Quick VR-4

Just wanted to introduce myself as I am new to the Mercedes arena. I have already been lurking and the site has been extremely useful so far. I had not planned on getting a CLS, but my Lexus GS430 broke a tie-rod and sent me into a ditch flipping my black on black GS.

How she was:

How she ended up:


I had planned on another newer model GS, but always liked the CLS and found some that I liked. Ended up pulling the trigger on an 06 CLS500. Really enjoy it so far, but it will not be in stock form long. I have always enjoyed modified cars so here is my list so far.

Genuine Mercedes chrome door cups (installed)
5k City lights (installed)
Clear corner lights (installed)
HID conversion (ordered)
Roof Spoiler (being painted)
AMG rear spoiler (bring painted)
Lowering links (ordered)
Incurve IC-S5 20x9 &20x10.5 (ordered)
G2 Brake caliper paint kit - black (ordered)
Audiocontrol line level controller (installed)
Infinity 1000.1 sub amp (installed)
Alpine Type-X 12" sub (installed)

How she sits:




My other two cars.

Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4 AWD, AWS, Twin Turbo




1969 Camaro w/built 396


Happy to be here!!!!!!

UDWANIT2

love the Camaro........mods for the CLS sound promising....dodge the chrome door cups ...and go for better wheels than incurve....jus a suggestion.. Welcome..

kensiko

That happened from a busted tie rod!?!? Damn dude, were u ok???

I got a loose tie rod in my Taurus...

Holy chit, look at that Camaro.

Wish my CLS was white. Came across a good deal and couldnt pass it up.

kensiko

Yah, trade me for my 18" Lorinsers. My tires only have 16k miles on em.

Where are you located?

Quick VR-4

Yep, broken tie-rod let the right wheel do what it wanted and it wanted to go into a ditch. Once in the ditch, I hit an AT&T telephone box which sent the car into a 90 degree spin. Once the rear wheels caught, over I went. If you have any tie-rod issues, get it fixed!!!!!

As for the wheels, I want to stick with 20's as my tires from the Lexus have about 500 miles on them. They are also perfect for staggered 20 fitment so I can save some money there. I really wish I could drop $6k on a nice set of wheels, but I have three cars and a boat to spread money around to. It would be easy to go all out on one car, but I love what each car has to offer and my other 2 are not short on mods. That means, they are not cheap to maintain so I have to be frugal.

Location - TN

PelicanParts.com

Welcome!

Xeno

Welcome to the site! Nice rides. Soooo jealous of that Camaro.

Quick VR-4

Thanks for the compliments on the Camaro. I flew up to Chicago yesterday for the Meacum Muscle Car & More Auction and there was definitely some nice ones there. Not sure if anyone watches their auctions broadcast live on Velocity (Discovery channel), but there are some killer cars. There was one 06 CLS55 AMG that went through with 95k miles. It was pretty rough with multiple rock chips and dents. It no sold with a high bid of $28k.

ProjectCamaro

I love the variety of cars you own, I've always been a fan of the 3000 GT VR4 / Stealth TT's.

As you can probably tell by my username I also like the Camaro just a bit.

Quick VR-4

Thanks!!!! I fell in love with 3000GT's/Stealths many moons ago and have had this particular one for 12 years now. It is a rare color and they only imported 42 total to the US in 95. As for the Camaro, what can you say about classic muscle. My father dealt in classic cars so I grew up around them my whole life, especially heavy-chevys

Quick VR-4

Quick update. Got some of my mods completed and installed so thought I would update with some new pics. Sorry, these were taken around 7:45 am so the lighting was not that great, but you can see how the car has progressed.







More to follow, but so far I am really happy with how the car is coming together.

Pufftrees

Very classy and clean looking my friend... I really love those incurve wheels, look forward to seeing your next move.

G8nightman

Looks good time to get the Grill :-)
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GuestFromTampa

Nice !
what wheels are these ?
I guess 20", what width and tire size ?

M1RAG3

the alloy finish of those incurves suits your car really well. you should seriously consider painting your front bumper reflectors to match your exterior paint, I did it with my CLS in the first week after getting it and it made the front end look wayyyy cleaner. I had played with the idea of getting clear lens reflectors and putting in super white bulbs, but I wanted to keep the front end simple since my last ride had angel eyes and 30k HID projectors and fogs lol

MBfinatic

Car looks great! Is that the sport body kit?

BenzoBoi

Welcome! glad to see you're okay. Car is coming along VERY nicely!

Quick VR-4

Thanks for all the compliments guys!!!! Grill is definitely in the near future for sure. The wheels are Incurve 20x9 & 20x10.5. I think they fit the car very well and really happy with the way it has turned out. No sport body kit that I know of, just factory CLS. Here are a couple more pics after lowering the car a touch more and added Mercedes caps to the wheels.

Capn

Looking good!

MBfinatic

What are your plans for this?

Quick VR-4

Thanks

Not much left to do. May upgrade grill pretty soon then I will be deciding on which front end to go with. I do not like how high the CLS front sits so I will either go AMG bumper/Lip or Prior Design front end. Cost will probably disctate the AMG route, but I will focus on that next year.

smokin_buddha

****ty to see a 2 GS flipped like that, I came from a 2nd Gen GS300 too, have an E500 should of went with the CLS, the body is just pure SeX....

Nice car.

moosejaw

too bad about your GS
it sure was clean.
They are bullet proof rides except for the suspension bits.
Ive recently seen a GTE/V160 swap and it was really nice