SL/R230: Need headers for my R230 SL63 AMG
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From: Panama City Beach, Florida
2012 SL63 AMG 6.2 M156
Need headers for my R230 SL63 AMG
All the posts I read go back so far, and my car is getting a little older all the time - making performance stuff harder to find.
Who makes VERY-well fitting, long tube headers for my 2012 SL63 AMG, NA 6.2, M156 (it's not a 2012 bi-turbo)?
I'd like to retain as much of the stock components and sound as possible because just from MB AMG, it sounds bad-***.
I'm looking for more performance, not louder noise (although I know it will be somewhat louder - I just don't want it to be obnoxious).
Who makes VERY-well fitting, long tube headers for my 2012 SL63 AMG, NA 6.2, M156 (it's not a 2012 bi-turbo)?
I'd like to retain as much of the stock components and sound as possible because just from MB AMG, it sounds bad-***.
I'm looking for more performance, not louder noise (although I know it will be somewhat louder - I just don't want it to be obnoxious).
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Joined: Jun 2021
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From: Panama City Beach, Florida
2012 SL63 AMG 6.2 M156
2012 R230, not a 2012 R231
Hmm. Not sure how to make my post more clear than it was written. I'll try again; I have a 2012, SL63 AMG with a naturally aspirated 6.2L, M156. My car is a R230. My car is not a 2012, R231, SL63 AMG with a 5.5L "biturbo."
I was hoping to find a knowledgeable answer on a company who makes long tube headers for a 2012, R230, that has a M156, as my R230 (the one in my profile avatar) does.
I thought that posting in the R230 forum had the potential to produce results regarding the R230 that I own.
I was hoping to find a knowledgeable answer on a company who makes long tube headers for a 2012, R230, that has a M156, as my R230 (the one in my profile avatar) does.
I thought that posting in the R230 forum had the potential to produce results regarding the R230 that I own.
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From: NJ
2009 SL63 AMG
I've thought about headers for some time, but strictly as an option only if my factory catalytic converters ever failed.
Factory replacements are ~$3,500...which is aligned to pricing for MBH headers:
https://www.mbhmotorsports.com/produ...ng-tube-header
RENNtech also makes a high-quality set, but at a ludicrous price point:
https://www.renntechmercedes.com/ind...-63-amg-detail
Factory replacements are ~$3,500...which is aligned to pricing for MBH headers:
https://www.mbhmotorsports.com/produ...ng-tube-header
RENNtech also makes a high-quality set, but at a ludicrous price point:
https://www.renntechmercedes.com/ind...-63-amg-detail
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From: NJ
2009 SL63 AMG
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All the posts I read go back so far, and my car is getting a little older all the time - making performance stuff harder to find.
Who makes VERY-well fitting, long tube headers for my 2012 SL63 AMG, NA 6.2, M156 (it's not a 2012 bi-turbo)?
I'd like to retain as much of the stock components and sound as possible because just from MB AMG, it sounds bad-***.
I'm looking for more performance, not louder noise (although I know it will be somewhat louder - I just don't want it to be obnoxious).
Who makes VERY-well fitting, long tube headers for my 2012 SL63 AMG, NA 6.2, M156 (it's not a 2012 bi-turbo)?
I'd like to retain as much of the stock components and sound as possible because just from MB AMG, it sounds bad-***.
I'm looking for more performance, not louder noise (although I know it will be somewhat louder - I just don't want it to be obnoxious).
If it were me, I would remove the entire stock exhaust system and mothball it snd start from the longtubes back. Nothing like the sound of a complete tuned exhaust.
