London Lad

It’s bumps in the road that cause it. It’s a light plastic sound and I think as the cabin / boot warms up whatever it is expands slightly and stops.

I’ve checked the bins and emptied the boot of tool kit, jack, wheel brace etc etc.

The roll bar makes no difference up or down. I don’t know about the roof because the rattle is only slight and you wouldn’t hear it with the roof down anyway.

I think it’s probably part of the roof mechanism but I’ve tapped everything in sight and still can’t reproduce it.

Any more ideas would still be appreciated.

I’m up for a meet; a 3-car photo would be good.


Graham.

SL Boy

Im up for a meet too - once I have a car - any time January onwards!

pauld

Check to make sure your cover for the roof in the boot is click locked in place. I noticed a couple of times that I had to push it in to click.

I'm certainly up for a beer......perhaps a Christmas Cruise through some unsuspecting town?

By the way the AMG driving day from MBExperiences has two slots in Dec then closes down till March...I'm waiting till the weather gets better next year.

Pauld

Richard

Paul

When the rim comes in, before they put it on the car, check its the same !!

There are two different AMG 5 spoke rims for the SL. The outer edge (the ~1" wide bit that one would damage if you curb it) differs, one is polished, one matches the rest of the wheel.

My SL55 has the ones that are all the same colour. Dealer replaced a damaged wheel (damaged from new), and got the wrong one - they couldnt see the difference - I could, so they checked the part number on the back of the wheel.

I suspect (but I dont know) that they put the one with the polished outer bit on the SL500 - the "wrong" wheel was ordered by looking at the parts catalog and not at the wheel

Cheers
R

ps. Im happy for a meet up of SL55s !

London Lad

Any suggestions for date and location? This could be quite a photo.

Graham.

London Lad

Any one considering changing wheel or tyre sizes may like to download this useful little tool:

http://www.graham.jah.btinternet.co.uk/tyres.zip


Graham.

blueSL

Let's see, Richard (tanzanite), PaulD (black), morebhp (jasper), LondonLad (special silver), SL Boy (???), Me (brilliant silver). 6 cars, that could be quite a gathering.

pauld

Let's race past Ferrari and Porsche showrooms.....or even better let's all park outside the Beemer showroom on Park Lane with two fingers in the air!

I'm up for it but where is everyone located? I'm on the Isle of Dogs.

Pauld

p.s. How old are the owners generally....I'm 41

pauld

Just as a thought...for those that haven't attended the AMG MB Driving Experience thing....anyone fancy all of us booking a date in March now? If we all book now we're more likely to get slots on the same day before more AMG's are shipped.

Pauld

London Lad

44, Westcliff, South East Essex.

blueSL

47, Hampstead/North Gloucestershire

Richard

36 - Ascot, Berks

I havent attended the MB day, I was about to phone them to find out why they hadnt told me about it yet !

London Lad

Same here!

SL Boy

I take delivery in January - Jasper Blue. 54 - Berkshire. AMG day in March great idea.

JustinTRW

Hmmm, this one looks repairable as long as the damage is only cosmetic. You'd need to fill in the area with a putty, sand it, prime it, paint it, and then clear it.

Here is the kind of repair that is possible to do even yourself if you wanted to. I can't find the close-up of the damage, but it is very similar to your pic, but significantly smaller in size:

JustinTRW

Finished results:

morebhp

39, Nottingham.

Would be up for a meet depenfing on date. The AMG date would be fun (although I've already had the free day), and local for me - Mira.

blueSL

Justin, great results on your wheel. Mine had severe corrosion being a magnesium alloy. This was result of driving just 100 miles on heavily salted roads. The Ferrari never goes out in winter now.

As for a UK meet, sounds a great idea, do we do it soon, before winter, or do we wait for spring? Sounds like we need a good photo op place to meet, maybe some driving opportunity and a decent pub for lunch... Mid-way for all of us would be somewhere central in England, like Bucks, or Oxfordshire. Milton Keynes? Blenheim Palace? Rockingham circuit?

London Lad

I would be up for a meet B4 winter sets in. Any of the locations that you mention would be OK with me err.... but why Milton K ?

Graham

pauld

Suggested venue....never been but I've heard it's good.

http://www.dursley-cotswolds-uk.com/...staurants.html

How about Sunday 1st Dec?

Pauld

pauld

Sorry

http://www.dursley-cotswolds-uk.com/...dge%20Mill.htm

Richard

I cant do Sat 30th/Sun 1st or Sat/Sun 7/8

I suspect I need a few weeks notice in order to keep diary free ..

R

pauld

Then we're into the new year chaps.

Pauld

SL Boy

I should be ok for weekends apart from 15/16 February.

London Lad

I'm OK most weekends but that location is a 370 mile round trip for me. Somewhere nearer London would be better.

Graham

(Westcliff on Sea, South East Essex)