Wide body CL63 Black project thread plus intro...
02-21-2017, 10:10 PM
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Wide body CL63 Black project thread plus intro...
Hey fellas and ladies...
Allow me the opportunity to introduce myself as I am new to this forum. My name is Pete and I am glad to be another AMG CL63 owner. I currently own a Jag F-Type R that I will be selling when this project is complete because I need a bigger car. The F-Type had been one of my favorite cars I've ever owned. I hope she goes to a good home.
I actually owned another '08 CL63 that I bought new from Oakland MB. It was a rare car that I special ordered that was white/black with carbon interior trim. I sold that car in 2010 to the doctor that invented the sickle cell marker test. He paid me $120K for the car as it was the only one in the country in this beautiful color scheme. I added some staggered custom three piece wheels and he fell in love with the car. I prolly could have gotten another $10K for the car but, hey, he's done great things in his life and he deserved it!
That said, the point of this post is this. I have been lusting to own a wide body CL63. I'm sure that this car will be very controversial and generate many folks who think that it cheapens the look of what Mercedes was trying to accomplish and I get it. Therefore I'd like to create this small space to gather those who may have contributions to help me get through this.
Here are some pics of my previous white CL that I miss so much.
Allow me the opportunity to introduce myself as I am new to this forum. My name is Pete and I am glad to be another AMG CL63 owner. I currently own a Jag F-Type R that I will be selling when this project is complete because I need a bigger car. The F-Type had been one of my favorite cars I've ever owned. I hope she goes to a good home.
I actually owned another '08 CL63 that I bought new from Oakland MB. It was a rare car that I special ordered that was white/black with carbon interior trim. I sold that car in 2010 to the doctor that invented the sickle cell marker test. He paid me $120K for the car as it was the only one in the country in this beautiful color scheme. I added some staggered custom three piece wheels and he fell in love with the car. I prolly could have gotten another $10K for the car but, hey, he's done great things in his life and he deserved it!
That said, the point of this post is this. I have been lusting to own a wide body CL63. I'm sure that this car will be very controversial and generate many folks who think that it cheapens the look of what Mercedes was trying to accomplish and I get it. Therefore I'd like to create this small space to gather those who may have contributions to help me get through this.
Here are some pics of my previous white CL that I miss so much.
Last edited by CL63wide; 02-21-2017 at 10:55 PM.
02-21-2017, 10:27 PM
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The donor
After searching for about three months, I found the donor car for $24K. It has 89K miles, pretty high but the car is very clean and had a great car fax as well as two owners. The interior is a 10 and exterior I'd rate as an 9. I was considering getting a salvage title car for the project but they were going for $18-19K so I just figured I'd spend an extra $5 for a clean title since it will be my personal car and not for flipping. Car has a great and detailed service history to boot.
I had my car looked over with a fine tooth comb by my mechanic Gus at Mac Members in Fremont California (great mechanic) and they said the car needs to have the lower control arms changed out at some point because of torn ball joint boots on one side. I also need a bearing on the left side because of wheel wobble. Basically $1.5K, nothing pending or pressing so I will take care of this after the build. Other than that the car is as good as any one he's ever looked at. He said "buy it!".
Here are some pics...
I had my car looked over with a fine tooth comb by my mechanic Gus at Mac Members in Fremont California (great mechanic) and they said the car needs to have the lower control arms changed out at some point because of torn ball joint boots on one side. I also need a bearing on the left side because of wheel wobble. Basically $1.5K, nothing pending or pressing so I will take care of this after the build. Other than that the car is as good as any one he's ever looked at. He said "buy it!".
Here are some pics...
Last edited by CL63wide; 02-21-2017 at 10:31 PM.
