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Old 01-02-2004, 01:49 AM
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I think I found a guy trying to rent out a fake S55 on ebay for superbowl weekend. Check it out. I only noticed cause the AMG rims just had the Chrome star instead of the Laurel wreath center cap.

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And he's in houston
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ahh ha ha. I asked him to see a pic of the engine. I didnt say that I thought he was faking obviously. Did you read the whole listing.
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The 2002 did come with the chrome star center cap. It is a real AMG. The instrument cluster is a AMG cluster.
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The 2002 did come with the chrome star center cap. It is a real AMG. The instrument cluster is a AMG cluster.

right as always! AMG logo below the tachometer i believe.
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Re: Fake S55

Originally posted by IluvS500
I think I found a guy trying to rent out a fake S55 on ebay for superbowl weekend. Check it out. I only noticed cause the AMG rims just had the Chrome star instead of the Laurel wreath center cap.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6336
It could well be a 2002 S55.. I'd sure like to have a wood trimmed steering wheel for my 03 S55... So far nothing like that from Mercedes for the 03 models.
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Wood/Leather wheels are available with the shift buttons now from various after market retailers as well as Mercedes in Europe.
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Wood/Leather wheels are available with the shift buttons now from various after market retailers as well as Mercedes in Europe.
I'll have to get over to Fletcher Jones and see what they know about it.. Or maybe Brabus......
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ahh you guys are good. My bad.
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How come AMG never changed the engine cover in the S55? They only put an AMG logo under the star. Did they have to make the cover bigger? Sorry, dumb question.
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How come AMG never changed the engine cover in the S55? They only put an AMG logo under the star. Did they have to make the cover bigger? Sorry, dumb question.
2001-2002 S55 AMG used the same cover as the S500 with the AMG emblem addition. 2003 S55 has the Kompressor with the new silver cover.
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I couldnt really read the stuff on the dash so I couldnt tell, but I looked at the wheels and I know that the center caps are different than shown. They wouldnt give me a picture since it is for rent not sale.
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2001-2002 S55 AMG used the same cover as the S500 with the AMG emblem addition. 2003 S55 has the Kompressor with the new silver cover.
Yes and it integrates very very nicely with the supercharger.

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