lacerdaschoon

Im looking for a merc tuning work shop in brisbane. I have been trying to google all sorts of things and cant seem to find one. Does anyone know of any?

AMG055

Hi Mate, I've also been looking for someone in Oz but have been unable to locate anyone. All that I have come up with is VRP,LET and Renntech in the US or Kleeman in Denmark. They all require the ECU to be sent to them which is a bit of a concern of sending an ECU from Oz to the US, downtime on the car, and inherent risks of it going astray or being damaged in transit. We then would have the problem of the time delay of Benz Oz bringing one out which more than likley would need to be sourced from Germany, could be a 14 + day wait. I had floor mats brought out from Germany and it took 16 days after placing order to get them as none were in stock in Melbourne and there was no stock in Singapore which is the regional distribution depot. There is also the matter of the exchange rate which significantly increases the cost to us. In US dollar terms for the performance increase the cost is reasonable but real cost to us is something like a 40% price increase over US prices. Good luck with the search and let me know if you find anyone.

Edi-no-son

I haven't looked yet, but i reckon it'll be hard to find a merc tuner down here...

There's just not a big enough modifying market here for anyone to go and become a merc specialised tuner..

lacerdaschoon

Hi mate

Yeah its really odd i thought we would have a place some where to get tuning or performance parts fitted. Even just a place that specialises in AMG engines so i can get some mods fitted by a pro who knows AMG engines well. As was said i guess there just isnt a demand for it here. I would have thought many AMG owners would be wanting work done on their cars?!

AMG055

Market here is too small for any specialist tuner whether Merc, BM, Audi, Ferrari etc. The only tuners that we have are for pushrod V8's or Japanese vehicles. So its either do nothing or import from the US or Europe.

woodg62

Sharp Performance (www.sharpperformance.com.au) are the Australian agents for Brabus (www.brabus.com). Brabus have some interesting tuning products for Mercedes-Benz vehicles. I asked about an ECU upgrade for my C220CDI and it is available in Australia. I haven't done anything about it yet as I've only done 1200kms and want to give the car a chance to settle in before I do anything to it (and besides, at present I don't think it actually needs any improvement!)

DINGO

I will be in Melb during May and might give this mob a try. I'll let you know further when I get back.
Cheers J.W.

lacerdaschoon

Thank you Woodg62 this could be a great alternative. Much appreciated! DINGO i have sent an email to get some information as well, look forward to hear your findings. Have to say i love the CL600 great car great engine. Do u live in brisbane?

DINGO

I e-mailed Sharperformance through the contact us on their web site and got a failure, 'invalid domain".
Will eyeball from the street when I'm in Melb and take it from there.
I'm in S.E.Qld near Boonah but have been using Austar in Cooparoo for some work and found them reasonable so far. I've had this 94 Cl600 since Jan this year and it is a truly remarkable piece of engineering, but seems to have suffered from aftermarket change to 19" rims and low profile tyres. Had collapsed engine mounts and seems to have had continual probs with steering bushes. I've gone back to 16" and renewed the mounts and the car rides much more comfortably and feels more agile.
If anyone is interested I have two 9.5 JX 19H2 ET31 and two 8.5 JX 19 H2 ET34 wasting space here, open to any offer.
Cheers Dingo

woodg62

Hi Dingo,

My repsonse from Sharp Performance was in late January. The email address was sharp@brabus.com.au, but I see that the brabus.com.au domain has expired. Maybe they forgot to pay the bill!

Glenn

AMG055

Hi Guys,

I have also recently tried to contact Sharp with no success. Certainly gives you confidene to deal with them. I'll give them a miss. Brabus is very expensive for the performance gains they make. Looks like its a case of leave the car as is or switch to Holden, plenty of performance tuners for these engines. Unfortunately the engineering in the Commodores is no where near the level of the Germans despite what HSV wants us to believe.

MUZZIE

DW Tuning in Adelaide are now doing Tunes for AMG`s including the C63.

