Mercedes C63 Coupe - The Iridium Silver Thread (PICS/VIDEOS)
11-03-2016, 05:47 AM
#428
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11-03-2016, 09:12 AM
#429
Originally Posted by DragonRR
This was/is the problem with the thinner spacers, exaggerated. Don't flame me for my poor CAD skillz 
11-03-2016, 09:16 AM
#430
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11-03-2016, 05:36 PM
#431
Edit: Tires are on their way and should be here right about the same time the car arrives. LMAO!!!
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11-03-2016, 06:35 PM
#432
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Well, I pulled the trigger and just decided to replace ALL the tires on the car with one size up... I didn't go with the 305s in the rear, for fear of bulging, etc. However, I'm still awaiting responses from ECS on 10 and 12mm spacers for the front and rear, respectively. I'm now not even sure I want to take the risk due premature bearing failure, but we'll see what they say.
Edit: Tires are on their way and should be here right about the same time the car arrives. LMAO!!!
Edit: Tires are on their way and should be here right about the same time the car arrives. LMAO!!!
but it would work I like the way Sanch's car looks, the stance makes a difference but it isn't enough of a difference for me to gamble with 15mm spacers especially without modding the suspension (which means potential warranty problems). So, for the time being, it is a shelved project.
11-03-2016, 06:37 PM
#433
I've done some googling of the spacer problem. There are a lot of posts from people who didn't want to go too far with spacers so opted for less than 15mm and end up with the flange inside the spacer hitting the hub. Solution often seems to be grind the hub down.... NOT something I would even think about doing but it would work
I like the way Sanch's car looks, the stance makes a difference but it isn't enough of a difference for me to gamble with 15mm spacers especially without modding the suspension (which means potential warranty problems). So, for the time being, it is a shelved project.
but it would work I like the way Sanch's car looks, the stance makes a difference but it isn't enough of a difference for me to gamble with 15mm spacers especially without modding the suspension (which means potential warranty problems). So, for the time being, it is a shelved project.
I'm not willing to risk it.
I'm especially NOT grinding hubs down....
11-03-2016, 06:48 PM
#434
Folks - I have seen some of the MB coupes, possibly previous generations, that had the Night Package, with Black Emblems. Why do our vehicles still come with silver badging when order with the Night Package - any ideas???? Did I miss an option when ordering the vehicle?
11-03-2016, 07:49 PM
#435
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Well, I pulled the trigger and just decided to replace ALL the tires on the car with one size up... I didn't go with the 305s in the rear, for fear of bulging, etc. However, I'm still awaiting responses from ECS on 10 and 12mm spacers for the front and rear, respectively. I'm now not even sure I want to take the risk due premature bearing failure, but we'll see what they say.
Edit: Tires are on their way and should be here right about the same time the car arrives. LMAO!!!
Edit: Tires are on their way and should be here right about the same time the car arrives. LMAO!!!
11-03-2016, 07:53 PM
#436
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I've done some googling of the spacer problem. There are a lot of posts from people who didn't want to go too far with spacers so opted for less than 15mm and end up with the flange inside the spacer hitting the hub. Solution often seems to be grind the hub down.... NOT something I would even think about doing but it would work
I like the way Sanch's car looks, the stance makes a difference but it isn't enough of a difference for me to gamble with 15mm spacers especially without modding the suspension (which means potential warranty problems). So, for the time being, it is a shelved project.
but it would work I like the way Sanch's car looks, the stance makes a difference but it isn't enough of a difference for me to gamble with 15mm spacers especially without modding the suspension (which means potential warranty problems). So, for the time being, it is a shelved project.
When I drove into my dealership pretty much everyone at the work shop came out to see the car... they couldn't believe how different the car looked with such minor mods. The dealer that sold me the car got the shop number and exactly my mods/ cost for his other customers that wanted to do the same. lol
It's always best to keep stock that is how the car is designed to work.
However for me looks and performance go equally
Ps: This is not permanent... Only until I find the perfect forged wheels to compliment the car
11-03-2016, 08:46 PM
#437
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Folks - I have seen some of the MB coupes, possibly previous generations, that had the Night Package, with Black Emblems. Why do our vehicles still come with silver badging when order with the Night Package - any ideas???? Did I miss an option when ordering the vehicle?
I'm keen to wrap my front grill but still in two minds...
11-03-2016, 10:28 PM
#438
Originally Posted by Sanch
This does not come from the factory, people have done it themselves.
I'm keen to wrap my front grill but still in two minds...
I'm keen to wrap my front grill but still in two minds...
11-04-2016, 12:11 AM
#442
11-04-2016, 04:41 AM
#443
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Dragon, not sure how warranty works but in OZ it doesn't void warranty... they have to prove that the part caused the issue.
