overZealous1

about 7 months! i havn't done anything to it but clean it in the last week now and going through withdrawls!! haha.

i keep forgetting before i got the body kit i was in the middle of making some beefy rear toe links for it. that is a low impact project to get wrapped up next.

RAWAMG

LOL - I remember you telling me about those in a text or email... still waiting on my hook up

xxGenericSNxx

You should definitely make a drive up here to Seattle for our Exotics @ Redmond Town Center shows on Saturdays (cars and coffee). Let me know if you're ever in town!

overZealous1

let me see what it takes to make the bracket and will let ya know.

overZealous1

i plan on it! i grew up in redmond actually. been in portland for 25 years now though and moved when i was 15 from there. still have alot of friends in that area so as we get more into summer i will be making the trip!

overZealous1

bumping just for those who might be interested in purchasing car.

chawkins2001

How much?

overZealous1

i have it at $63.5k on ebay right now. would toss in spare engine for another $3k.

RAWAMG

Come on MAN

overZealous1

^^ youre a nugget!

xxGenericSNxx

After all that work you're selling the car?

AMG 17GT

Have been following build. Great work, but you went thru a lot on that color choice and it seemed you personally wanted that color.

If you intended to sell the car, well, maybe a more neutral color???

Well hope you get what you need $$ for all those hours.

overZealous1

the color is what is making it go viral as i have recently found out. nothing is like it and no one will probably have the ***** to do it again. i have found the pics now on pinterest and stancenation with 100,000+ pins, likes, or comments.
on ebay one of every 20 people viewing the add ends up watching it. that is a pretty fantastic ratio. a few pretty cool trades have come up, one being a bentley cgt. may try to look at one local to see if it is of interest.
yes, the color choice was bouncing around abit right before paint, mostly due to others opinions i was listening to. in the end i stuck with my original choice of what i thought would be a knock out and it ended up being the right one.
i guess for me the building is the fun part. once done, while looking great, my focus just goes right onto whatever the next project may be. any more into the sl would be pissing money into the wind imo. what has been done would net the highest return on investment and leave a few things for the next owner to do if they have the same building bug as me! lol

all that being said, if it does sell i will be crying my *** of like a little baby when it drives off!! hahaa. not sold yet so i may still change my mind even if someone has money in hand.

AMGfan

I would have bought it if I didn't have my own wide body build going on. You did a fantastic job! I know how you feel about the process/journey being the fun part of these builds...

Alexbenz

All that work and your selling it? Why

overZealous1

read above. lol

i am addicted to building cars and once finished, they loose appeal to me. awesome to look at everytime i am in the garage, but can't help to always have the next project in mind!

overZealous1

thanks amg! ya, i was guessing you had some of the same affliction i do with not being able to leave things alone.

btw- i am seriously looking at the gtr. my guess is you are a fan since it looks like you will have 2 soon!

Tommyboy928

hi, i read the tread, fantastic work, but did i misunderstand something, when you say you use the stock intercooler water pump in front ? that would not push more water thru intercooler ,even if y have the CM30 pump in the back .

And drive with ESP on on this car is useless , i drive it always off, til i go high speed,it switch the gas of, and cant be used for 3 first gears on this cars . But powersliding this model , takes some traning to handle it if really goes to the extreme / sideways.. Sems also only tires that somehow can get traction is Pilot Sport

Tommyboy928

the engine in car had 70 k miles, whas it rebuild inside also ? or just added all this stuff?

overZealous1

i wanted to point out the post above this one i did was from a spammer that got removed and not meant for "the wildman" rick. lol. sorry dude if there was confusion.

overZealous1

everything was added to the original motor in car. the other was a spare that the blower went out on from another car.
i am running the cm30 pump up front and that is it. in some cases more water flow can lead to the water not absorbing much heat and thus making more flow a bad thing. less heat in the water means less heat it pulled out of the intake temps. thought i would give the cm30 a shot first and looks like i am getting alot of the same results as guys with larger or twin pumps.

overZealous1

ok guys, here it is. my new car is waiting for me and this has to go. it is on ebay right now for $59000. I am willing to go to $54000 if a deal can be made next week! there is no chance in hell you are ever going to get a car like this for this price again!

rusher

Hey, sorry for that dumb question... was reading the past 10 pages and did not understand:
which color exactly did you use? Is it Porsche Voodoo Blue?
Thanks
Rusher

SL65MONSTA

is it true to do this conversion you need to change the reinforcement bar on the front bumper ?

Tommyboy928

no needed