View Poll Results: What is your favorite Body Kit for the SL55?
AMG
16
50.00%
Brabus
4
12.50%
Lorinser
3
9.38%
MKB
1
3.13%
Fab Design
7
21.88%
Other???
1
3.13%
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SL55/63/65/R230 AMG: Favorite Body Kit for the Sl 55: Survey
08-01-2002, 12:51 PM
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Favorite Body Kit for the Sl 55: Survey
Ok folks...lets hear have a round of applause for a new SURVEY!!!
Please vote for your favorite body work for the SL 55....and if you know of others please post pics!!
thanks so much for playing!
Please vote for your favorite body work for the SL 55....and if you know of others please post pics!!
thanks so much for playing!
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08-01-2002, 05:57 PM
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The 2nd Lorinser pic you posted (DTM look) is the nicest IMO. It's very clean and subtle. The Brabus and MKB kits are also very nice looking, but I can't really say the same for the Lorinser F1 kit, the Opera Design kit or the Fab Design kit. They look way to busy, it doesn't match the SL at all. But the Fab Design rims look really nice. I'd consider those.
Hey jco-amg, do you have any pics of the CLK55 you used to have w/ the RS kit? That was the nicest CLK55 i've seen and I can't find any pics of it at any of the MB forums. Are there any pics of still online?
Hey jco-amg, do you have any pics of the CLK55 you used to have w/ the RS kit? That was the nicest CLK55 i've seen and I can't find any pics of it at any of the MB forums. Are there any pics of still online?
08-01-2002, 06:59 PM
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Duh....yeah how could I...and I had Carlson on my CLK!
Thanks for posting the pics JCM5
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WOW!!! I don't believe it...I have been looking all over for these too...just found them in the MBWorld Archive...My old ride
brings back some great memories...I really miss that car...wish I had gotten some more picturesques photos of it...oh well...I kept the wheels and body work...one day I am going to pick up a used 55 and do it up again...make a track car or something
Anyway thanks for asking nice to see her again
p.s. That MKB kit is starting to grow on me...
Thanks for posting the pics JCM5
Blue Benz:
WOW!!! I don't believe it...I have been looking all over for these too...just found them in the MBWorld Archive...My old ride
brings back some great memories...I really miss that car...wish I had gotten some more picturesques photos of it...oh well...I kept the wheels and body work...one day I am going to pick up a used 55 and do it up again...make a track car or something Anyway thanks for asking nice to see her again
p.s. That MKB kit is starting to grow on me...
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08-01-2002, 07:22 PM
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'06 ML500 w/Apperance pkg & '07 SL550 w/AMG pkg
I really like the Brabus kit, simply for the wheels. The kit its self is very clean and not too outragous, not to the point where it is overkill!!!!! The 2nd Lorinzer is probably my next choice, though I'm not to keen on the side skirts, I think they need to be toned down a little. That's just my two cents worth!!!
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08-01-2002, 07:25 PM
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'06 ML500 w/Apperance pkg & '07 SL550 w/AMG pkg
Although, after staring at the Carlson kit, it looks pretty D**N good itself.
Two more cents
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Two more cents
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08-01-2002, 07:28 PM
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'06 ML500 w/Apperance pkg & '07 SL550 w/AMG pkg
Originally posted by Silver_Lana
I dont know about anyone else, but everything else looks too busy..... thats not a good look for a supercar. Just my two cents.
I dont know about anyone else, but everything else looks too busy..... thats not a good look for a supercar. Just my two cents.
Have you taken delivery of your MY03 C320 yet?
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08-02-2002, 12:15 AM
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jco-amg, thanks for posting the pics! I didn't know you saved the rims and bodykit, it's great that you did that. Is that a Skip Barber racing school badge on the right side of the trunk under the AMG badge?
Now that I look at the Opera design kit, I just think it's nasty. The front bumper of the FAB design kit looks nice, but the back is ugly. I wonder what MAE and WALD are going to come up with for the SL.
Now that I look at the Opera design kit, I just think it's nasty. The front bumper of the FAB design kit looks nice, but the back is ugly. I wonder what MAE and WALD are going to come up with for the SL.
08-02-2002, 09:06 AM
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jco-amg, thanks for posting the pics! I didn't know you saved the rims and bodykit, it's great that you did that. Is that a Skip Barber racing school badge on the right side of the trunk under the AMG badge?
Work and my new wife are taking all my attention this year...hope to get back to it next season...Great program...I really like the W208...still want to do a full trick on one for track fun...strip it down...strengthen the chassis...full adjustable suspension...roll cage Recaros...bump the HP to 450..normal aspiration...dig up a sequential box for it...
Of course by then I could probably find a w208 DTM car on the vintage market
I still think there is something timeless in the design of the W208...
08-10-2002, 07:02 AM
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Originally posted by SilverSL55
These cars are like works of art right from the factory. I think any kit makes the car look cheap.
These cars are like works of art right from the factory. I think any kit makes the car look cheap.
08-10-2002, 11:57 AM
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I don't know...there are a few things that bother me with the AMG kit...it sorta looks like it's lower lip is drooping...:p maybe it is a little winded from sucking in all that air for the Kompressor
Seriously though...I am drawn to the MKB...it has some interesting aerodynamic and cooling improvements based on what AMG did with it's Safety Car and certainly is very aggressive...and sets the car distinctly off from over SL's with the AMG kit...I am considering the whole MKB tuning package
I think most of the others are cosmetic gobble-d-goop!
Seriously though...I am drawn to the MKB...it has some interesting aerodynamic and cooling improvements based on what AMG did with it's Safety Car and certainly is very aggressive...and sets the car distinctly off from over SL's with the AMG kit...I am considering the whole MKB tuning package
I think most of the others are cosmetic gobble-d-goop!
