joe cat

Help!! I want a cl500 or cl55 budget $15k 03 or newer no bright silver pls


joe@fcgerlach.com

Nothing over 80k miles and must be at least the sport package on the cl500 - must have keyless go

mf219

good luck

MagCL

If you spend some time reading posts on this forum, you will come across a few people that say "there is nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes".

Spend a little more now or spend a lot later (on repairs).
Good luck!

The_StiG_US

Well, mine has 65K and the AMG sport pkg. and is an 03.... but is Bright Silver 8).

Would suggest that you get the 04 or newer as the 03 was in mid shift on some of its equipment and as I have come to find out more expensive and difficult to properly mod with and without stock equipment.

- Henry

ctravis595

i don't think the cl500 has a sport package, and if it does it's very trivial

talking about purchasing an ABC equipped car and using the word "budget" in the same statement is very contradicting lol. be warned the abc system is very expensive to maintain but besides the ABC, the cars are pretty reliable. obviously the newer the car is the more issues will have been worked through and the 03+ cl55 has a supercharger and almost 500 horses stock but might cost significantly more than the cl500

and like everyone else said, good luck!

BlownV8

He is correct. If you want a budget ride, do the coil over conversion and get rid of the ABC suspension. Without ABC, the CL is not that expensive to own.

MiguelsC2CL

They have anti roll bars on that conversion?

The op needs to double his budget.

ctravis595

here we go again, another self proclaimed expert on a suspension set up they've never used....

MiguelsC2CL

The CL does have a sport option. Lower panels are all different and the AMG wheels. Pedal accents etc..

I don't need to PIMP my ride.

Mercedes did the job right.

No need to F&%k it up!

ctravis595

all w215's came with the amg body kit....

and if mercedes did the job right then how come every forum for cars equipped with abc has a sticky at the top saying "ABC ISSUES"

ctravis595

the conversion to coilovers wouldn't be considered "pimping" your ride or whatever you and xzhibit on mtv want to call it, because technically it is a downgrade from a hydraulic set up. however the abc system was never perfected by mercedes in the first place and should have never been implemented....

MiguelsC2CL

WRONG! My 02 has the more subtle base skirts and bumpers caps. The AMG sport option has AMG body work. The base CL does not. Do you homework man!

Let's face it.Most guys here on this Forum are driving neglected,multiple owner, high mileage clunkers. Desparate to keep them running. They only represent a minute amount of the total CL owners.

I can fix my CL ABC system myself. I am not at the mercy of the stealer.

I bought mine because of the active suspension. Mine has had one ABC pump in 11 yrs.And nothing more than scheduled maintenance otherwise.

ctravis595

i have the base cl500.... if you look under the the body paneling from underneath the car you will notice they are stamped with an amg logo....i don't need to do any homework i know what's on my car unlike you ahahahaha

03 is the year the body kit where slightly modified if that's what you're confusing here

MiguelsC2CL

They may say AMG.but they are not the sport pieces.

Compare my pic with the AMG listed on Ebay. The Sport has the same cladding as the as the CL55. Been drinking tonight?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CL55-AMG-ONE-OWNER-CELEBRITY-OWNED-WE-FINANCE-CALL-NOW-/290902593100?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item43bb254e4c#ht_11833wt_954

ctravis595

yes if i'm not mistaken that is the case. all i know is my cl500 model has amg stamped body paneling. the 03 models got slight changes in styling but they are very minor like the foglight openings being higher and i think the front bumper sits an inch or two lower

edit: if that is your garage i must say i am quite jealous

MiguelsC2CL

Thanks! Check my post above. I am not wrong.

ctravis595

perhaps my car came with the sport option and i am unaware. i remember looking up the vin number but don't recall seeing the sport option so i figured all w215's came with the amg body

now i stand corrected!

and it must be nice having all that room to work on your cars...i unfortunately only have a 2 car garage, with 2 cars in it so working on it sometimes feels claustrophobic

ctravis595

you seem to have gotten a very lucky w215 then! when i bought my car at 58k miles it had already had the abc pump replaced once, and then went out again at 70k a few months later

BlownV8

Mine was on its third ABC tandem pump by 70,000 miles. Miguel's car is the exception to the rule.

ctravis595

and i can see now why you've held on to it for so long as i would do the same and probably would've never gotten rid of my abc if it had a track record like that