omar26

i ordered my sl63 rear bumper with diffuser today and it should be installed on friday. I decided to scrap the lorinser body kit n returned it. Wot do you guys think b/w the 08 550 or the 63 front bumper. Im also thinking about painting the 63 lip spoiler n diffuser gloss blk to match my front grille n rims

armic777

what body shop do you use for installing all that in maryland?

I cant find a good reliable body shop that can take care installation of aftermarket parts on expensive cars. baltimore body shops suck!

omar26

Baltimore Body Shops Sure Do Suck, Autobody Craftsmen in Rockville is doing the work, they are great guys and really know what they are doing, they deal mostly with old school cars and high end cars. My cars been there 5 months worry free, should be getting the car back next week

armic777

will they be able to put carbon fiber interior trim to BMW m5?

omar26

they can do pretty much anything you ask them to do, they're a very reputable performance shop, talk to Drew, he pretty much knows everything thing n cn find u n e thing u need

Teaga

Now the bumper is something I want to do as well, this might sound like a crazy idea. But Im going to try implanting the new 09 front bumper to the 07 peanut eyes edition. that's best of both worlds into one. The rear I know will snap right on, but the front one require some plastic welding.

omar26

Tht would look sick, a lot of modification, but it would really look nice. On another not I order the 08 amg frnt bumper n it all should be here thursday. I cnt wait

lkirchner

Does the bumper come painted from the factory?

omar26

No it doesn't come painted from the factory

armic777

he said he only does body work, not the inside

omar26

U sure u talked to drew at autobody craftsmen? i jus talked to him n he said he didn't talk to n e body. he said he does interior installs, exterior, performance, exhaust everything

armic777

can you give me his number in pm cuz i called someone(i guess wrong number and place)

gqa

please post pics of your rear bumper when its completed. i have the 08 amg front bumper and i thought about doing the 09 amg rear. it will be interesting to see how it comes out. good luck

omar26

thnx, the car should be done next week some time n ill put up pics. Ur car actually made me get the 550 front bumper instead of the 65

Thericker

Kewl project!! I love both the new rear & frnt bumpers/spoilers/diffusers minus the new headlights. I can't wait to see pix of this

What tips are you going to use? get the AMG stockers, just hunt Ebay they pop-up every now n then, I snagged mine off there for $250 came off SL55

omar26

I hope to have pics up by next week, I wasn't sure if the AMG tips would fit on my exhaust set-up w/o a reducer because i went n changed all the piping to to 2.5 in, so i got these tips off ebay, they have a 3.5in outlet tht i thought would look really agressive with the 63 bumper.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...3633&viewitem=

Thericker

What do you mean you changed all the piping to 2.5" ?? I'm almost positive it comes OEM w/2.50" maybe 2.75" if 2.75" why would you choke it down & loose HP by reducing your piping to 2.50"

+ you don't need an exact inlet diameter match, they can crimp fit it or expand/stretch fit dif diameter inlet/outlet combos to anything...

Example: I have larger custom 3.00" piping mated up to bone stock 2.75"-2.50" inlet tips on my 600....(Not 100% certain what stock diameter piping is 2.50"-2.75" but I am certain we put bigger 3.00" straight piping from cats-back to tail & the AMG inlet was smaller, he crimp fitted them no problem)

I'd go w/Staggered AMG tips w/baloney cuts over those Universal Ford tipsyour Mercedes is classy yet aggressive but NOT Ford Truck tips aggressive besides that they will not fit the diffuser exhaust cut-out space, those 3.5" Ford ovals are (From your link: 10.25" total length on each dual tip)

You'll have to hack-up that beautiful AMG SL63 diffuser to shoe-horn them in..

omar26

i was told the stock sl500 exhaust pipes were 2.25in, whatever pipes they used are .25in bigger than wot i have on the sl. 3in piping would not be a wise move for me unless i was blessed with ur engine. the exhaust guy said he rather not deal with reducers, I'm jus going off wot the exhaust guy was telling me, as far as the tips i think they will look great n im sure the shop will to do a perfect job if modification to the diffuser is needed. i'll post a pic of my cuzns SL55 with those tips but have the 4in outlet.

omar26

No modification needed to the diffuser to install the tips, had more than enough room

kiamcoj

Thats going to look sick Omar!

On another note, I have a pair of AMG tips if you or anyone else is interested.

omar26

Zeek from the 209 forums is looking for a pair of the amg tips, jus send him a PM

gqa

Teaga

After Ive done my extensive research, I found out that there is a vector line left by the designer of the new SL below the center of the grille about 1/4inch and right below the headlight washer where you can actually cut and attached the upper 07' SL bumper and for the rear, you can still use the SL55 current exhaust. It placed right in. I will post pics soon.

omar26

thnx for the info. r u foing the same thing as well?

OUTCAST

Man that is going to be a killer look for sure.