Give Martin a call on (08)8341 0400.......Cheers John

ChicagoX

LET motorsports can ship you a remote tuning kit, allowing you to custom-tune your car on the dyno. PM me if you would like more details, or please visit WWW.LETmotorsports.com for pics and pricing.

acb

hey guys thought I would chime in with no useful info. Brisbane based here as well. Am looking for tune / exhaust / wheels...so hard to find shops!!! I'll keep trying and let you know how i go. cheers

lacerdaschoon

Ok guys i have found a tuner in brisbane. They do all sorts of euro from bmw to merc. the website is http://www.hp.net.au/dms/products.html

acb

sweet - good work lacerd....

I work in the CBD so I might pop around there on my way into work next week.

acb

well I emailed the guys there and they got back to me straight away. asked about tuning prices. What do you think?
Software upgrade -

Stock – 350kw and 700nm

DMS Tuned - 368kw and 727nm – Also speed limiter removal.

Cost - $3850 fully installed.

Software upgrade and Supercharger pulley upgrade

DMS Tuned - 399kw and 795nm

Cost - $8500 fully installed.

The suspension lowering kit is not stocked in Australia.

These upgrades can be done at our East Brisbane office.

Please call us on 07 33922980 if you have any further questions.

We have DMS software programs for almost every Mercedes Benz model.

Edi-no-son

Um... sounds quite expensive for not alot of gain!!

But then again its a merc... they charge double or triple the price for anything :S
And seeing that they're pretty much the only one that does it, that's another double the price lolz

MUZZIE

Yeh, that sounds a bit exxy to me .

I know they are in Sydney, but why dont you try Marranos.

They are doing some good work lately.

www.marranos.com.au

acb

yeah thought it sounded a bit $$$. think I might get my matt black 20's first....if only i could find a shop in SE QLD that sells them /wrists

Q..

There is a very good tuner for Mercedes & Porsche in Brisbane
Bayside Performance Services
http://www.bpschiptek.com/
james is the owner. [porsche trained mechanic in the UK]

he is seeing the expected gains out of s/c 55 engines
.......and some spectacular gains out of the 63 engines

taking my 911 turbo to him this week

Sentosa

Don't know anything about them. Not in Brisbane but I seem to remember they had a subsiduary there. Good Luck

www.powerchip.com.au

Powerchip Australia Pty. Ltd.
Phone : (03) 9681 6888
Fax : (03) 9681 6999

sales@powerchipgroup.com

WAY

Harding Performance are the master distributors of APR/Oettinger (APR owns Oettinger) who are probably the most well known VW/Audi tuners around. HP is also the master distributor of DMS Automotive products, which does lots of Porsches, BMW and Mercedes tuning. Google DMS Automotive (or go to their website) and you will see reviews of their product from press which are very good. Guy Harding is the proprietor of HP and is a good guy. I am not affiliated with them in any way but I was a customer. Was also going to tune my C63 with the DMS tune (extra 30kw/60nm) but realise I can't put the power down cleanly as it is so I have held it off.

lacerdaschoon

WAY you should stil consider getting a tune in my opinion. U will just have to re-learn how to launch your car. If your C63 is currently stock i think u will be able to handle an extra 30kw with practise. You wont regret that extra power

I have moded my car which uses the 3.2L V6 SC with 260kw. I added an intake and pulley and its considerably quicker than it was before. Stock form my car would do a 5.1 to 60mph. Now it does 4.4s all day long and a pb of 4.3. Had to learn how to launch the car again but thats half the fun!

RNS-11Z

Hi Guys,

I have a C63 that has been tuned by BPS. They are located in Cleveland. James tunes pretty much anything and loves his porsches .

So far, i am happy with the outcome of my car. IF you do a search under my username in the C63 section, there is information about my car with real time testing. He may not be the cheapest option but his head mechanic danny is an awesome guy and James is very friendly. Its more of a one on one relationship then just handing some money over for a service.


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