SL-Class (R230) 2003 -- 2012: Discussion on the SL500, SL550, SL600

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Old May 18, 2012 | 12:43 PM
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Sounds great! What did you modify to the exhaust?
I only changed out the silencer and the tips.
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Old May 19, 2012 | 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Triple.Sevens
I only changed out the silencer and the tips.
Is the silencer inside the mufflers? Did you take pics while they were doing?

You also should replace the stock crosspipe in the middle with x-pipe and 3" pipe between the cats and mufflers that what i did mine and sounds great. I'm thinking to have mufflers opened to see what I can remove but can't find the shop who will do it yet. We have mercedes meet at RAM located in Schaumburg at 3:00 today. Check it out. Are you locally in Chicago area?

https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/...ml#post5203426
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Old Jun 5, 2012 | 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by mbslowner
Is the silencer inside the mufflers? Did you take pics while they were doing?

You also should replace the stock crosspipe in the middle with x-pipe and 3" pipe between the cats and mufflers that what i did mine and sounds great. I'm thinking to have mufflers opened to see what I can remove but can't find the shop who will do it yet. We have mercedes meet at RAM located in Schaumburg at 3:00 today. Check it out. Are you locally in Chicago area?

https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/...ml#post5203426
I dropped the car off in the morning and went to work so didn't have the time to see how they did it. I'll keep those mods in mind but I think I'm done modding for the moment. My wife was like "it sounds louder" I just smirked. I'm in California, it'd be cool to find a mercedes meet that is local.
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Old Jun 21, 2012 | 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by steveg972
SL 63 bumper, dual exhaust tips, 20 inch rims/tires.... black on white project
and no rear pictures????????????
I was thinking of doing the same thing~~
Please show us your back!!!
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Old Jul 4, 2012 | 07:30 PM
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Hey Guys! Here is my 06

- Original Full Brabus Kit including: Door sills, interior locks, underbody Led spot lights
- Brabus race exhaust
- custom downpipes
- 20x8.5 front, 20x10.5 rear, Niche concave wheels
And yes I know I need a drop! Coming soon
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Old Jul 9, 2012 | 01:20 PM
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Old Aug 10, 2012 | 05:09 AM
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warm hello from Hong Kong! been using the forum for quite some time already looking up details & info about mercs.
Just realize I haven't really shared any pics of my car...

'04 R230 SL350 V6 (euro spec) n therefore there goes the V6

White on factory blue leather (I guess thats a rare yet weird combination?)
black walnut wood trim.

19" AMG Style 4 rims in white, lefted the lips in polish finish.
Has pano roof, AMG kit & Quads. Upgraded the SL63 LED tail lights... pretty much thats all.
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Old Aug 23, 2012 | 08:18 PM
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Here is a picture of my 2004 SL600 with new wheels and tires.
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Old Aug 24, 2012 | 12:32 AM
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Originally Posted by HemiTom
Here is a picture of my 2004 SL600 with new wheels and tires.
you two sets of wheels? how did you get red line on one and white line on the other?
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Old Aug 24, 2012 | 08:16 AM
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These BBS wheels have a polished lip on the outer edge. I painted the lip with the same paint I used on the brake calipers.
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Old Aug 24, 2012 | 11:58 AM
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Here is my SL65 from 2005.
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Old Sep 1, 2012 | 03:32 PM
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Just got this last weekend. I was looking at SL55's and came across a deal on this one. Its got very nice power.
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Old Sep 20, 2012 | 01:35 PM
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Here is my SL65 from 2005.
Very nice, love the Mandrus wheels
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Old Sep 20, 2012 | 03:06 PM
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Old Sep 25, 2012 | 07:30 AM
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Sending some snaps to a potential customer and remembered this thread, here's some D2FORGED CV2 wheels on a silver SL65 ...



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Old Sep 25, 2012 | 07:40 AM
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Then good since I am... I also present/display to you my A8(4.2) and my A6(2.7t) I hope that you like all these photos
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Old Oct 15, 2012 | 06:33 PM
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Old Dec 17, 2012 | 01:34 PM
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Old Dec 19, 2012 | 12:52 AM
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Not quite sure how this works. I think I have attached photos of my 230 and my 140. I'm going to hit submit and see what happens. well that seemed to work quite well the 140 is a 92 and my 230 is an 03. Mostly stock with the exception of sirius and mp3 players. In both cases I kept the OEM radio. 140 has a MP3 player that uses the tape deck adapter and the 230 is using the aux input and sirius in the glove box.
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Old Dec 24, 2012 | 11:29 PM
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Finally got the front plate from my home country installed.

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Old Jan 5, 2013 | 04:42 PM
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Changed from the stock 18" to 19" and it works well.
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Old Jan 24, 2013 | 09:48 PM
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Now with LED DRLs installed.
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Old Jan 25, 2013 | 03:50 AM
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How did you get those to fit and what did you use?
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Old Jan 25, 2013 | 09:38 AM
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OEM MB parts from 2012 S550 for 2 chrome plastic holders, 2 LED bulbs and 2 sockets
plus resourcefulness of my body shop guy to make 4 custom grills.
(They ran out of time yesterday so today I have to go in for installing of two error
cancelling parts (resistors?) in order to get rid of the error message at the dash board).
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Old Jan 25, 2013 | 10:30 AM
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I know it is OEM but the grills was my conrern...Can they make more of them?
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