E55 AMG exhaust on an E500 **pics**
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E55 AMG exhaust on an E500 **pics**
Ok, so here's what happened.
Took the car the body shop that was doing the fabrication for me. I pull open, meet the owner for the first time and open my trunk for him to show him the exhaust. The first words out of his mouth were "Um, what do you want me to do with that?" I said "Uhhhhhhh, connect the exhaust, and cutout the bumper, like we talked about on the phone." He said that he was under the impression that I was bringing him a brand new, headers-back system, that he would just bolt on and cut the bumper.
Rewind 2 weeks ago. I took the car to his shop for him to see what I wanted done. He wasn't there but his mechanic was. I showed him the exhaust, talked about the cutouts and his response was "no problem." I received a phone call from the owner a couple hours later saying that he talked to his mechanic and the price would be between 300-400 for everything. I made an appointment and anxiously awaited the day to come.
Back to the present. So, I'm standing there with the owner with a stupid look on my face thinking what kind of idiot are you? But I didn't say anything like that because I knew I still needed him for the bumper cutouts. He came up with 3 options.
1. He could estimate where the exhaust tips would be, and do the cutouts first. I could then take the car to an exhaust shop and get it hung.
2. Get the exhaust put on with the tips hanging below the bumper. Bring to him, he'll measure, take the bumper off the car, do the cutouts and replace the bumper and raise the exhaust.
3. Remove the bumper first. Drive the car with no bumper to the exhaust shop and get the exhaust put on then bring the car back to him for the cutouts and replace the bumper.
Ok, so I wasn't happy with any of these options and I'm thinking to myself who I can sell the exhaust to now. It was just too much of a pain in the ***. I leave and go on my way to work. On the way, I pass a Midas muffler shop. There is a guy there that did some custom work for me in the past so I just stopped in to talk to him to see what he thought. I told him what I wanted he said "****, I'll cut the bumper for you and hang it now if you want" WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! So, I asked him if he was going to completely hack up my bumper and he was confident that it wouldn't look bad. So, I thought to myself that even if it doesn't look great, I could always take it back to the body shop to get cleaned up. So I told him to do it.
The only caveat is that since it was a Midas, he was unable to remove any emissions components. So, all of the cats are still there and the resonator. I'll need to find another shop to take that stuff off. The car has a little more grunt to it but not alot more. Unfortunately, my tires have worn uneven and have gotten a bit loud so it's even less noticeable.
Here's how it turned out. Not bad, actually. I snapped some quick pics last night when i was walking the dog. So sorry for the night shots.
Took the car the body shop that was doing the fabrication for me. I pull open, meet the owner for the first time and open my trunk for him to show him the exhaust. The first words out of his mouth were "Um, what do you want me to do with that?" I said "Uhhhhhhh, connect the exhaust, and cutout the bumper, like we talked about on the phone." He said that he was under the impression that I was bringing him a brand new, headers-back system, that he would just bolt on and cut the bumper.
Rewind 2 weeks ago. I took the car to his shop for him to see what I wanted done. He wasn't there but his mechanic was. I showed him the exhaust, talked about the cutouts and his response was "no problem." I received a phone call from the owner a couple hours later saying that he talked to his mechanic and the price would be between 300-400 for everything. I made an appointment and anxiously awaited the day to come.
Back to the present. So, I'm standing there with the owner with a stupid look on my face thinking what kind of idiot are you? But I didn't say anything like that because I knew I still needed him for the bumper cutouts. He came up with 3 options.
1. He could estimate where the exhaust tips would be, and do the cutouts first. I could then take the car to an exhaust shop and get it hung.
2. Get the exhaust put on with the tips hanging below the bumper. Bring to him, he'll measure, take the bumper off the car, do the cutouts and replace the bumper and raise the exhaust.
3. Remove the bumper first. Drive the car with no bumper to the exhaust shop and get the exhaust put on then bring the car back to him for the cutouts and replace the bumper.
Ok, so I wasn't happy with any of these options and I'm thinking to myself who I can sell the exhaust to now. It was just too much of a pain in the ***. I leave and go on my way to work. On the way, I pass a Midas muffler shop. There is a guy there that did some custom work for me in the past so I just stopped in to talk to him to see what he thought. I told him what I wanted he said "****, I'll cut the bumper for you and hang it now if you want" WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! So, I asked him if he was going to completely hack up my bumper and he was confident that it wouldn't look bad. So, I thought to myself that even if it doesn't look great, I could always take it back to the body shop to get cleaned up. So I told him to do it.
The only caveat is that since it was a Midas, he was unable to remove any emissions components. So, all of the cats are still there and the resonator. I'll need to find another shop to take that stuff off. The car has a little more grunt to it but not alot more. Unfortunately, my tires have worn uneven and have gotten a bit loud so it's even less noticeable.
Here's how it turned out. Not bad, actually. I snapped some quick pics last night when i was walking the dog. So sorry for the night shots.
Last edited by Benz-O-Rama; 09-27-2007 at 09:52 AM.
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not bad! i think the cuts look good imo...
take some pics when its day !
Can you take pics of what you removed? i am thinking i should have taken away the middle thing, i think its the resonator, but im not sure...
c.
take some pics when its day !
Can you take pics of what you removed? i am thinking i should have taken away the middle thing, i think its the resonator, but im not sure...
c.
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He wasn't able to delete anything due to Maryland law. But yes, the thing in the middle is the resonator. I'll probably remove the secondary cats and the resonator when time comes.
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Yeah, It was a bit of a leap of faith letting them do it. But I was fully prepared to take it back to that body shop to have them clean it up. I was elated that it wasn't necessary.
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Thanks for the comments guys. And yes, sound clips once I get the cats out!
Here are some daytime pics
Here are some daytime pics
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RE: E55 AMG exhaust on an E500
That is a very clean looking install.
I toyed with doing that mod to my 05, but ultimately chickened out over cutting the bumper. You have proven that it can be done...and it looks pretty much like OEM when done well. Very nice!
I toyed with doing that mod to my 05, but ultimately chickened out over cutting the bumper. You have proven that it can be done...and it looks pretty much like OEM when done well. Very nice!
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I'll try to get some sound clips up before weeks end.