Awesome work! I've spotted your car once on the east side I think. Was telling the wife how rare the R63 is when I saw it. Keep up the good work!

 

Thanks again for the comments guys!

Thank you! My car is in for the last round of mods right now and then it's on to an upcoming project. You should've let me know ahead of time you were coming to town. I would'v whisked you around in my car!

Sorry about that. I have too many photos and too much traffic on this thread that I seem to hit my monthly bandwidth limit on Photobucket all the time. It should work now.

Haha that's awesome! Always nice seeing other members around town.

 

Awesome job... lived in Seattle fr 97 to Y2K; miss there...

 

Beautiful R63...I've got the wannabee R500.
Would you mind PMing me on the CF price?
Thx.
Patrick

 

Thank you. You've got PM.

 

Sweet R63!!

 

Thanks- BTW I just called you guys yesterday inquiring about some E63 parts!

 

Was it the 2015 E63 you're picking up? Or was it a different one..If so, checked with all my suppliers and none have anything for the facelift W212 yet

 

Yup 2015. That's what I figured- only Brabus has parts for the facelift.

 

Oh really!

 

Hello all,

Yes I have placed an order for a 2015 E63 Wagon. You can find more info here: https://mbworld.org/forums/w212-amg/...e63-wagon.html

Of course when the car comes in- a build and photo thread will be started. Don't worry, the R isn't going anywhere, simply an addition to the stable.

Along with that news, I've got a full set of updates on the latest mods for the R. This is really the last round of big mods for this car as my attention has now focused on parts and modifications for the upcoming E.

First off, AMG floor mats. As you know the R63 was only built one model year, 2007. The first run of R63s had the same carpet floor mats as the rest of the R lineup, however, later on in the year Mercedes-Benz made a running change and included AMG branded floor mats for all three rows. I had two options to get the floor mats, either go with the MB part number or the Accessories part number- both of which are the same physical product yet they yield significantly different prices over the parts counter. The MB part number comes out to a ridiculous cost of ~$800 while the accessory item is in the mid $100 range. The issue is that the US inventory for the accessory mats are hit or miss. Instead I had MBenzNL hook me up with this set from Europe where they are readily available.








Next up I have some more goodies from MBenzNL. I got an OEM kit to install heated seats for the third row. The only car I've ever seen with heated third row seats is the G XXL when I visited AMG headquarters back in 2006. I've always thought those were so cool and it's perfect for those chilly days when I have a full car. This feature was never offered on the R-Class but I used all MB OEM parts to affix it to the third row. Big shout out to Eurosport Park Avenue for helping me with this install as it required special knowledge to get this done right.

The heated seat pads are from a 166 body, switches from a 463, control unit from a 202, and wiring harness from a 463. Unfortunately MB's newer square style buttons require communications with CANBUS so we couldn't use that. Instead this whole system works with its own computer and just requires power from the car.

 

For those of you that have been following my thread you may have noticed that I haven't done any performance mods. The simple reason is that in my opinion the M156 naturally aspirated 6.2L V8 is already near its peak performance stock. A tune only nets a modest amount of hp- to extract big gains on this engine I'd have to go with a Weistec supercharger but it's not worth the $16,000 in parts just for giggles. Instead I decided to do the following performance mod just for cosmetics. To tie in the carbon fiber theme throughout the car, I thought I'd bring some into the engine bay. I had the Carbonio carbon fiber intake installed with AFE pro dry S filters. The air filters are high flow reuseable non oiled filters and the airbox itself looks great. It's supposed to add 18hp but I honestly don't notice a difference. I might hear a slightly louder intake sound but it could also just be th placebo effect.
















And the final mod I've done to the car is also cosmetic. It's Brabus' puddle lights. These light up when I unlock the car and they turn up brighter when I open the doors. I had them wired in such a way that they are on very dimly while driving (only when headlights are on) and I can turn them on full brightness if I turn on my dome lights up front. They lights can be shut off permanently (while driving and unlocked) if I press the button to turn off interior lights to be opened while the doors are open. Another big shout out to Eurosport for the install on this one.

They consist of five LED clusters per side and you're supposed to drill them into the bottom of your side skirts. Due to the unique non flat bottom of my Lorinser side skirts, they were fit onto my black plastic undertray behind the side skirts. And at the two edges, the jack indent for lifting up the car is situated in such a way that not all five lights could be straight. Only the middle three are closest to the outside edge of the car while the two end ones are slightly further in. Despite this, they still look really cool!

 

GenericSN...I've been following your page for a while now, and I must say, I haven't seen anything quite this nice in an R-class. Bravo! Really nice mods!

I'd been watching to get wheel ideas and your build has inspired me. Thanks!

 

Thank you and I appreciate you making your first post here! I'm glad that I can inspire others.

I didn't go with the whole aftermarket look on my car as far as the rims are concerned. I like my OEM+ look but a set of 22" HREs or ADVs would be pretty sweet as well.

 

I know that I'm late to the party, but holy cow! What a sweet R63.. inspirational to say the least.

I can't wait to see what you do with your E63 wagon.

 

Sweet...this makes me want to pick up a r63

 

xxGenericSNXX:

Just when we thought there were no more cosmetic mods you could do, you come up with a few final goodies. The heated third row is pure over the top luxury and really cool. Love the OEM look of the switch in the third row. I do not have that in my 2014 GL63 . . . Also, like the puddle lights. Very, very nice. I continue to be impressed with your creativity and abilities to implement these quite technical upgrades.

Great work!!

Kind regards

 

I WANT ALL THAT CARBON!!!!!!!!!

Here is my R Project:

https://mbworld.org/forums/r-class-w...0-project.html

 

Thank you for all of the kind words. I hope my thread can be used as a reference for all R-Class owners.

@Chris, I can't wait to see how your project turns out. I've followed your other builds in the past and I've always been impressed.

 

you gotta stop using photobucket!!!!

 

Why did you go with the Carbonio over ROW intakes the ones from (Weistec)?

We love the our R! I wish it had a little more ROAR from the exhaust.
I hope we can get a chance to meet up soon.

 

What a build and what a result! I admire your attention to details.

 

I think I've fixed the issue now =]


Realistically you don't notice any gain while driving with the CF airbox or the ROW airbox. I went with the CF airbox purely for aesthetics and to tie in the CF theme on the exterior and interior with the engine bay. I maybe hear a little more intake noise while driving but certainly don't notice the car being any faster (or slower).


Thank you so much!

 

Good to know. Do you still have the ROW boxes and the original cover?
I want to get a dyno day together also. I'm going to have a lot more free time after the Oct 20th.

 

I never had the ROW airboxes. I've only got the stock US ones sitting in my garage.