MB_Fahrer

Hello everyone,

Another quick question for you. I would like to buy the O.Z. Racing three peice wheels that were made for AMG for the SL73. Any clues on where I can pick these up for less than $6000? (found a set for 3500 Brit Pounds)

Thanks a lot,
Ricki

Bigdot

have any picks? id love to see what they look like

MB_Fahrer

Let me find the link.... It's http://www.alloywheelsdirect.net/mer..._3pc_wheel_509

MB_Fahrer

Okay everyone, I found a set for $2,600 that I'm gonna pick up. thanks for the help. As soon as I put em on the SL I'll post a pic.

--Ricki

Bigdot

please do! and lower it!!

MB_Fahrer

That's another thing I was interested in... I would like to buy an AMG suspension if they make such a thing. I'd rather not go all aftermarket. i feel that Mercedes, if you stick to AMG, Brabus, etc are wonderful cars. Exception: exhausts.

my $.02
Ricki

Bigdot

well most brabus things are made by other companys ie brembo, eibach

MB_Fahrer

Huh, well I never knew that! Thanks for the info! I will look into some aftermarket companies and see what they have to offer...

P.S. I'm still awaiting the delivery of the SL73 wheels from Germany.

boborola

The shown wheels behind the link posted above are NOT the SL73 AMG wheels.

The standard SL73 wheels are 1-piece Styling I, 2-piece Styling I wheels could be ordered as an option (front 8,5x18, rear 9,5x18 in 1-piece version, rear 10x18 in 2-piece version).

The 17" wheels were built for the old 500 SL 6.0 from 1990-1995.


An SL73 AMG with the optional 2-piece wheels looks like this...

MB_Fahrer

Huh, that's very interesting.... Thanks for the info! I've seen several Sl73's with the wheels i bought on 'em so I just figured that's the car they were made for. What is the SL500 6.0?? Would that not be the SL600?

MB_Fahrer

The mechanic on our autocross team suggested that we buy KW suspension for the SL... Any thoughts on that suspension? Anyone have any experience with aftermarket suspension for their SL?

Thanks a lot,
Rick

boborola

I'm sure that the "several Sl73's" that you saw are normal 500SL Models with "SL73" badge.
The 17" 3-piece wheel can impossibly be put on a real SL73 AMG (because of brakes).The old 500SL 6.0/SL 60 AMG had these wheels on it.

By the way - where did you see "several Sl73's"? I think you know that the car was not sold in the US and the production number is very low...

MB_Fahrer

Hmm then they must have had the sideskirts from the '73 as well. I'm sure you know more about the 73 than I do. I just know their prod # and specs.

Haha I've done a lot of internet searches for them. There are a lot of google image pics of the 73.

What is the SL60? is it a 5.0 L SL500 that has been tuned by AMG?

Ricki

boborola

I know a low about the SL73 AMG - the car on the posted picture is mine.
The exact identical AMG Styling package was also used for the SL60 AMG (1996-1998), SL70 AMG (1996-2001), SL55 AMG (1999-2001) and every buyer of an R129 could order it for any R129 model (SL280, SL320, SL500, SL600...).
I remember that from the year 2000 on the SL500 "Sport" had the AMG styling package as a standard feature in the USA.

The SL60 AMG is a 6 ltr-V8 AMG-car based on the SL500 but not a "tuned 500", because it could be ordered by factory as an SL60 AMG.
The former model name was 500SL 6.0 (1990-1993), from 1993 on the cars' name was SL60 AMG (Mercedes-Benz changed all the names of the cars in mid 1993 - e.g. 500SL -> SL500, 500SL 6.0 -> SL60)

m&m's RED

The SL55 and SL60 are registered by Mercedes as SL500's and were "tuned by AMG" when AMG was still an "independent tuner".

Same with the SL73's which are registered by Mercedes as SL600's and tuned by AMG.

This is why there are no official production numbers for the SL55, SL60, or SL73 because they were all part of their respective SL500 or SL600 production runs.

boborola

I'm sorry, but that is wrong.

When the SL55/73 were built Amg was a part of Daimler. In January 1999 AMG Motorenbau und Entwicklungsgesellschaft became Mercedes-AMG.
The SL55/73 were "manufacture cars" based on SL500/600 and so they had a normal VINzenz of the SL500/600 models.
In case of the SL60 it's a different story - it could directly be ordered as an SL60 by factory, these carsten aren't "manufacture cars", you ad in the cars' "data card" that it is an SL60 - not an SL500.

m&m's RED

The production code for the SL500 4V was 129.067 as was the AMG tuned SL60
The production code for the SL500 3V was 129.068 as was the AMG tuned SL55
The production code for the SL600 was 129.076 as was the AMG tuned SL73

They were all cars "retuned by AMG" from stock production cars unlike the "AMG manufactured" cars today which have different production codes from the stock cars.

Also, they were all post "93 cars so none were badged as 500SL-6.0.

The 6.0 may have been designated SL60 from factory, but it is still a "tuned 500" from part of the SL500 production run.

boborola

No. That's not right. The SL60 had the same type of production code as the actual CLK63 Black Series or the SL65 Black Series have.
The SL60 AMG has the same VIN beginnend as the SL500 - so far you're right. The ordered SL60 cars have an additional code 957 "AMG technical package" and are - from the beginning - listed as SL60 AMG orders (NOT SL500).
The cars is COMPLETELY shipped as an SL60 AMG car, with SL60AMG papers ("Fahrzeugbrief" in german).

In case of the SL55 and SL73 cars this is different - these cars could not be ordered directly, you had to order an SL500 (for SL55) or SL600 (for SL73) and these were completely built as a standard car, had normal papers ("Fahrzeugbrief") for SL500/600 with the standard-figures (306HP for SL500/394HP for SL600). At this point, the "normal" car order cycle was completed for Daimler.
After that, the car was shipped to AMG and the "AMG Technikpaket SL55/SL73" modified the car and made it to an SL55 or SL73. The car's papers were corrected (displacement, HP, V-Max) and certified by german "TÜV" (in Affalterbach).

by the way:
The SL60 AMG (e.g. 1994 model year) was also available with the 500SL 6.0 badge (e.g. 1993 model year) - same technical data, same car but different badge.

m&m's RED

OK, you proved my statements regarding the SL55 and SL73 thank you, but you didn't disprove my statement regarding the SL60.

I said the production code for both the SL500/SL60 was 129.067 meaning they were both part of same run regardless of what the beginning paperwork or the added 957 package sub code states. If you say the SL60 has a special production code, what is it? That's why MB only has documentation of total production numbers for code 129.067 and none for the SL60's alone because they are still part of the total numbers for the SL500 run ("tuned 500's" with SL60 paperwork).

And OK, the production of the SL60 began in Sept. '93 after the switch in nomenclature, so I hadn't seen any reference to the fact of the 500SL-60 even in "93

boborola

The official "AMG 500 SL 6.0" brochure ist almost 20MB big, so I can't attach it here - send me your e-Mail address via PM and I'll mail it to you, it's about the 500SL 6.0 before 1993 with the M119 KE Engine (374hp). The 500 SL 6.0 of model year 1993 had the newer M119 LH Engine (381hp), but was not modified in another way - the name was changed to SL60 AMG from model year 1994 on (mid 1993).
In 1996 model year, the car became the new facelift styling, 5 speed automatic gearbox and 18" wheels.

As Mercedes-Benz does not officially show the production numbers for the cars, you can't see if they count the SL60 by the beginning of the VIN (identical to SL500) or not.

MercedesTheBest

i know this is a bit old but i found this and the wheels you have on your are the identical wheels i have on my 1995 SL500