My new (To Me) 2005 C55 AMG
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My new (To Me) 2005 C55 AMG
Howdy,
I just picked up another AMG. I bought a 2005 C55 AMG with 70k miles. I took it today to have the headlights restored and got it detailed. I am glad to be back as an active member! See you all around!
I just picked up another AMG. I bought a 2005 C55 AMG with 70k miles. I took it today to have the headlights restored and got it detailed. I am glad to be back as an active member! See you all around!
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I am loving it so far! Going tomorrow to replace all the tires, just for my own OCD purposes. lol. Im going with the stock size 225/40 front and 245/35 rear in a Michelin A/S 3 Plus. I have heard good things and I will NOT be tracking my car. It will be a daily driver with occasional spirited driving but wont be doing much hard corning. I am hoping these are a good choice. I really want good wet traction. Other than that I've got a new AMG flat badge coming to install on the hood and the silver center caps for the wheels. I may want to switch them out when I get tired of one or the other. Other mods to come are headers, secondary cat and res delete. I have been looking for a renntech intake but can't seem to find one yet. If anyone sees one, let me know!
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Congrats on your purchase, i hope you enjoy it!
As far as tires goes, i see that you're located in Texas so i would choose the Pilot Super Sports instead of the AS/3 Plus. I don't think you need an all season tire over there. I have them on my C55 and my M3 and and i wouldn't change them for another street tire. Dry or wet they are outstanding.
As far as tires goes, i see that you're located in Texas so i would choose the Pilot Super Sports instead of the AS/3 Plus. I don't think you need an all season tire over there. I have them on my C55 and my M3 and and i wouldn't change them for another street tire. Dry or wet they are outstanding.
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I would say as/3 plus are also perfect for dry and wet conditions. But yes, there should be no snow in Texas As for summer tires I have had a great experience with Conti SportContact 3 back in Belarus on my w203 sportcoupe.
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That looks great! Congrats on the pick up.
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Congrats on your purchase, i hope you enjoy it!
As far as tires goes, i see that you're located in Texas so i would choose the Pilot Super Sports instead of the AS/3 Plus. I don't think you need an all season tire over there. I have them on my C55 and my M3 and and i wouldn't change them for another street tire. Dry or wet they are outstanding.
As far as tires goes, i see that you're located in Texas so i would choose the Pilot Super Sports instead of the AS/3 Plus. I don't think you need an all season tire over there. I have them on my C55 and my M3 and and i wouldn't change them for another street tire. Dry or wet they are outstanding.
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Congrats on the car. I have been looking at intakes as well and Renntech is very hard to find. Needswings makes an air intake as well if you want to check them out.
http://www.needswings.com/needswings...old-air-intake
http://www.needswings.com/needswings...old-air-intake
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Congrats on the car. I have been looking at intakes as well and Renntech is very hard to find. Needswings makes an air intake as well if you want to check them out.
http://www.needswings.com/needswings...old-air-intake
http://www.needswings.com/needswings...old-air-intake
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If you still can, put 235s up front and 255s at the back, it would be perfect. I sold my C55 last year after putting 135k miles on it and glad it ended up with another forum member. There's a lot of nice and knowledgeable people here and you are driving a very reliable car. Enjoy!
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If you still can, put 235s up front and 255s at the back, it would be perfect. I sold my C55 last year after putting 135k miles on it and glad it ended up with another forum member. There's a lot of nice and knowledgeable people here and you are driving a very reliable car. Enjoy!