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My “new to me” GLS63 was blacked out by the first owner except for the rear exhaust tips (valence trim, fake tips, what ever you call them). I purchased a set of black ones and didn’t think the swap would be difficult. I looked up under the valence and it looked like just two bolts each so I tried today. Kind of a PITA getting the outer most bolts loose, I didn’t have any right angle torx drivers so had to improvise and was cursing pretty good. After I got the bolts out, I could not get the original tips off no matter how I fidgeted with them moving forward, rearward, etc. Is there instructions available anywhere for now to remove/install the tips? It looks like a pain to drop the whole exhaust to make room and removing the whole valence looked like it involved removing bolts plus rivets which I wouldn’t have the rivet tools to reinstall.
Help! Any instructions out there before I pad my dealers wallet and pay them to do it??
I think you have to remove the bumper cover only and not drop the exhaust, to get to the tips exchanged. I changed my stock GLS580 rear valance etc. to AMG dual quad tips and the dealer only charged me $200 to remove the bumper cover and reinstall. GLS580
Last edited by marchgroupinc; Nov 8, 2021 at 10:34 AM.
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