E500 facelift completed !
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E500 facelift completed !
After 1 month, she is finally home ! 
Getting the parts was the easiest bit, the coding and calculations ........ damn ! Took my technician 3 weeks to get it right. But many thanks to Exoticmods in Kuala Lumpur, a job well done
BEFORE
AFTER
Getting the parts was the easiest bit, the coding and calculations ........ damn ! Took my technician 3 weeks to get it right. But many thanks to Exoticmods in Kuala Lumpur, a job well done
BEFORE
AFTER
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congratulations!
your car is so beautiful! saw it on exoticmods facebook page. wow didt know that its actually an e500
thats like 20k annually on roadtax if private registered and if its company registered that would be 40k ?
your car is so beautiful! saw it on exoticmods facebook page. wow didt know that its actually an e500
thats like 20k annually on roadtax if private registered and if its company registered that would be 40k ?
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..... the facelift really made it feel like a new car all over again ... Yup, it's privately registered. Not cheap but she's what I want It's around 10K Euro after conversion
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You can but you need to modify the cut out around the rear lamps. The facelifted rear lamps are thinner than the pre facelifted ones, so if you mount the new rear bumper onto your pre-facelifted car, you need to trim away some of the plastic around the openings. The trunk and rear quarter panels did not change.
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You can but you need to modify the cut out around the rear lamps. The facelifted rear lamps are thinner than the pre facelifted ones, so if you mount the new rear bumper onto your pre-facelifted car, you need to trim away some of the plastic around the openings. The trunk and rear quarter panels did not change.
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The other function found on facelifted cars, the intelligent xenon that moves with the steering wheel, also cannot be made to function as the circuit is not found on the new SAM and will require several more components and reprogramming which is too complicated to crack. But the rest of the auto headlamp functions like normal.
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You can see the difference in this photo. Calculating the signal input from the rear SAM.
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Refitted my C63 exhaust. Decided to take the plunge and amputated the AMG tips .... Exhaust shop joined the twin stinger to a custom single tail pipe on each side that fits inside the facelift exhaust trim.
Test fitting before chopping the tips ....
After ....
Sounds frikin' awesome but totally concealed
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Exhaust shop joined the twin stinger to a custom single tail pipe on each side that fits inside the facelift exhaust trim.Test fitting before chopping the tips ....
After ....
Sounds frikin' awesome but totally concealed
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Distronic will be rendered non-functional after the conversion. So is cruise control. Sacrifices I supposed. But I've never used either since I bought the car.
The other function found on facelifted cars, the intelligent xenon that moves with the steering wheel, also cannot be made to function as the circuit is not found on the new SAM and will require several more components and reprogramming which is too complicated to crack. But the rest of the auto headlamp functions like normal.
The other function found on facelifted cars, the intelligent xenon that moves with the steering wheel, also cannot be made to function as the circuit is not found on the new SAM and will require several more components and reprogramming which is too complicated to crack. But the rest of the auto headlamp functions like normal.
though i reckon it can be fixed, try to get in touch with Chris the Swede as hes an expert when it comes to conversions.
also, did you not have the illuminated and active curve light before you did the facelift or did you lose that too?
any plans for your wheels?
