BahrainiSL63

New member. Just wanted to share some pix of my 2009 Silver Arrow Edition SL63 AMG 1 of 100

Maverick1975

What is a silver arrow edition? Looks just like regular 63

xabo

2009 Mercedes-Benz SL 63 AMG Silver Arrow Edition

"The SL 63 AMG is a 518hp beast, and Mercedes knew that the only way to make it any better would be to draw upon the company's rich motorsport history. That's why the launch edition came in a bright silver paint, intended to resemble the bare metal of the silver arrow race cars of the '30s".

BahrainiSL63

Thanks for clarifying 👍

vtvette

Beautiful car!!

There was a Silver Arrow R129 as well. As I understand those are becoming somewhat desirable

jrgator

great car. love the interior

BahrainiSL63

Thanks all. Glad u liked it


P.s. Now I want an R129 Silver Arrow :p

sl65_rockford

I have a silver SL65...about to get a wide body conversion...thanks for giving me exactly what I wanted to as regards to a paint job. I wanted the silver look and now I know to get

sound 8

It's a great car, the best shape SL to date.
However I cannot see any difference to a regular silver 63.
Where does the badge come from, I have never heard of it.

sound 8

Besides the paint job what else makes it a silver arrow apart from the badge.

ttboost

How much extra do they charge for a different shade of silver and a dash plaque?

V12TTenthusiast

I'm thinking they might of remapped the ECU slightly too but who knows but they also did the Silver Arrow Edition as well on the R129 right before they ended production and started the R230, this was prob the case too as one of the last hoorahs for the R230s

V12TTenthusiast

Oh also forgot all Silver Arrow Editions are always that type of silver and red interior to match the old 1955 trademark look of the 300SL Gull Wing

ilovemaui1

The color combo is fantastic.

sound 8

Your Silver Arrow is Naturally Aspirated so there is not much they can do
with the ECU. Because I never heard of one, I would like to know what
else you get besides the paint and interior , which I am sure you could get
done. That just leaves the badge..

Tyztoy

Yes.... Very NiCe!!!!!

ttboost

Yeah. I have to admit, I'm not a "red interior guy", but that color is simply stunning..

sound 8

And it looks like SILVER.
Am I the only one that thinks it looks like normal silver.
Perhaps my eyes are on the way out.
The only Silver Arrow I know is the racing one.
I never heard of a Silver Arrow you could buy from a dealer.

vtvette

http://www.benzblogger.com/PhotoGall...ilverArrow.pdf

Mercedes has been using the Silver Arrow editions to commemorate new releases (as seen here) or, the end of a life cycle (R129).

Yes, both the paint and interior leather is unique as is the black interior trim. The silver is "Silver Arrow Metallic" IIRC.

You would likely not be able to tell color difference on your monitor as computer monitors cannot accurately depict paint colors as seen by the human eye in real life.

No, there are no performance enhancements.

It's a special edition car combining unique paint and trim and many popular/optional features as standard with the package. It is a similar type car to the "Designo" cars of 2003 but with more standard options.

The car is gorgeous looking.

BlownV8

Yeah, looks like normal MB silver metallic paint to me too.

sound 8

What a load of BULL

Who offers this crap. It's a silver 2009 SL63 with red/brown interior.
And just for information my 2009 SL63 came with carbon pack, looks
somewhat more exclusive than black wood, It also had 19" rims ,heated airscarf, heated/cooled seats, Pano roof , Paddles , silver of course, not
like black paddles on a silver arrow, all other extras I had, and they can be ordered anyway.
If you can't see the colour on a computer monitor it's not worth showing, to
me it is just an old model, sounds to me like someone is using silver arrow
to sell a ordinary SL with a new paint job.
I don't see any Mercedes dealer offering it, perhaps someone can find out
who is offering this car, If it was Mercedes you would know about it.

V12TTenthusiast

Please do your research before you bash other peoples cars, there a thing called Google, SL63 only got 100 Silver Arrows, the SL550 got 550, below are all the ones for sale with just a simple Google search

http://www.ultimomotors.com/web/used...inois/4698816/

http://cars.timesunion.com/VehicleDe...-NewYork-12065

http://www.dupontregistry.com/autos/...itemid=1025708

http://gtcarlot.com/colors/car/49650942.html

It's not surprising the OP owner has one, He's in Bahrain, the GCC countries have a lot of exclusive cars like the G63 6x6, Brabus Stealth BS, or the only SLK with and SLR motor. Maybe the UK didn't get maybe but I found 4 for sale in the US one from the MB dealer themselves

This post reminds me of someone posting the an R129 SL73 AMG thinking it was fake just to be told to do his homework as the R129 SL73 AMG is a super rare car.

Just cause you haven't heard about it doesn't mean it exist, Google makes life easy

V12TTenthusiast

Here's the link to the actually PDF. that Mercedes released about the Silver Arrow Editions for the R230s

http://www.benzblogger.com/PhotoGall...ilverArrow.pdf

sound 8

You are not getting the point. The world Silver Arrows comes from the race
cars back in the 50's and earlier. Sure there are silver arrows for sale, but
I never seen one for sale in a MB dealer. None of your links are MB dealers,
look carefully. So what's the big deal, a 2009 SL63 which was the worse SL
made, technically that is, in a shiny silver and muddy red interior. What
do you get that's special, maybe F1 performance no: rolf: you get a badge.
And Mercedes makes a packet, with the extra you pay you could get it re painted any colour and re trimmed and on a 2013 SL63.
Sorry I am not impressed.

sound 8

This poster doesn't say who it's from , and certainly doesn't mention
Mercedes, perhaps any dealer can do the spray job.