God, Allah, Yaweh, Jehova, or whoever help me if I had to pay retail for all this stuff and couldn't have done the work myself...... Most prices are from sources I looked up on here of what people paid.... If I'm off let me know


Oil Change 150.00
Telephone Module 50.00 (ebay)
Diagnostic to find out it was the telepone module 500.00
1 Rear Airmatic Shock 500.00 (going through arnott and paying someone for the Install)
1 Front Airmatic Shock 500.00 (going through arnott and paying someone for the Install)
Compressor 400.00
Airmatic control module 600.00
One new SAM Unit 850.00
Professional Headlamp restore 100.00
First set of wheels 1000.00 (cheap 20's with no name tires)
2nd set of Wheels 3000.00 (Expensive AMG 19's with Michelin ZR's)
Floormats 150
Hood emblem 40.00
Battery 200.00
Rear Passenger Light 300.00
Rear Bumper sprayed and redone 500.00 (Ins deductible)
New HID BALLAST 90.00
Stuck in Park 1500.00 (at dealer)
various lights through out side and cabin, Ehh 30.00
Wood shift knob 100.00
New vanity mirrors on both sides 200.00
couple of fuses 10.00
Oh, and the S500 and AMG badge 50.00



So If had visited the dealer I'm guessing I would now be out,,in 10 months....$10,820 ....That's not including the price I bought the car for........


Do to favors, and connections, and people owing me one, I'm only really out about 500 bucks so far . now I just need someone to owe me a wood grain steering wheel an ill be content.




Keep it everyone

 

im looking for 1 too!

 

what color is you interior, mine is gray

 

Black on Black


I had the ability to get one back in march. I should have made an offer, there was a parts car in the back that had it... now , 9 months later it just sits there rotting and the wood wheel is cracked and molded... So sad to see. only thing wrong with the car was a bad trans but now its a parts car.

 

get it and fix it, sand paper and a few coats of varnish, i saw some on rbay for about 250. look on cl theres a few s and cls for parts on there now.

 

Reason I didn't was I thought disconnecting the airbag would send up a warning light so I didn't bother because at the time I didn't have access to a Star machine.. Ill see if I can make a cheap offer for it tomorrow. sand paper and varnish you say?

 

Car looks great. I would love a wood steering wheel but have the heated option and don't know if it would work. Also would love the wood shift knob but have the keyless start (which I love) but don't know if the wood would work.

I'm not complaining because my car has every option including the split rear reclining seats.

 

I've got an extra wood wheel for sale , if interested pm me your email address and the price you are willing to pay for it

 

Never should have bought cheap wheels, the car clearly got angry and has been pouting since :-) I think there is a widely accepted thought that we don't own any of these cars for the inexpensive repair bills. My wife makes the point quite clear when she says "sell it and get a chevy" I quietly sulk back to my office and say nothing.... they are amazing machines. (BTW, she wont sell hers either)

 

I agree with the cheap wheel part. The car rides 100% better with the amg wheels and it's a lot faster. I learned that lesson 12 years ago. Bad wheels will screw up the suspension and ride real quick. All is good now

 

I'm pretty frugal and cheap. First let me see if I can get and restore the one at the parts yard. If I can't restore it I'll send a ya a pm , thanks. Does anyone know about having to reset the system when unplugging the airbag?

 

vm, make sure thet the key is out of the car and you wont have a code, like 20 feet away.