Apple '55

So I've had the SL63 (2009) for a whole month and of course my mind is wandering over to mods... I was going to order the Brabus front/rear/side skirt package but then I saw some of the "wide body" or" Black Series" look kits that are available.

I've researched them online and came up with 4 so far that looked nice (to me at least).

INDEN Design
http://www.indendesign.de/html/bilde...d=7523&start=0

ZER Custom
http://www.zercustoms.com/photos/TC-...SOR-1.jpg.html

Prior Design
http://www.emercedesbenz.com/autos/m...0-by-_1280x0w/

TC Concepts
http://www.emercedesbenz.com/autos/m...m-tc-concepts/

My question is has anyone had any experience with a these kits and am I killing the resale on the car??

The guys I'm working with here in NY have another concern. Their quote, "A massive change in wheel track width creates increased leverage on the suspension. None of these packages offer an increased spring rate or recommended wheel offset. It seems these kits are fully focused on form and neglect function".

Appreciate your comments and advice!

okbarnett

I dont think you have to do anything to kill the resale value.

C63 AMG

http://www.clp-tuning.de/sr_german.asp
http://www.clp-tuning.de/pdf/CLP-SR-650-GT-Preise.pdf

i_am_amused

so true

time is going to kill the resale value all by itself

in a few years I'll replace my '04 AMG bought at a significant discount by scooping up an '09 AMG at a considerable discount

Apple '55

Thanks for this additional idea...gotta brush up on my German now!
Another nice design.

anton28

Ive done HOURS of research. TC-Concepts hands down!!!!

Apple '55

Thanks but can you tell me why you like them? Have you seen their kit installed?

davidw1234

Vitt is a mercedes specialist for wide body kits, you can def check them out and I know that Jonari in california imports them from japan. their kits for the SL is pretty sick, especially their new one, check it out

http://www.vitt.jp/Aero/SQUALO/SL_R230/SQUALO-R230.html

you'd be amazed how sick some of them are (even if you find them ugly)

best of luck!

davidw1234

oh and as for the functionality you might just have to consider replacing your suspension parts to deal with the extra track width, i'm no professional by any means but i'm sure your local shops can find a solution, try to ask more performance-oriented shops rather than cosmetics. hope this helps!

Apple '55

Wow pretty sick! Guess I have more options then I thought...

Still looking for a MBW forum member who's actually done this to their car?

davidw1234

haha yep! definitely more options man, and if you have the time and money you could always visit a more professional body shop and get a custom one-off kit

i doubt you'll find another member who's actually put a widebody kit on their SL...for practicality purposes anyway, but i wish you luck!

DUB EDITION

More money = More options




















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Apple '55

Your last statement is amazing. With so many kits out there who is actually buying them or are they all "one off" shop cars??

Hate to be the guinea pig on this but then again...it's really a hot look!

marios13

Apple '55

Another great example of what's out there...amazing stuff!

So for now, I've decided to do this in two phases: performance stuff first and some minor interior cosmetics while I figure out which body kit to go with.

Let the games begin!

davidw1234

haha! sounds great man, i'v personally always been more of a "sleeper" style how hardcore performance are you thinking? brabus tuning always generates a lot of torque but it's so hard to keep on the ground...altho i have no experience whatsoever on this, i'd probably recommend kleemann or renntech (if they have it..)

oh by the way, there's always WALD you could consider. I saw on their news feed that they're making black bison sports line for the facelifted SL (though it's not widebody) but it does look pretty menacing

best of luck!

Apple '55

Did the stealth thing for a while with the E55 Brabus and it was a lot of fun (God how I miss that SC). Thought I'd go over to the dark side with the SL and see how that feels...

BTW Brabus has very little for the SL63 in way of performance. Their B63S kit consists of ECU flash, 2x exhaust downpipes, 2x 200 cell high flow metal cats and CF airbox. It will set you back $17K not including Labor...and for all that you get 30 additional HP!

davidw1234

haha wow that's awesome! how much hp and torque did u suck from the supercharged? and yea...the 55's had so much more potential cuz of the supercharger but then they went NA with the 6.3L's i haven't heard of many tunin companies releasing high output engine mods for them but i would've thot brabus had something better than just a 30hp O.O
i THINK kleemann was going to release something better for the higher end 63's but not quite sure..

did u get a chance to check out the wald kit? not sure if you would like it but i find it pretty sweet, iv seen a local shop mod an S63 and a CL65 with the kit, looks pretty sweet in person.

davidw1234

oh yeah, if you have the money, you could really just spend the money to get a complete engine swap (with the brabus V12 biturbo) , it's a MONSTER....

eleven

if i were to do anything it would be the sarona...i think i read somewhere that for 40k they do the pre facelift to post conversion with the widebody, rims and paint. maybe for you it would be cheaper as you dont need the headlights and housings redone...i think marios13 does this stuff even though he claims to not be the guy that owns the shop...seems like he does quite a bit of advertising though

anton28

Marios13 trying to mislead people with his advertising is the reason why I wouldn't take my car there.

NEMES1S

I keep thinking I would be super happy to just have the stock sl63 body on my 05, but these kits are pretty impressive. I think that all of them look good aside from that squalo one, that looks like it belongs on something japanese, it just doesn't flow quite right on a german car

Apple '55

Hmm...a Brabus V12 biturbo would be crazy!!!

Apple '55

The Squalo is my least favorite too...

David Haag