Viper98912

Hello fellow owners! I picked up this gem yesterday. 2005, 46k miles, perfectly maintained, diamond black. Includes dark maple wood grain, chrome AMG wheels (real, not aftermarket dipped), bi-xenon lighting, flat hood emblem, and CL style grill. Enjoy the pix!

Kompressor21

Congrats!!!
Everything looks great.
What was the price you bought it for if you dont mind me asking.

rockjock

congrats on the buy-taking offers on the fogs? Mine are busted
Great looking car!

Viper98912

lol I just got the car not even 24 hours and you're already sniping me for parts!!! Sorry, car for the most part is staying as is

billapex

Congrats, and welcome! I like the grille.

I bought my C55 in February and really love just about every aspect of it. Enjoy!

Bill

F1Bobby

Congrats Viper. The car looks good. I've had mine since October. I Absolutely love the car.

Viper98912

The car isn't registered yet so I technically shouldn't drive it. It's killing me.

jturkel

congrats and welcome to the forum!

hooleyboy

Welcome. The wood looks very good and its very rare.

JonMBZ

looks good never seen one with wood grain congrats. I am sure those wheels are dipped though they didn't come in chrome.

BayAreaC32

Congrats! I love the 5.4 N/A V8!

Viper98912

Well on the chrome wheels, the receipt from the MB dealer states AMG oem wheels, but that doesn't necessarily mean it was done by MB. It could've been done by the dealer or outsourced. Touche'

And yes, I find the wood to be awesome too, that's one of the things I love about it.

jturkel

my buddy used to have chrome 17' OEM AMG rims on his C32. came like that too. i dont think it was dipped. interesting

Viper98912

Now it wasn't added on the sticker, it was added afterwards.

I have a question for you guys - when the engine is cold (initial startup) there's a "whirring" sound that comes from the engine bay and lasts until the engine is warm. Kind of like if there's a pulley bearing somewhere that's wearing out. Being that I don't have much experience around this engine, is this normal, or is something somewhere wearing out?

Thanks.

Viper98912

I uploaded a video of the sound. The engine is cold and warming up here, and I'm giving revs in the 1-2k range. Notice that as the engine gets warmer it starts to fade; at the end when I cut the engine you can hardly hear it anymore. Let me know what you guys think.

My buddy says its the air pump that it's the air pump that warms up the cats. But should it be this loud? Is it possible that the bearings have gone bad?

RLx02

the air pump is what gives it that whiny noise when you start it up cold; mine sounds very similar to yours on a cold start...well, a lot more burbly because of the res/cat deletes.

Viper98912

But is the pump itself electric? So would it matter based on rpm speed? Or is the noise coming from the cats themselves?

RLx02

That I am unsure of but here is a clip from my c55 with just the resonators removed. I have the secondaries removed but have yet to take a vid of that .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sw5ZCzExvg

Viper98912

Yup, the same sound. So wtf, is that normal?

F1Bobby

Yep! mine kinda sounds like that.

Viper98912

Decided to take it out for a quick tan on the fourth of july.

jturkel

looks great! but your car doesn't need a tan! haha.....i dont think it will get any darker.

SoCalC55

Congrats on the new 55!

Diamond Black FTW! I enjoy having people, after looking at the car for a extended period of time, go wait... its NOT jet black?!?

Viper98912

Hell, I said that myself when I was looking at it at the dealer!

nanayaw6

Congratulations Viper98912 that's a gorgeous looking 55. Hope to spot you in the atlanta area.