When I drove into my dealership pretty much everyone at the work shop came out to see the car... they couldn't believe how different the car looked with such minor mods. The dealer that sold me the car got the shop number and exactly my mods/ cost for his other customers that wanted to do the same. lol
It's always best to keep stock that is how the car is designed to work.
However for me looks and performance go equally
Ps: This is not permanent... Only until I find the perfect forged wheels to compliment the car
When I drove into my dealership pretty much everyone at the work shop came out to see the car... they couldn't believe how different the car looked with such minor mods. The dealer that sold me the car got the shop number and exactly my mods/ cost for his other customers that wanted to do the same. lol
It's always best to keep stock that is how the car is designed to work.
However for me looks and performance go equally
Ps: This is not permanent... Only until I find the perfect forged wheels to compliment the car
Totally agree - looks and performance go hand in hand
11-04-2016, 04:48 AM
#444
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As it is the silver bits balance with your wheels. I would either go, as you have, with the silver black look or full stealth where almost everything is black, maybe go with off coloured wheels like that guy who has bronze/black.
11-06-2016, 05:19 AM
#445
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A quick update with some slightly annoying stuff.
I took my car in for the oil service last Wednesday. I mentioned two "rattles" one from around the driver's seat belt area (or so I thought) which is very intermittent and only sometimes noisy and one which is a ticking kind of leather plastic noise really from the back of the driver's seat. I went out with a mechanic, he heard the one from the seat and then took me down a cobbled street which would have been a test for a bloody Rolls Royce! After the cobbles another rattle surfaced from around the iPad area. I wasn't exactly happy! Anyway I asked for them to fix that too.
Since then I've been back twice to pick the car up. I haven't heard (thankfully) the iPad rattle, perhaps it has been fixed or perhaps it has just settled down but the seat belt rattle is still present and so is the seat "ticking". I went out in the car again with the service manager yesterday. He was pretty helpful really. He thinks the seat belt rattle is actually coming from the rear parcel shelf area. He has said that they are going to put a request into Mercedes for a replacement driver's seat and see if it gets approved before trying anything else. I am obviously quite frustrated about all this, I considered just taking the car back "as is" yesterday and drove over 10 miles just trying to get over the noises but I can't ... I hate persistent rattles ... so I've left the car with them with the hope I'll get it back later this week with a plan of action. You would have thought, by now, most cars would be made rattle free! VW seem to manage it!
I took my car in for the oil service last Wednesday. I mentioned two "rattles" one from around the driver's seat belt area (or so I thought) which is very intermittent and only sometimes noisy and one which is a ticking kind of leather plastic noise really from the back of the driver's seat. I went out with a mechanic, he heard the one from the seat and then took me down a cobbled street which would have been a test for a bloody Rolls Royce! After the cobbles another rattle surfaced from around the iPad area. I wasn't exactly happy! Anyway I asked for them to fix that too.
Since then I've been back twice to pick the car up. I haven't heard (thankfully) the iPad rattle, perhaps it has been fixed or perhaps it has just settled down but the seat belt rattle is still present and so is the seat "ticking". I went out in the car again with the service manager yesterday. He was pretty helpful really. He thinks the seat belt rattle is actually coming from the rear parcel shelf area. He has said that they are going to put a request into Mercedes for a replacement driver's seat and see if it gets approved before trying anything else. I am obviously quite frustrated about all this, I considered just taking the car back "as is" yesterday and drove over 10 miles just trying to get over the noises but I can't ... I hate persistent rattles ... so I've left the car with them with the hope I'll get it back later this week with a plan of action. You would have thought, by now, most cars would be made rattle free! VW seem to manage it!
11-06-2016, 09:09 AM
#446
Originally Posted by DragonRR
A quick update with some slightly annoying stuff.
I took my car in for the oil service last Wednesday. I mentioned two "rattles" one from around the driver's seat belt area (or so I thought) which is very intermittent and only sometimes noisy and one which is a ticking kind of leather plastic noise really from the back of the driver's seat. I went out with a mechanic, he heard the one from the seat and then took me down a cobbled street which would have been a test for a bloody Rolls Royce! After the cobbles another rattle surfaced from around the iPad area. I wasn't exactly happy! Anyway I asked for them to fix that too.
Since then I've been back twice to pick the car up. I haven't heard (thankfully) the iPad rattle, perhaps it has been fixed or perhaps it has just settled down but the seat belt rattle is still present and so is the seat "ticking". I went out in the car again with the service manager yesterday. He was pretty helpful really. He thinks the seat belt rattle is actually coming from the rear parcel shelf area. He has said that they are going to put a request into Mercedes for a replacement driver's seat and see if it gets approved before trying anything else. I am obviously quite frustrated about all this, I considered just taking the car back "as is" yesterday and drove over 10 miles just trying to get over the noises but I can't ... I hate persistent rattles ... so I've left the car with them with the hope I'll get it back later this week with a plan of action. You would have thought, by now, most cars would be made rattle free! VW seem to manage it!
