Paulers

Got the R1 Rotors and Porterfield brakes. Took it to Autohaus in SB for transmission service, A service and camshaft position solenoids. Gave it back to wife and she got t-boned by a stop sign runner.


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Fatz

Seeing that pic just causes cold chills.

I hope no one was physically injured. (I would be having all kinds of mental issues....)

Inspiredbenz

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Such a nice car :/ hope no ones injured !!!

Paulers

The wife is going to the DR for a sore lower back. Hopefully she will recover quickly. The other driver is ok. His airbag did not deploy but the entire front end was crunched on his 08 Matrix.

Peydidy

woh glad everyone is okay
CLKs seem to stand up very well in accidents, well pretty much all benz's do

Paulers

The insurance says they will pay to fix it.

Paulers

Now they want to total it

More internal damage and more expensive parts (AMG bumper vs quoted non-AMG bumper) means that I will have to fight with insurance for a decent value.

Then find another Good car to replace it with

Adarah

this so saddens me to see

insurance company scammers - my blood boils when i think of how much money we all pay into insurance, and then when something happens they dick you around... bs for sure.

i hope all works out well

Rudeney

That's why when someone else is at fault, you hire a personal injury lawyer - it's all a nasty game, you just have to know how to play. And then take a long hot shower to wash the dirt away when it's over.

Paulers

I settled on the car and bought it back. They will drop it off Monday and I will continue to look for a replacement. I am not sure what I will do with the old one.

I found one car that I liked but no I-pod Jack. My wife would not like that.

Time to check the forums for a solution to that.

Rudeney

The iPod jack is an easy DIY, and under $200:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2005-to-2009-CLK-Class-209-iPod-Integration-Kit-Mercedes-Benz-Genuine-OEM-/130892296813?pt=Car_Audio_Video&hash=item1e79c9f26d&vxp=mtr

Paulers

Well I got the car back and started looking at it. The shop cut the quarter panel open for inspection. I thought "I can fix this". Maybe someone here has some tips on how to repair it.

The body shop left the Job worksheet with all the part numbers in it - so I ordered the suspension parts from autohauz az. My plan is to get the wheel straight then go to the alignment shop.

Meanwhile I am trying to buy another CLK for the wife. I have not found a great deal on one yet as the dealers are rather unbending on the asking prices. One was going to lower the price from 27,900 to 26,900 and acted like that was a big deal.

Louie D

Are you looking to get one all stock or with Mod's what kinda mileage ?

AvocentAMG

Sorry to hear Mine was in an accident recently. 18 year old who just got his driver's license.

Hope you find the CLK worth looking for!

Paulers

Stock for the wife 36-70k miles would be nice

Paulers

$59 worth of suspension links and a new tire under road hazard warranty! The suspension links fit right or left and cannot be put in backwards (just upside-down)



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Paulers

Drives good on the spare. Once I get the new front wheel I will have someone drive it while I follow and see if she dogtracks. Then I may try to weld on a new quarter myself or find a cheap (but decent) shop to do it. Meanwhile the wife is unhappy as I am too cheap to pay the summertime price for a replacement car. It felt good to put the money back in the bank when my power plant is shutting down and the layoff is pending.[IMG][/IMG]

Rudeney

I'll bet you can find a good shop that can fix that B-pillar dent without replacing it. I has a similar bend on my W163 and the shop pulled it and repainted it and it was literally undetectable.

Paulers

May be getting another one soon - considered an E550 but wife did not want to spend the extra $ and did not want a bigger car.

Hot on the trail of another silver one with low miles

bheng

good luck finding another clk!

Its really unfortunate that it happened right after you you got out of a service/repair. And glad to see that your wife is doing well.

are the sway links the only suspension part damaged as opposed to the entire suspension unit?

Paulers

Just the links were bent. We did find another car

Paulers

Looks like I get to keep the wrecked car for myself. Today I beat the door out and got the windows to work. Now the top works! I will have to look for a frame shop to straighten it then I may bolt on a new door and break out the welder for the quarter panel. Anyway it is kind fun to drive around like this. The drywall screws holding the AMG bumper on and all.

Rudeney

You need to cover up that open fender or else you'll get dirt in the top mechanism. Maybe some cardboard and duct tape to do the job. I hear that the carton that Old Milwaukee comes in work well.

Seriously, I would protect that open fender. But now that you have it all working, it doesn't seem like such a bad job to repair.

DangermouseCLK

Missed this thread first time around. Glad to hear everyone is OK

Would you do us a favor and post a couple of side on shots of the top mechanism that is normally hidden behind the quarterpanel, please? Just to see what it looks like in top-up and top-down positions.

Kinda an X-ray through the missing panelwork

Paulers

None of the top mechanism is visible. Only the rear window regulator is visible.

After I got the top up the passenger window stopped working as it seemed misaligned - High in the back. I pulled the cable regulator out as it was making strange noises and loosened the top window track bolts, pulled the window up by hand and tightened the track bolts with the window in the right position.

The cable window regulator (passenger door) was a challenge to put back in and it still does not work. I did get the cable to hold the window up but had to unplug the regulator.This prevents the top from being operational. The regulator has two cables in it that run in different directions. The cables have a lug on them that I believe should fit into the window at the tracks.

I plan on buying a complete or loaded door and not a shell since I can't even get the thing to work.