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Thanks for your note. They're awesome cars no matter what color. It's probably the MB I've enjoyed the most over the years (three E's, a B, a C, and now this R).
Enjoy yours!
Merry Christmas,
Dutch
Thanks Dutch! I hope you enjoy yours as well. I'm thinking of upgrading to something newer for the wife. However, the stealership is offering me $3k CAD (cost me $80k+ new Nov 2008). I'm thinking of shipping it to Greece as our vacation car. Renting a minivan in Greece for a month costs me around $3400 CAD. So, if I get 1 month in Greece from it, I'm ahead of the game.
Here's my family hauler. 08 r350 with AMG rear diffuser and tips. 22x10 brabus rims on 265/40/22 Pirelli Scorpion Zero tires. Lowered with links in the rear and H&R/Bilstein in the front.
It is a nice vehicle. Roomy, safe, comfortable and a joy to drive. Owned from new. Plated November 2008 (2009 model). It has cost me a fortune on repairs. I just spent $3500 on maintenance including replacement of a faulty transfer case which was itself faulty, so the car is back in the shop until they find a decent used transfer case. I am shipping the car to Europe for our summer vacations. The dealer was giving me $3k as a trade in. I refused. So, it will retire in Greece.
It is a nice vehicle. Roomy, safe, comfortable and a joy to drive. Owned from new. Plated November 2008 (2009 model). It has cost me a fortune on repairs. I just spent $3500 on maintenance including replacement of a faulty transfer case which was itself faulty, so the car is back in the shop until they find a decent used transfer case. I am shipping the car to Europe for our summer vacations. The dealer was giving me $3k as a trade in. I refused. So, it will retire in Greece.
Cheers
I am at 88k miles and have been dealing with NOx sensors, camshaft position sensors, timing chain and tensioner, AdBlue heater, and oil cooler seals for the past 10k miles. The trouble is that it is so darn practical, fun to drive, and mine is particularly, extremely, well-equipped.
I am at 88k miles and have been dealing with NOx sensors, camshaft position sensors, timing chain and tensioner, AdBlue heater, and oil cooler seals for the past 10k miles. The trouble is that it is so darn practical, fun to drive, and mine is particularly, extremely, well-equipped.
I feel for you. Our car is at 212000 km which around 131000 miles. I went thru the oxygen sensors as well. AdBlue heater twice. Turbo replaced, smog pump, electric engine fan, oil leaks, batteries (main and small), upper ball joints, rear pneumatic bags a couple of times, driver's side mirror motor, heater fan and a slew of other things that escape me. Now, the transfer case was making a nasty sound on hard acceleration. So, I decided to change it. My indie shop found one at a scrap yard which was from a 2011 with around 50000 miles, but it was defective as well. So, the car is back in the shop until he gets another transfer case.
My wife loved the car, but it was becoming unreliable. So, I got her a 2018 Cadillac XT5. No comparison, but nevertheless a nice car.
I've spent so much money on the R that I don't want to give it away for peanuts. The car has no rust and looks like a new car inside out, even though it has all that mileage. I think it will be great in Greece. Minivan rentals are minimum 2400 Euros for 4 weeks. When I say "minivan", we are talking some sh*tty, and I mean sh*tty Fiat Scudo, Nissan NV200 or the likes. We go to Greece almost every summer, so, I think the R will last us a number of years there.
New to the forum, so to introduce myself, below some photos of my R500 on 20 inch AMG alloys... Running on 295s at the moment but they are way too wide, so planning to change them to 265/50s while the alloys will be professionally resprayed to factory finish.
Did you paint the inside of the head light housing? Or you bought aftermarket? They look so good.
hello,
everything in chrome inside is painted, silver ring around projector lens sprayed with transparent black.
To black contour light reflector I used these lights and replaced angel eye ring with better one. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/OKEE...ceBeautifyAB=0
Here's my family hauler. 08 r350 with AMG rear diffuser and tips. 22x10 brabus rims on 265/40/22 Pirelli Scorpion Zero tires. Lowered with links in the rear and H&R/Bilstein in the front.
Just curious what the offset is on your wheels. Looks great by the way!
Ah, I was assuming you had retrofitted the front and rear ends on to your previous R...! Did you swap UAS bags over the front struts, or did you cut and weld new struts/coilover inserts into the stock front lower strut brackets? Do you have any more pics you can share, especially of the suspension build?
I haven't been on here in years.
I purchased another 2011 R350. The retrofit is too expensive and too much work in my opinion.
I got custom coilovers made by a company named STANDARD/SCALE Suspension. Then I installed UAS Bags on them (Front). The rear I got UAS to build me a replacement bag with brackets to replace the OEM bag.
Saw that the last post was 2019 so here's some new life to the thred!
Just bought a 2007 R350 for the wife and kids, they love it!
As for My self, well I love the comfort but it has that funky look to it so I have a few things to do to it.
To do list:
Tinted WindowsTinted rear lights
20" rims
And maybe paint some parts in the front black and lowering links depending on the change in ride comfort.
Nice car. I have the exact same one (year and color). I left mine alone and never did any extra work to it. I did change out the suspension and installed a regular strut system...afterr thos airbags gave me trouble. I too am thinking about getting some 20" rims. Great car if you take care of it. Good Luck...keep up updated.
Originally Posted by Swe_johnny
Greatings from Sweden
Saw that the last post was 2019 so here's some new life to the thred!
Just bought a 2007 R350 for the wife and kids, they love it!
As for My self, well I love the comfort but it has that funky look to it so I have a few things to do to it.
To do list:
Tinted WindowsTinted rear lights
20" rims
And maybe paint some parts in the front black and lowering links depending on the change in ride comfort.
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Wheel Offset?