I took my car in for the oil service last Wednesday. I mentioned two "rattles" one from around the driver's seat belt area (or so I thought) which is very intermittent and only sometimes noisy and one which is a ticking kind of leather plastic noise really from the back of the driver's seat. I went out with a mechanic, he heard the one from the seat and then took me down a cobbled street which would have been a test for a bloody Rolls Royce! After the cobbles another rattle surfaced from around the iPad area. I wasn't exactly happy! Anyway I asked for them to fix that too.
Since then I've been back twice to pick the car up. I haven't heard (thankfully) the iPad rattle, perhaps it has been fixed or perhaps it has just settled down but the seat belt rattle is still present and so is the seat "ticking". I went out in the car again with the service manager yesterday. He was pretty helpful really. He thinks the seat belt rattle is actually coming from the rear parcel shelf area. He has said that they are going to put a request into Mercedes for a replacement driver's seat and see if it gets approved before trying anything else. I am obviously quite frustrated about all this, I considered just taking the car back "as is" yesterday and drove over 10 miles just trying to get over the noises but I can't ... I hate persistent rattles ... so I've left the car with them with the hope I'll get it back later this week with a plan of action. You would have thought, by now, most cars would be made rattle free! VW seem to manage it!
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11-06-2016, 03:17 PM
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Yes, fingers crossed! It's a 100% 1st world problem obviously. The only car I've owned without any rattles from new in the last 10 years was a Golf R. Solid is a rock. I am sure the dealers just roll their eyes when you have rattles. They know full well they are tough to fix and some customers, I'm sure, couldn't care less.
11-06-2016, 04:40 PM
#449
Originally Posted by DragonRR
Yes, fingers crossed! It's a 100% 1st world problem obviously. The only car I've owned without any rattles from new in the last 10 years was a Golf R. Solid is a rock. I am sure the dealers just roll their eyes when you have rattles. They know full well they are tough to fix and some customers, I'm sure, couldn't care less.
11-06-2016, 07:15 PM
#450
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A quick update with some slightly annoying stuff.
I took my car in for the oil service last Wednesday. I mentioned two "rattles" one from around the driver's seat belt area (or so I thought) which is very intermittent and only sometimes noisy and one which is a ticking kind of leather plastic noise really from the back of the driver's seat. I went out with a mechanic, he heard the one from the seat and then took me down a cobbled street which would have been a test for a bloody Rolls Royce! After the cobbles another rattle surfaced from around the iPad area. I wasn't exactly happy! Anyway I asked for them to fix that too.
Since then I've been back twice to pick the car up. I haven't heard (thankfully) the iPad rattle, perhaps it has been fixed or perhaps it has just settled down but the seat belt rattle is still present and so is the seat "ticking". I went out in the car again with the service manager yesterday. He was pretty helpful really. He thinks the seat belt rattle is actually coming from the rear parcel shelf area. He has said that they are going to put a request into Mercedes for a replacement driver's seat and see if it gets approved before trying anything else. I am obviously quite frustrated about all this, I considered just taking the car back "as is" yesterday and drove over 10 miles just trying to get over the noises but I can't ... I hate persistent rattles ... so I've left the car with them with the hope I'll get it back later this week with a plan of action. You would have thought, by now, most cars would be made rattle free! VW seem to manage it!
I took my car in for the oil service last Wednesday. I mentioned two "rattles" one from around the driver's seat belt area (or so I thought) which is very intermittent and only sometimes noisy and one which is a ticking kind of leather plastic noise really from the back of the driver's seat. I went out with a mechanic, he heard the one from the seat and then took me down a cobbled street which would have been a test for a bloody Rolls Royce! After the cobbles another rattle surfaced from around the iPad area. I wasn't exactly happy! Anyway I asked for them to fix that too.
Since then I've been back twice to pick the car up. I haven't heard (thankfully) the iPad rattle, perhaps it has been fixed or perhaps it has just settled down but the seat belt rattle is still present and so is the seat "ticking". I went out in the car again with the service manager yesterday. He was pretty helpful really. He thinks the seat belt rattle is actually coming from the rear parcel shelf area. He has said that they are going to put a request into Mercedes for a replacement driver's seat and see if it gets approved before trying anything else. I am obviously quite frustrated about all this, I considered just taking the car back "as is" yesterday and drove over 10 miles just trying to get over the noises but I can't ... I hate persistent rattles ... so I've left the car with them with the hope I'll get it back later this week with a plan of action. You would have thought, by now, most cars would be made rattle free! VW seem to manage it!
It would drive me nuts!
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