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I recently had to have some work done on my new SL63 and I'm not entirely convinced everything was put back together right, but I haven't been able to find another one for comparison and it's not very visible in any stock shots of the car I've been able to find. The area in question is the space between the front spoiler and the front edge of the horizontal oil cooler. You can just see it if you stand a couple feet in front of the car and look down at the spoiler. Any chance someone with the same model could post a quick shot of what that looks like?
Got back to the car and took a picture of the area of interest on mine...
2017 SL63 Oil Cooler as currently installed (correct?).
I know from parts diagrams that other models have a duct/bracket that holds the cooler, but the parts diagrams I found for the 2017 doesn't show anything. Regardless, it seems like something is missing here between the trailing edge of the front spoiler, and the front "seal" of the cooler (in quotes because it doesn't seem to seal anything here). The seal strip has metal clips across the front edge (empty here) and there are notched teeth on the back of the spoiler... Anyone able to get me a similar picture or a better parts/assembly reference? Thanks.
Last edited by Vterm; Jul 28, 2017 at 09:37 PM.
Reason: Added Photo/Detail
Wow, that's really close to what I need. Could you get a shot with the camera angled down slightly more so you can see the area just aft of the spoiler? May need to wait for more ambient light to avoid flash shadow from the middle spoiler bar... What first caught my attention when I looked at mine was the exposed screw tip/metal clip (galvanized) visible just behind the spoiler in my photo (standing in front of the car and looking down you can see it, which just seemed wrong). Then there's the gap though to the ground you can see just in front of the cooler. I was thinking that as a minimum there should be a flat filler strip in this whole area. Thanks.
So the leading edge of the oil cooler looks the same as mine as far as I can tell from the picture; the strip doesn't actually clip to anything, and there is an air gap between the cooler and the spoiler support. But it does look like you have a cover over the galvanized lag screw that first drew my attention to this area. Can you confirm that there's a separate insert about 1.5" square in the otherwise matte black support structure near the center of spoiler? It looks like that's what I'm seeing on the right hand edge of your second new picture. Thanks again.
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