wlee69

In MA, the summer has been crazy with the rain - but today it brightened up a bit to be able to wash the car! I bought my 07 GL450 back in Feb and have been slowly putting mods onto the car (have done them all myself)....

Here's the list of things so far....OEM running boards, chrome hood fins, 20" Brabus replica wheels with Yoko Parada 295/45 tires, rear chrome bumper step, Vizualogic rear DVD with sound connected to AUX with AASS switch for IPOD, AMG pedals..

zoink

Nice.... wheels look nice also. Just need to put some tire dressing and do I see this correctly? No front skid plate?

BTW, you haven't answered my question in the other thread Did you install the Vizualogic yourself? If so, was it easy?

wlee69

Zoink - There is a front skid plate..maybe bad lighting but the car came with the appearance package to start off with.

As for the Vizualogic, its a relatively easy install...obviously depends on how experienced you are...but basically I put the brain in the passenger seat behind the back cover...the wires run up to each monitor through the seat....you need to put the wire under the carpet to the drivers side seat and monitor. As for the power, you just need to hook up three wires...a constant power, an acc power, and a ground. I hooked them up to the fuse box by playing around with which get constant power vs only when the car is on.

For the sound, you can do a direct connection to the aux (just RCA cabled running up the center console) or you can just do the FM thing. I did the FM thing first but found it not OK in certain areas (it got static)...so then I went to the other route with the direct connect.

Upside the the Vizualogic is that the DVDs get put in right in the top of the monitor (easier to do while driving) - and comes with wireless headsets. My little ones are only 3 and 1 so they haven't gotten to the point where they can operate themselves, but I'm sure it will come in handy one of these days.

Hope this answers your questions.

Franman

clean ride - looks sharp! I love the wheels

dieseldoc

looks great.

oknish

Beautiful pics of a great ride. Looks just like with all the mods except I still don't have running boards.

Where did you get that plastic cover for the back of the passenger seat? My 3 year old loves to kick the heck out of my seat.

Franman

same here - and I'm just waiting for the day where he breaks the DVD as the screen is within arms reach b/c my seat is pretty far back..but yeah, 9 hour drive to Houston a few weeks ago I dont know how many times I had to yell over the seat "quit kicking my chair!" to my 2 1/2 year old

GLguy

Same here, where did you get the plastic?

wlee69

http://www.onestepahead.com/catalog/...mSource=Search

Thats where I got mine that in the picture...I think companies also sell them! Works great as my 3 yr old does the exact same thing!!!!

oknish

Thanks and I think all 3 year olds do the same things. That is why Black interior seems to be the color of choice for those with young 'uns

stilesp

Where can these wheels be obtained? Love em.

MomsBenz

Yes, inquiring minds would like to know

wlee69

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/20-WH...d=p3911.c0.m14

Give the guy a call and tell him you want 4 of the same wheels...20x10. Hopefully he'll break a set up like he did for me!

stilesp

I noticed he has these as well....I'm not sure about 22's though. Wish they were 21's like the 550. What do you guys think about these?


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...ayphotohosting

scargk

With this being my wife's primary car, I need this for the whole back seat and front seat covers...LOL....nothing like french fries, goldfish, etc all broken up in the back seat and on the back seat floor....I hate seeing this beautiful rig all "restaurant floored" out...lol...

Powerguy

Hello-
Great looking wheels. Did you reuse the TPMS sensors in these wheels and did you order the wheels and tires as a package?

Thanks

wlee69

I did reuse the TPMS sensors from the stock wheels. Ordered the wheels and tires seperately - just took the wheels to towne fair tire and bought wheels and they did the swap. Also needed to buy shorter lugnuts for the wheels.

superflysocal

is the wood steering wheel factory? Didn't know that was an option on a 450. If not, where did you get them?

BlownV8

What size lug bolts were needed with these wheels?

wlee69

Superfly - The steering wheels is factory - came with the car when I bought it used (though was factory at the time of purchase)

wlee69

Blownv8 - You need 35mm conical lug bolts. Got them from Rad USA.

Powerguy

Which lug nuts from RAD were needed for these wheels?