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Hey man! Right after I posted that I saw your replies from last year which echo what you just said so I really appreciate that and actually the more I think about it I tend to agree. But here’s another even more important question.
Did you tune your engine or do you think it has enough to power baseline?
Also, I was given a Renntech exhaust valve module, and I’m wondering if it in any way shape or form harms the car?
It came with the gray car and I’m keeping it. It’s awesome. Hey this dealership is trying to sell me all this stuff like dent insurance and key insurance and wheel tire insurance and maintenance plan what do you think about all that?
It came with the gray car and I’m keeping it. It’s awesome. Hey this dealership is trying to sell me all this stuff like dent insurance and key insurance and wheel tire insurance and maintenance plan what do you think about all that?
The only thing I ever got was the prepaid maintenance. Especially during the factory warranty, servicing the car at a dealership has its advantages and the prepaid plan is cheaper than paying for the individual services. I did actually renew it for another three years. After that I may start having the car serviced at my indy. I don't do any of the dent, tire etc. insurance, nor have I ever bought an extended warranty. Those things you may never use, so it's money gone. Tire insurance is also something that many tire places are now including as part of purchasing tires. I get all my tires from Tire Rack and they come with 2 year free road hazard coverage. I've replaced a few tires under that over the years. For other stuff, I cross that bridge when it happens.
When I bought the car my dealership wanted to sell me a 7-year extended warranty for $8k, which is really just an additional 3 years on top of the factory warranty. I just laughed. My car is now in its 6th year and I haven't had even a fraction of repair costs. Yes, I had to pay for a couple of things out of pocket, but its not anywhere near $8k plus these warranties have restrictions on what they cover. Most don't cover software and electronic issues for example until a module completely fails and needs to be replaced. They don't cover things that could be fixed with a software update. For example I'm dealing with that now. My instrument cluster has a bug and it loses some settings after being parked for a while. I signed up with BenzNinja and next week I'm gonna update/reload the instrument cluster. It takes several hours apparently. so the dealership wanted to fortune for it. I now have the hardware, Xentry and a lifetime membership with BenzNinja for about $1200, so I can do all this coding at no additional expense for the life of the car and future MBs.
Yes, all that makes sense. I actually know a body guy who could do and stuff for me cheap so then insurance doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. The tire and wheel insurance is $4000 and you can just about get new tires and rims for that if you’re clever, and I may want to overhaul the turbo system like you’re talking about which will undoubtedly void warranty so I think I’m gonna go with the maintenance package only and I’ll take the money that I save And put it towards carbon fiber, body modifications and maybe expel glossy black rabbit at some point
Back to the tuning. What you’re saying I think is if you get bigger turbos, you get more top end power but lose some effective torque and acceleration down low bc of increased lag? I don’t want that. I’m guessing
what you’re suggesting is a stage one tune from these guys because they’ve actually got it down to a good balance……keeping low end torque and less lag but increasing mid and high end power
Back to the tuning. What you’re saying I think is if you get bigger turbos, you get more top end power but lose some effective torque and acceleration down low bc of increased lag? I don’t want that. I’m guessing
what you’re suggesting is a stage one tune from these guys because they’ve actually got it down to a good balance……keeping low end torque and less lag but increasing mid and high end power
He talks about the engine/turbo in the second half of the video.
This dude knows what he’s talking about. So what I’m hearing is: stage one tune, new bigger turbo charger, new intake, new intercooler, and new heat exchange. That’s the power performance package with these guys.
Interesting. I will reach out to them. Apparently they have warranties to cover mishaps, as factory warranty for power train will be voided by mods. This has always been my concern. But I have had some serious acceleration cars before and it’s tempting to upgrade the AMG
Steve Dinan has been around for a while. His previous company was Dinan. Famous for tuning BMWs and he always stood behind his work by offering a warranty.
Really interesting. Like you said the car doesn’t NEED any improvements but I’m obsessed! Chasing sub 3 seconds 0-60 and so forth. Sounds like tondo
it right it’s every bit of a 10k investment
Thank you for your inquiry, unfortunately we do not have any high-performance parts for this model.
Wondering who they have answering emails. FWIW, their website only lists parts for up to model year 2021, but 2023 is the same car as 2021. They might have confused it with the sedan. Their location is only about 45 minutes for me, so I would just drive there and talk to Steve personally, but that might not be an option for you.
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they are new and apparently will fit. What do you think? A fair offer is for two seats? 3000 bucks plus shipping? 4K? Shipping will be high but I think these seats are kinda hard to find and it’s definitely something my car is missing in order for it to be deluxe
The one thing I'd point out, there are different versions of the seats. Those look like the ones w/o ventilation. Does your car have seat ventilation or only seat heating, or neither? The ventilated seats have perforation like mine shown below. Also you will have to have them coded and you may need to replace the door module. The headrest are not adjustable on the performance seats, instead the cushion can be extended. I think the standard sport seats have that, too, but I don't recall exactly. But with the performance seats, the headrest switch in the door is a dead switch and doesn't move.
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Yes I have asked if they’re perforated and therefore ventilated. The new blue car is definitely set up for ventilation That’s a must. I’m leaning towards looking for seats as an upgrade as opposed to carbon fiber mods, and even tuning. I think a stock car with the buckets is better than a modified car with the sports seats if that makes sense. I guess just keep looking on eBay if these aren’t ventilated . Do you suggest I reach out in these forums?
Over the years there have been less than a handful of seat swap threads from what I remember. It's not a straight forward job. Getting the airbags to work correctly is probably the biggest thing.
I wonder if a dealership service is even willing to do it
Nope. They won't do it. You'll have to find an independent and may need to employ the coding services of any of our resident remote coders around here such as BenzNinja. But you need to buy hardware so they can do the coding remotely.
Over the years there have been less than a handful of seat swap threads from what I remember. It's not a straight forward job. Getting the airbags to work correctly is probably the biggest thing.
Yes I have asked if they’re perforated and therefore ventilated. The new blue car is definitely set up for ventilation That’s a must. I’m leaning towards looking for seats as an upgrade as opposed to carbon fiber mods, and even tuning. I think a stock car with the buckets is better than a modified car with the sports seats if that makes sense. I guess just keep looking on eBay if these aren’t ventilated . Do you suggest I reach out in these forums?
I don't know if it's different for the face lifted versions, but on my 2017 the AMG Performance Seats are perforated but they're not ventilated. That was not an option on the pre face lift performance seats. Something to keep in mind when you're looking around.
I don't know if it's different for the face lifted versions, but on my 2017 the AMG Performance Seats are perforated but they're not ventilated. That was not an option on the pre face lift performance seats. Something to keep in mind when you're looking around.
I see what you are saying. Like the first pic? Not sure what that is for and looks more like a design feature than actual holes. With the ventilated performance seats there is perforation in the bolsters, too (2nd pic).
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