New to me E550
03-01-2016, 10:20 PM
#26
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So Friday I finally settled my internal debate on either going with a W211 E63 or a W212 E550! I drove both of them and researched for a long time as well and settled on the E550. I loved everything about the E63 but realistically I would never drive the E63 to its potential.
I was so surprised by the power of the E550. Love it and will eventually tune it. Right now I am desperately craving an exhaust and some H&R springs.
Anyway, I spent yesterday painting the grill and fog light housings black. I hate chrome so eventually I will get rid of all of it.
Here she is
I was so surprised by the power of the E550. Love it and will eventually tune it. Right now I am desperately craving an exhaust and some H&R springs.
Anyway, I spent yesterday painting the grill and fog light housings black. I hate chrome so eventually I will get rid of all of it.
Here she is
Nice car but wouldn't it look even better if that grille was panted gloss instead of matt...? I think it would look better that way but this is just my opinion.
03-02-2016, 07:40 AM
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I thought of this. I am going to debadge, remove the side chrome and paint the rear chrome stip and see how it looks. If I like it, I will leave it, if not I will try gloss. The beauty of it is that it is plastidip so I can always return it to chrome
03-02-2016, 10:33 AM
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2010 E550 P2 w/AMG Sport Package + Pano, 2015 Nissan Pathfinder
I never had that thing go off until one day I was digging in my back pocket while driving. I guess I was swerving a bit and it went off. I don't think it's quite as loud as it could be, but anything is better then nothing.
03-02-2016, 11:02 AM
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Just found out my car has keyless go, but I am missing the push button, do I need to get one or is there another way to start?
03-02-2016, 12:37 PM
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You can get the OEM boring button one from your dealer or fleaBay...
Or, consider getting something awesome from Eddie @ kallegamento@gmail.com
I tried both a red one and black one ... ultimately settled on the black carbon button. I'm a happy, satisfied customer.
https://mbworld.org/forums/w212-amg/...rt-button.html
Or, consider getting something awesome from Eddie @ kallegamento@gmail.com
I tried both a red one and black one ... ultimately settled on the black carbon button. I'm a happy, satisfied customer.
https://mbworld.org/forums/w212-amg/...rt-button.html
03-02-2016, 02:06 PM
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Yes, nothing special about that button requiring the dealer to source it. There are no electronics, immobilizer chips or anything else. It is just a hunk of plastic that can be removed in a second if you want to use the key.
03-03-2016, 07:49 AM
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Debadged rear and sides yesterday! Still have some glue residue that I need to get out. Any good recommendations? I used wd-40 which got rid of almost all of it but you can still see the outline of the edges.
03-03-2016, 10:32 AM
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Goo Gone (or Goof-Off, there are other products that are similar) if there's anything solid left over; if you got all the solid glue off and are left with the "ghosting" then wash, clay bar, compound via orbital buffer, wax, then stand back and admire your work.
03-03-2016, 10:46 AM
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Thank you
