Proud new owner of a 1998 C43 AMG
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Thank you for the welcome! I am the 3rd owner, bought it from my neighbor. He and his brother in law were the first 2 owners. The car spent most of its life in California and is now in Idaho. It has 135,000 miles and absolutely no rust! Just had a new oil cooler installed along with an AC compressor. Everything is working great! It has a clean Carfax and is the original paint. I plan on polishing it soon, just bought a new Rupes cordless polisher that does excellent paint correction. I had to install 3 new headlight bulbs. I’m having intermittent issues with the power seats. I removed the relay in the trunk and cleaned it up. It is still only working part of the time. I may replace the relay at some point. Just ordered a new cabin air filter and new engine air filters. It has a recent coolant flush and oil change. The brake fluid was flushed at 122k. I’m looking into getting the transmission fluid serviced along with the rear differential fluid.
I love driving the AMG, it will be my daily driver. Thinking about doing a resonator and secondary cat delete, haven’t made up my mind yet.
I love driving the AMG, it will be my daily driver. Thinking about doing a resonator and secondary cat delete, haven’t made up my mind yet.
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Welcome! Looks great.
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More C43 photos.
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A few more photos, starting to clean it up!
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Looks like I need to replace the tie rod assembly, a little loose.
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First step in leather cleaning.
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Little by little cleaning the engine bay. Just installed 2 new air filters.
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Starting to look better, a little road rash.
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Couple curb marks.
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Little dirt left after the car wash.
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Not bad for a 26 year old merc.
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A few more photos, starting to clean it up!
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Looks like I need to replace the tie rod assembly, a little loose.
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First step in leather cleaning.
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Little by little cleaning the engine bay. Just installed 2 new air filters.
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Starting to look better, a little road rash.
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Couple curb marks.
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Little dirt left after the car wash.
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Not bad for a 26 year old merc.
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