Bumper in place....bolting on shortly. Getting closer!

 

Just an FYI the grill that I got from Gary works with my Distronic system!!

 

Everything is bolted up. I must say, the front bumper was easier than the rear but neither was hard. Time consuming and lots of nuts and bolts.

I am happy to report that distronic works with the aftermarket grill. I assume it has not worked for some people?? I'm glad I didn't go and buy an oem grille already!

Pictures will come tonight or tomorrow morning sometime once I get my exhaust tips done.

The front end looks so freaking aggressive now!

The only negative - no instructions - unless you can read chinese...lol. Once everything is together (especially with distronic), like all of the pieces inside of the new rear bumper it makes sense, but looking at all of the parts and then figuring it out is literally a freaking puzzle.

Perfect fit though so no complaints there!

The feeling of doing it:

 

Did the kit come with "all" nuts, bolts, mounting brackets, etc to do the entire project? Or did you have to purchase some parts from the dealer to complete it?


I've heard of folks installing this kit and having to buy more parts to make it work. Also, did the DRL's work right away or did you have to reverse the wiring like some folks have mentioned? What did you do with the existing fog light harness and bulb?


I'm looking forward to better pictures of the complete install.

 

I will have better pics soon.

The only thing I purchased that was not in the kit was 20 of the white side skirt clips in fear of breaking some and then having to go find them, so i got them ahead of time and they luckily had exactly 20 in stock.

It came with everything needed.

I wired the led's to the side marker lights. They need to be hard wired since the plugs don't match, made 2 new plugs so they can be plugged/unplugged if I ever need to remove the bumper or one stops working, I can unplug the other one...speaking fo which, I want to order a left and right extra set so I can have just in case.

They flicked the first time I turned them on, with the car off. i turned the car on and turned the lights on and boom, they worked fine. I turned them on and off about 30 times and never once flickered. I turned the car off and tested them again, fine.

I would say it definitely takes patience.

The front bumper only has 2 mounting locations for the distronic but there are 4 boxes (sensors), I looking at the old and new bumper you can see in the new bumper the space, but no mount, so I moutned the 2 with out a location in the spaces, no bracket was needed and I didn't need to cut the one out of the old bumper because it isn't necessary.

The bulbs were still int he fog light housing in the oem bumper. The harness I taped the top and tucked (zip tied) along the frame rail behind the headlight washer system since I won't ever need them again.

i honestly debated on doing that with the headlight washer system as I hit it by mistake and I hate it but I put it back oem. During the light testing I accidentally hit it and of course, it sprayed all over the freaking place.

Overall, it could be done in 1 day if you worked from morning until night but 2-3 days is an efficient amount of time if you are taking your time and doing it right.

It's definitely a lot more to it than a regular car when removing and installing a bumper because of so much involved behind the bumpers.

 

A step by step with pictures would be great if you've been snapping shots at every step of the install procedure. There'd be a lot of grateful people here.

 

Unfortunately, I did not but I wish i did. I'll get pictures tomorrow. I am TIRED out for the night and need a break but it's finally done.

 

I also keep thinking about how the grille works from Gary but it hasn't worked for anyone else who got it??

 

very cool, is that the s63 kit? or just the amg factory kit like mine? Very cool that you did it yourself.

 

It's the S63 facelift kit.

 

My distronic grille from gary still does not work and glue is falling apart on grill...maybe you got from a new batch?

 

The one I got seems to be really good quality just like the oem grille. Maybe they changed the manufacturer? I also didn't notice any glue on the grille?

 

Taking full pics shortly!

 

Holy crap that rear end looks so goooood. Keep looking at the kits available on ebay over in the u.k and wondering weather to go for it or not. Has anyone got any experience of one of the kits ebay ??? I would love to get this kit you have but would cost me an arm and a leg to get to the u.k.

 

Wow love those tips!!

 

Thanks

 

 

I am not home but here are a few pics for now.

 

looks amazing...great stuff

 

 

No nose pic?

 

I just got done cleaning it up lol. I'll get new pics today since it's nice and sunny out.

 

How difficult where the side skirts to put on....Only someone in the u.k reckons the doors have to come for them to go on which I think has got to be a pile of crap surely.

 

Easy..read a few posts above what I write about them.

 

Where did you get the gear? Pre-paint matched? How much? I'm dying to facelift my 2013 W221.

Cheers.