jawilliams07

After many many reads and thoughts of whether I would really go through with it or wait till I bought another one I ordered the facelift kit from Gary as advised by a buddy and everyone on here. It was a quick transaction and delivery (thanks Gary)...I have the body shop taking pics and "supposedly" sending them to me on a regular of the progress. I am very excited, I am doing the mirrors last due to the cost but will be getting them soon. Attached a pic of her. Some of might recognize her if you get on Instagram from my BenzAddicts Page. 19,500+followers.
If you want to have your car on my page just DM me on Instagram with you saw this post on MB World and I will be ge glad to post your whip on our page. Especially if it is a w221!

Thanks to all the people on here and how you have over come issues I hope I can piece it all together and come out with a good experience.

I will keep you guys updated on the progress.

jawilliams07

Anything you guys want to throw out there you have experienced before it happens feel free to comment my biggest worry is DRL's I seen so many posts about where to connect them. I told the body shop to leave the fogs connected and tuck them and then to connect the DRL's to the side marker lights since they are always on. Hope that was right.

xpl0sive

the last guy who did a facelift did a fairly detailed write up. check his thread out. He found that he needed to buy the factory reinforcement for the rear bumper from a 2010 OEM bumper.

https://mbworld.org/forums/s-class-w...ostly-oem.html

jawilliams07

Thanks I will check it out

Mike5215

I don't think that guy used Gary's kit, which has its own complete bumper. If you're trying to do an S63 rear diffuser on a stock AMG bumper you would need a skeleton.

jawilliams07

Yeah I'm not doing that, It's the completed kit like some of the others I did read that thread but he did all OEM. And kudos for the write up on the audio upgrade Mike.

Zerocarpileup

Looking good so far. I have a Wald style spoiler for sale if your interested.also have an exhaust for sale. Ive successfully performed a full face lift. Feel free to ask any questions if you have any. I've dm you some pics on instagram but I don't think you ever posted. Maybe they are still there!

jawilliams07

Send them to me again I get a lot but I will keep an eye out on them. What's the Instagram name you use so I can look for it

jawilliams07

Stopped in at the shop today like a crackhead stalker poking my head in the garage....lmao but the guys there pretty awesome and said I could stop in anytime...here are some pics of what I saw today, I asked if there were any complications as well as talked him about the DRL's, but he said I son I been doing this for 10 years...I said well okay then.

jawilliams07

send me your instagram name

Mike5215

Gonna be epic. On my black 221 I shot the lower grilles in a gray charcoal metallic just to create some contrast between them and the bumper. Otherwise they kind of blend in and you lose some of the effect of having the larger lower intakes.
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Mike5215

(Standard AMG bumper)

jawilliams07

BEAST!!!!! Throw a pic up of it from the front!!

Mike5215

Mike5215

That's a Becker Stainless Axle Back quad exhaust, quite a bit louder than stock and would be a direct fit on your car once the kit is on.

Sitting on a shelf in my garage. If you want it, take it. Just need to cover shipping. (Or pick it up in Gainesville FL). Ends need a little cleaning up but any muffler shop can handle that.

I think I paid around $700 for it a couple of years ago. If you're interested I'll try to figure out how to ship it and the shipping cost. Otherwise I'll probably just end up tossing it out once I get over the heartbreak.

jawilliams07

So you got rid of your S Class? That makes sense on something I read about on a post. I already bought the square tips from Gary. They are sitting in the back of my truck waiting on the car to be ready, but awfully nice of you to offer. I would have jumped on that, will the square tips sound any different or just regular. Also your talking about just the tips correct...
here are the ones I got...

Mike5215

No, it's a full exhaust. Pipes, mufflers and tips.

jawilliams07

So it's out of the shop and sleeping in the garage after all that surgery....lol here are some before and after pics

MB Marko

wow what a transformation, it looks amazing!

Mike5215

Nice. I ended up shooting the large piece of the rear diffuser in a dark gray and the center bit in bright silver. It all seems to wash together otherwise. (Just popped them off and shot them myself with Krylon Universal spray paint from Home Depot.)



BTW on the Becker exhaust I'm sending those "quad" oval tips are part of the muffler so you'd have those vs the square tips on there now.

jawilliams07

jawilliams07

Got tired of the old busted Calipers.

Mike5215

She looks very pissed off.

jawilliams07

1bad540

brakes look great, post a side shot.. What did you do the lettering in? decal?