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Many may not find in my build thread so if it's okay here is a how to post by it's self.
My girl really wanted the AMG tips on her 550 and pricing it out seemed a little nuts, kit on eBay is $1400. So I looked around and came up with this set of parts for much less. I originally ordered the OEM parts from parts.com but long story there, yeah don't as they will jack the shipping cost to $200 and you have to confirm the increase is okay. That's great but I confirmed 2x and parts never shipped delaying me. So parts there are cheaper a bit but not after shipping and the headache. So I ordered from M5 Motors.
HOW TO:
1. Remove the exhaust tips using T20, remove the 2 screws circled in red. Then push towards front of the car and remove.
2. Then work to remove the heat shield bracket. Remove the 10mm bolts along the rear to the left/right of hitch area. Easy to spot and likely tabs broken.
3a. There are then 5 more 10mm bolts to remove, look at new bracket to know location. There is one you will need a socket ext for and will likely need to clean out the dirt and crap built up to get too. A few pics the RED ones are easy the YELLOW a *****!!!
3b. The YELLOW pain "nuts" are visibile here but better to go up top to use the ratcheting wrench, use 10mm. Can easily pull the valance down to gain access.
4. Remove bracket.
5. You can now reach the other YELLOW pain nut off the valance.
Before removing bracket
After removing bracket
RED bolt, use socket ext to access after clearing out dirt and crap.
6. After that there are 5 T20 screws along the valance, See new one for location, easy to get to but use a stubby ratcheting screw driver to make it easy. Sorry no pics. Then simply pull off starting from the side, there are other push clips but a little force will pop it loose.
7. Move all clips from old exhaust bracket and teh clips off the valance.
Move these clips to new bracket
Slide off clip and move to new valance
8. Install in reverse. Note the metal tabs on the tips might needs a slight bending to slide into the spot on the new bracket so that they mount properly.
Love the rubber "Curt" hitch cover - I have the same one after somebody ripped my "blank" Benz one off the vehicle. Half the price of OEM so I bought two!
Hello and thanks for your post and tutorial.
i recently acquired the pipes,brackets and lower balance to customize my 2013 gl550.
but i have a problem where the brackets holes where it screws the pipes don’t match.
did you had to drilled new holes on pipes?
i bought the exact parts on your post.
i will appreciate any input.
thanks
Mine matched up just perfect no modi faction needed to make it all work.
I ordered the items
1668852714 and 1668862815 but they don’t match, if fact they match but the old tips that are on my car not the double ones I bought.
what am I missing?
Update on Gl550 tips.
just finished with my tips.
Anybody with gl550 2014 und up don’t need this tip brackets
- 1668852714
- 1668852814
A fellow poster included this on the parts he needed it but I didn’t. As per his suggestion I bought them but I ended up not needed it.
Just waisted a lot of time taking this brackets out just to finding out that they were exactly same as the ones in.
So I only needed a lower valance and the tips
09-15-2017, 03:08 PM
