V8, and cars with skipped major services are diagnosed at an AMG specialist before the module is installed.

What is the difference vs the C217 Coupé wide-body kit?
Front bumper, bonnet, fenders, side skirts and rear bumper are shared. The fixed rear spoiler differs — Coupé spoiler mounts to the longer C217 trunk lip; Cabriolet spoiler mounts to the shorter A217 trunk lid. The kits are listed separately so the correct rear-deck panels ship for each body. The Coupé wide-body lives at this page.