willy_manilly

Hey all,

Just thought id say hey. Always nice to find some other members on here from Australia!

My cars a 2004 E270CDI with AMG Kit and a few other little mods.

Why aren't there any meetups in Melbourne for benz drivers?

macbryanie

Melbourne weather?

AV1

G'Day ***** I'm also from Melbourne Australia

You'll probably find like myself that not too many people venture out of the specific forum section/s that specifically relates to their car/s, but there are many other Australian members on this forum and lots of those are also from Melbourne

There are at least 4 other C Class Coupe owners from Melbourne and we do intend to get together for a mini meet at some point when all have taken delivery of their vehicles, we'll keep you posted

macbryanie

I saw on coupe a couple of weeks ago..on Princes Hwy (Chaddy-Oakleigh-ish)
Beautiful machine. I couldn’t work it out... I though it was an E until it went past.Brilliant silver it was..me green with envy.

Np55

I'm always down for a meet summers coming up so pretty sure all the mbworld owners of Melbourne should all catch up

willy_manilly

Somebody should organise one.....

Np55

Sounds like a plan

macbryanie

I'll be needing some new shoes for a meet:I have some excellent clk rims that I picked up as spares...trade for your CL63 RS's? lol.

AV1

Hello all, it's been a while since responding in this thread

I'm up for a meet, of course depending on set time and place.

A small group of 3 of us Melb. C Class Coupe owners tried to get together a couple of months back, but it didn't happen

Right at the last minute on the day 2 out of the 3 had something come up, so it was cancelled.

Hopefully the next meet can be a larger group, so if people have last minute circumstances come up, there'll still be enough of a group to catch up, it can cover all models and years of MB's not just specific types as we attempted for the C Class Coupe

Np55

Hahahaha surely you can easily get them for yours :p
A local meet of the mbworld members from Melbourne would be really good though.. I'll get some more of the mbworld stickers made and we can all represent lol

macbryanie

No trade .....damn. Mech is still on holidays....my car misses him as it needs an oil change, bought Mobil 1 from ebay (Sydney guy). Cheap mate. (ow-40 euro formula originally from states) tried Liqui Moly high tech last couple of times. Returning to the good stuff. I am talkin' dribble :
I am in for a meet. Hope I dont bail due to unforeseen commitments .

Np55

Yes me too lol I still need to get my shocks and brakes fitted... I was gonna ask would you suggest the good ridge braided stainless lines for when I do the upgrade or is there no point .. I've decided to go with the textar brand as well for the rotors ..

macbryanie

I had a research a while back and recently too regarding the goodridge SS. It doesnt make any difference for street use and the threads I read seemed pretty inconclusive. The 32 brakes will pull up your car well mate. Go Motul 5.1 or 600 fluid (3-4 litres) for a full flush. ($100-140) and textar seem to be the gem. Did you get new pads? Akebono, pagid,hawk,ebc etc? Akebono's FTW!

Np55

Not yet for pads but cliff did suggest the textar brand as well for the pads.. Apparently they're low dust as well so just gonna see.. If they're not much difference between the akebonos then ill go for them .. Also for the while brake fluid flush thing because I don't really know diddly squat about them lol will the whole system need to be done? As in will the rear ones be fine

macbryanie

Me too... but yes its all brake system. I am doing the brakes,rad,tranny and oil when V returns. So will learn about the brakes then. this is all i am going by: https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w...ng-brakes.html
https://mbworld.org/forums/c32-amg-c...some-info.html
https://mbworld.org/forums/c63-amg-w204/405229-wich-brake-fluid.html#post4743995
https://mbworld.org/forums/clk-class-w208/375873-brake-fluid.html#post4361254
https://mbworld.org/forums/clk-class-w208/112591-how-many-liter-brake-fluide-do-i-need-clk-320-a.html#post1175294
https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w124/45429-big-brakes.html#post545760
http://www.motul.com/au/en
http://www.iwsti.com/forums/gr-braki...uper-blue.html
The 5.1 seems to be the best for value and performance (the 600 is track territory and needs to be replaced every 6-12months as opposed to 5.1 - 2yrs) Penrite make a super Dot 4 but its close to $45 per litre aswell. Heres a thread on the ss lines. https://mbworld.org/forums/c32-amg-c55-amg-w203/318079-anybody-have-goodridge-ss-brake-lines.html

willy_manilly

This is sounding better and better!

Sirpent

John here

CLK320 owner

and

C32 manual conversion and transplanter

Enjoy the read............

https://mbworld.org/forums/c32-amg-c...61-rs32-4.html

macbryanie

A mad scientist in the midst.

skylab19

Hi everyone, anyone from Melbourne still active on this thread ?

I have a 2015 C63s AMG, and am based in Melbourne.

I'm wondering where you guys go to have your car modded, body kit, tune etc ?

thanks!

itsmehuey

Nice to "meet" you all! Thought I'd jump in too. Also located in Melbourne.

Previously drove a relatively modified 2017 CLA250 but had to upgrade to something slightly bigger due to the welcoming of our baby girl.

Now driving a 2021 GLA35. Have had some exhaust work done, new intake (MST Performance), coding to get extra features (and turn some annoying ones off), and just got brake calipers painted a custom gold..
Here are some of my threads:
https://mbworld.org/forums/gla-class...50-2017-a.html
https://mbworld.org/forums/gla-class...impressed.html
__PRESENT

kishigae

Hi fellow Melbournians, a new local member here.

Wondering where do you have your Mercs serviced? Particularly any knowledge of good independent specialists? I took my previous CLA45 to Peter Lennox in Thomastown a few years ago and was happy with their service, but they are a bit too far from me now.

Not sure what is the experience with the MB dealerships here, but with Audi, I always felt more confident taking my cars to my independent Audi specialist after listening about some unpleasant dealings with official Audi workshops.