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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 03:08 PM
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2012 Black CLS63TT/HRE 20 Inch P40SC/Day Pics

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I never take photos nor do I have a good camera but today was nice and gloomy so I figured the weather would help me out. In the past my car was only shot at night and while those pics were cool; they also didnt show the cars lines that well. Now my pics are not great but you will get a better view of the car during the day.

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KW Lowering Kit
20 inch HRE P40SC's
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And one Wagon Teaser!!!!! It just got a tune too- dumba$$ fast wagon and it launches like an AWD car with that weight bias in the rear.

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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 03:17 PM
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You know I ordered a set of those after seeing them on your car but I went with 19" more into semislick tires should be here next week or so
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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 03:25 PM
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You know I ordered a set of those after seeing them on your car but I went with 19" more into semislick tires should be here next week or so
Great wheels... mine weighed 21.4 lbs and 22.4 lbs (front and rear) so Im sure your will be less.
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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 03:28 PM
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wow, cls looks sick but the WAGON!!! post more pics or ban yourself lol
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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 03:32 PM
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Great wheels... mine weighed 21.4 lbs and 22.4 lbs (front and rear) so Im sure your will be less.
If they weight like urs I would be happy I need more rubber on the road so I have to go wider Brabus don't seem to offer wider than 9.5" so HRE would take over from there full stop. I got some serious traction issues and next week I will even have more so hopefully they would reduce the traction coming on
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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 03:33 PM
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If they weight like urs I would be happy I need more rubber on the road so I have to go wider Brabus don't seem to offer wider than 9.5" so HRE would take over from there full stop. I got some serious traction issues and next week I will even have more so hopefully they would reduce the traction coming on
What sizes did you run widthwise? 19x9 and 19x11???
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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 03:52 PM
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What sizes did you run widthwise? 19x9 and 19x11???
19x8.5 tire 245/35ZR19 and 19x11 305/30ZR19 I chose Pirelli PZero Trofeo they are the best non noisy everyday semi slick tires out there. you need them once you go over 600hp no point of the power if you can't put it on the ground!
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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 03:55 PM
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very nice to see....looks awesome!
would look sweet debadged....
mine are coming off monday

how are you enoying the performance of the cls??
I'm just about to hit 1000 miles....and ready.....
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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 04:24 PM
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how are you enoying the performance of the cls??
I'm just about to hit 1000 miles....and ready.....
As good as it was stock its that much better with a tune--- i drove it hard from day one and now its just a stupid fast machine.
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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 04:55 PM
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when are you gonna update the wagon thread vic?
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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 05:07 PM
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Black trims and tinted windows look better on the white wagon than on the black cls. I like some contrast. The hre wheels on the cls are gorgeous as they highlight the red brakes. Great pictures.
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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 06:31 PM
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Vic great job. both of these cars are truly inspirational, they represent how these bad *** benzs' are supposed to look, I have two questions when they wrapped your belt moldings on the doors and drip rail moldings around the windows did they have to remove them to do so? or did they wrap them while they were still mounted? also have you ever considered painting the chrome part of the handles? I very much like the way non key less go cars handles look
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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 07:30 PM
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You know I ordered a set of those after seeing them on your car but I went with 19" more into semislick tires should be here next week or so
Just got my Renntech tune and these continentals suck but also want to stick with 19's. I didn't have a great experience with P zeros on my 219 but they weren't semislicks. How are they for day to day driving and how many miles you getting out of them?
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Vic -
Car looks great...on the cusp myself with those HRE's.
And its only a matter of time before I see you on the road.
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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 08:39 PM
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the cls looks so amazing.

i have been looking for a real life example of the chrome around the windows blacked out.

can you tell me what type of place you had to go to get it done? or did you do it yourself? it looks really clean.

and is it doable without removing the trim? (around the windows)



by the way, the wheels would look real cool with the Mercedes wheel caps put on, with everything black except the star.
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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 08:45 PM
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i drive them all, fast and hard
very nice, great t o finally see the wagon, did that also get the identical tune as the cls, and which model hre are those on teh wagon
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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 09:44 PM
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Wow. Darth Vader's CLS, with a storm trooper escort too.
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Nothing short of stunning!!
Btw your wagon looks insane man!
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Originally Posted by freefall
Just got my Renntech tune and these continentals suck but also want to stick with 19's. I didn't have a great experience with P zeros on my 219 but they weren't semislicks. How are they for day to day driving and how many miles you getting out of them?

https://mbworld.org/forums/cls55-amg...uggestion.html
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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 11:36 PM
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Great cars Vic, love it. Sick.

I was actually looking at P45SC and how it would look an a W212. In fact, it looks great in black on your E63 wagon.
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Old Apr 1, 2012 | 02:40 AM
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Just got my Renntech tune and these continentals suck but also want to stick with 19's. I didn't have a great experience with P zeros on my 219 but they weren't semislicks. How are they for day to day driving and how many miles you getting out of them?
Well they are excellent day to day driving no noise at all and they hook up real good when warm, I would compare them as good as the R888 except with 50% more miles! You should also know tires will ware dending on your driving not on mine on my first set on the CLS63 295/30ZR19 I got around 10k miles, but I could have gotten more if I had them on 10.5" wide wheels maybe another 5K miles
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i drive them all, fast and hard
we need to see pics of the whole stable together too,
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we need to see pics of the whole stable together too,
Great idea! BTW Vic, I was curious to know which of your (fabulous) cars do you enjoy driving the most, the one that puts a smile on your face each time you drive it?
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Wow, that Wagon is the show stealer! I REALLY don't like Wagons, but the S212 is just such a well designed Wagon.... it's kind of crazy.
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Originally Posted by vdubpower
we need to see pics of the whole stable together too,
I've been wanting this a while!!
come on Vic,,,you're practically a celebrity here duder!
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