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Old 10-21-2012, 08:49 PM
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Another CLS550...

Tought I would share my 13' CLS. Had I not stumbled across this forum, I would have a lot more money in my pocket. Basicly I was pretty content with my new cls550 overall performance and looks. After seeing what could be, I started reading more and more and buying more and more.

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Eurocharged tuned ECU (thanks to Jerry)
RennTech DLM v3 (Thanks to Rob at VividRacing)
Vossen Wheels CV3 Graphite (Ordered, 2 weeks out)
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Old 10-22-2012, 08:42 AM
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'12 CLS 550 4matic
Very nice! Would have been my next pic, if I couldn't get a black one at the time. I tinted the windows as well and notice a lot of people do that own the new CLS. I went light with 35%, you?
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I went 5% all around and 35% on the windshield.
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Looks great! No issues with the tint yet?
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None, Im sure it would be different if I was driving a POS and looked like a POS it may be a different story.
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If I drive a pos instead of this 90k+(with mods)car I would want all dark tints so no one would see me in them.
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If I drive a pos instead of this 90k+(with mods)car I would want all dark tints so no one would see me in them.
I like my privacy, dont really have the need to "Need" to be seen.

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well i wouldn't mind them sexy models checking me out in my baller status whip, also flicking off thm old ugly ones haha btw lowering the car throws off the automatic parrell parking sensors or something. when it worked it was about to scratched my wheels, luckily I was paying attention so i cancel the feature and did manual park.

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Congrats on the purchase man, looks great....the more I look at the new CLS, the more it grows on me, I think I may be in the "would have more money in my pocket" category soon haha.

Your ride is going to look sick with the CV3s, cant wait to see some pics.

Did you do a dyno after the ECU tune? Interested to find out what you think of the tune vs. baseline performance. In terms of driving, what are your impressions vs. your old CLS?
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Congrats on the purchase man, looks great....the more I look at the new CLS, the more it grows on me, I think I may be in the "would have more money in my pocket" category soon haha.

Your ride is going to look sick with the CV3s, cant wait to see some pics.

Did you do a dyno after the ECU tune? Interested to find out what you think of the tune vs. baseline performance. In terms of driving, what are your impressions vs. your old CLS?
I didn't perform a dyno before or after, the results should be somewhere in the range of 530hp/606tq. Im not sure how close, but I can definitely feel the difference. its a 4matic and i can spin all 4 tires. I am very pleased with the results and for the sale price, it was well worth it, not to mention they will remap it free if I make any modifications.
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New Vossen CV3's

Here is the updated CLS with the Vossen CV3's
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sick car, where did you get the mercedes black center hubs?
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sick car, where did you get the mercedes black center hubs?
I made them, bought the stars and matched the paint.
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very nice work, it's addictive with out a doubt
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Fresh wheels. Nice color, too. Palladium silver?

And wow.. 530hp and over 600 lb-ft from just an ECU tune? Considering you also have the added traction of AWD I think even a PP CLS63 is gonna have trouble against you.
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nice picture dude
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Clean ride.. Any plans on hitting the dyno or the track?
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Stock 550 biturbo is 402hp, eurocharged adds 80hp? Where does the 530 number come from?

/asking, not trying to be a dick.
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Renntech advertises 530hp with their tune, so a lot of people throw around the 530hp number.
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Renntech advertises 530hp with their tune, so a lot of people throw around the 530hp number.
thanks for the info.
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tooled around the renntech website, and found this under their page for ECU tuning for C218 550

"Note: Mercedes M278 engine performance when measured obtains higher numbers that rated from factory."

So subtract 70 from 530, and they say the Stock BHP is 460.
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the cls 550 is really nice......actually saw one in the wild tonight on the way to dinner....
they saw me too........kind of hard not too.....

but dayum, these cars look really great.....I actually like you all's LED's better than the AMG's.....they just look smoother....
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Originally Posted by theunderlord
tooled around the renntech website, and found this under their page for ECU tuning for C218 550

"Note: Mercedes M278 engine performance when measured obtains higher numbers that rated from factory."

So subtract 70 from 530, and they say the Stock BHP is 460.
If you look over on benzb00st.com, you will see that a Renntech tune cls550 dyned 490 at the wheels with a tune only.. Thats pretty damn impressive in my book


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Jesus! 500whp with just a tune!?


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