jaredsl55

Hey everyone. I just purchased a 2004 sl55, and am new to the forum. I was curious if anybody knew if it was possible to install a 2010 front end on a 2004. I.E. Hood, lights, quarter panels, front fascia etc etc etc........
Thank you in advance for any information you all may have

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jaredsl55

I did and cant find an exact answer to my question

PlatinumEdition

yes you can, if i am not mistaken you will need....hood, fenders, lights, bumpers, and other misc things and a good shop to install them

Sharkster

I just did a full conversion of my SL55. Expect costs around 20k USD (a little less, if you're experienced enough to do some stuff yourself).

My 55 has only 40k miles on it... Thus I thought that it would be worth to do the conversion instead of buying a whole new car (plus I'm a big fan of the Kompressor engine).

It looks great. Will post some pics later this month.

sdmboks

Hi,

I have an 06 SL55 and I converted the front and rear to the 2010 SL63 look.

AMG24

If I'm going to spend $20k+ on a project, might as well do an SL65 BS style as oppose to the SL63.

Why go half way?

sound 8

Hi, please post some pictures!

Behike

why would anyone do that anyway?

just get a real SL63 for god's sake ...

sound 8

Aren't you interested in what it will look like? It may look better, or worse!

09SL65

Your going to have a 8cly "V12"?

nylefty31

Where did you get the rear bumper set up from? If you dont mind how much did the whole rear bumper setup cost?

erichen

there are some pretty cool wide body kits available for the 03-07 SL's that refresh the look to the new SL and give you a wide ***. Saw some pics in last month's "only Mercedes" magazine from japan. Seems to be quite a few kits available but I think most of the material is made out of fiberglass. They look really good, but $20k... a bit steep for me...

sound 8

Have you guys taken into consideration that any modification regardless
of how good you think it looks will seriously de value your car!

erichen

don't think those who are willing to spend 10's of thousands to make their cars look unique or different really cares about residual value. If you want residual value, should probably buy a Prius. Those things lose like 30% over 4 years! amazing!

sound 8

Absolutely, but there are those that think because they spend 20 or 30k on their car it will go up in value.
You do it for yourself! Prius..yuk.. all my cars have a V8 minimum

Sharkster

Actually, this is not necessarily true.

My car is black/black, has 40k miles on it and the MY09 look has been done using original AMG parts only. I'm 100% sure that I could sell it for more the way it looks now, than before.

But, as said before, I did it for my personal pleasure. I don't care about residual value for as long as I enjoy the car myself.

sound 8

I am sure your car is stunning, however it will be described differently in the log book. I guarantee if you take it to a MB dealer and asked for a part ex price it would be lower than if you left it unmodified. Privately you may get more, but I hate selling cars to the public, most are time wasters.

Sharkster

I hate selling cars privately too, but selling it to MB is like throwing money away.

sweetmonkeyboy

Hi there. Those who done the complete facelift to sl63 or sl65 front and back allready could you please give some info where to buy it? Thx alot!!

tuki

hi folks,
I need a parts list too Could you guys give me some info on what to do to for conversion ?

I know I need new headlights, foglights, hood, fenders, front and rear bumpers, and rear diffuser. What else more ?

And are these parts bolt-on or do we have trim and cut some of them to fit ?

thanks in advance

merbenz16v

Wondering if anybody can help with the plug and play headlight connectors ... the old r230 headlight connectors are different to the 2009 - 2010 how to configure this?

thanks

rivitman

I had my 2003 SL55 converted last year in Germany to a SL63. Why? Because I prefer the performance of the 55 but prefer the looks of the 63. And saved enough money to put the kids through school! All parts 100% MB. I think it looks OK.

M3nv

Car looks great! I think i'd only do the conversion if I was in a front-end accident and HAD to replace my front-end parts. Either way, it definitely looks nicer

BenzoBoi

Car looks fantastic rivitman! Tons of power from the engine with updates looks!