Pick up day!!!
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2006 SLK 55 AMG
Originally Posted by AMG&AMG
congratulations.... why haven't you gotten the carbon fiber steering wheel or the alcantara ? even the seats are recaro i believe in the performance pkg..
And NO...the seat you are refering to are the ones on the F1 pace car and are available thru AMG special order. Not part of the package!
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2006 SLK 55 AMG
Originally Posted by IdriveFast
what does the SLK55 performance package include?
* Alcantara AMG sport steering wheel
* Carbon fiber trim set
* 176 mph (280 km/h) top speed (electronically limited)
* AMG "Nurburgring" sport suspension system
* AMG "Compound" braking system
- AMG Compound front brakes (standard)
- AMG rear brakes: compound rotors with AMG 4-piston calipers
* AMG 18-inch twin-spoke multipiece alloy wheels with high performance tires
- Front: 7.5 x 18 inch 225 40 ZR 18
- Rear: 8.5 x 18 inch 245 35 ZR 18
Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price: $6,800
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Originally Posted by ricky.agrawal
Handling with the 030 is better because the brakes are about 20% lighter than normal.
Another point is that I never tried the "regular" SLK55 so have direct comparison....sorry!
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2006 SLK 55 AMG
Originally Posted by jcanabal
I do have the alcantra steering wheel!!!
And NO...the seat you are refering to are the ones on the F1 pace car and are available thru AMG special order. Not part of the package!
And NO...the seat you are refering to are the ones on the F1 pace car and are available thru AMG special order. Not part of the package!
As I said, I'll post detail pics later....including the steering wheel. It's just that my camera seem to not "treat" the colors and shades correctly!
Pics soon!
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Originally Posted by reallife
jcanabal,
Thanks for posting the photos of your wonderful new baby! I have one on the way myself, probably arriving in early October. I'm pretty sure your car is the first one with the 030 package on the ground in the USA. I think there are only 6-8 or so on order as of late August for US delivery. Only one of them is going to dealer stock. (Barrington, IL) All the rest are special orders.
One initial question if you have the time to answer, questionable now that you have your car, but I only count 6 pieces of CF in your pictures, assuming there are three pieces on each door. Aren't there 7 separate CF items? Is one of them the shift lever? How about a few more photos. How about a few close-ups of the different pieces?
BTW, those wheels are awesome! So are the rollbars. Did you have them installed at your dealer?
Now, to mention the driveability. With the racing suspension, is the body low enough to risk damage during routine driving on ordinary pavements? Does it have a PowerChip ECU upgrade? Do you have any regrets now that you have the car??? You are one lucky dog!!
Thanks for posting the photos of your wonderful new baby! I have one on the way myself, probably arriving in early October. I'm pretty sure your car is the first one with the 030 package on the ground in the USA. I think there are only 6-8 or so on order as of late August for US delivery. Only one of them is going to dealer stock. (Barrington, IL) All the rest are special orders.
One initial question if you have the time to answer, questionable now that you have your car, but I only count 6 pieces of CF in your pictures, assuming there are three pieces on each door. Aren't there 7 separate CF items? Is one of them the shift lever? How about a few more photos. How about a few close-ups of the different pieces?
BTW, those wheels are awesome! So are the rollbars. Did you have them installed at your dealer?
Now, to mention the driveability. With the racing suspension, is the body low enough to risk damage during routine driving on ordinary pavements? Does it have a PowerChip ECU upgrade? Do you have any regrets now that you have the car??? You are one lucky dog!!
See steering wheel, E brake CF and other CF parts and a little bit of the brake pedals!
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Originally Posted by reallife
jcanabal,
So are the rollbars. Did you have them installed at your dealer?
Now, to mention the driveability. With the racing suspension, is the body low enough to risk damage during routine driving on ordinary pavements? Does it have a PowerChip ECU upgrade? Do you have any regrets now that you have the car??? You are one lucky dog!!
So are the rollbars. Did you have them installed at your dealer?
Now, to mention the driveability. With the racing suspension, is the body low enough to risk damage during routine driving on ordinary pavements? Does it have a PowerChip ECU upgrade? Do you have any regrets now that you have the car??? You are one lucky dog!!
No powerchip ecu upgrade....I think what they do is "delimit" the Vmax to 176 MPH!!
The suspension is firmer, I don't beleive it is lower.....again I can't compare since haven't driven a "regular" SLK 55. But.....way much better than the C32!!
and no risk of damage....regular daily driving is perfectly fine!
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Is it possible to buy the 030 computer with higher top speed and swap it for the basic computer in a vanilla slk55amg?
I would imagine this would be a lot cheaper than the Renntech or kleemann upgrade?
Has anyone driven both 030 and normal slk55amg to determine if the mods are worth the money?
I am thinking of giving my wife my slk55amg and trading her sc430 for an slk55amg with the 030 package for myself
I would imagine this would be a lot cheaper than the Renntech or kleemann upgrade?
Has anyone driven both 030 and normal slk55amg to determine if the mods are worth the money?
I am thinking of giving my wife my slk55amg and trading her sc430 for an slk55amg with the 030 package for myself
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Originally Posted by ian55amg
Is it possible to buy the 030 computer with higher top speed and swap it for the basic computer in a vanilla slk55amg?
I would imagine this would be a lot cheaper than the Renntech or kleemann upgrade?
Has anyone driven both 030 and normal slk55amg to determine if the mods are worth the money?
I am thinking of giving my wife my slk55amg and trading her sc430 for an slk55amg with the 030 package for myself
I would imagine this would be a lot cheaper than the Renntech or kleemann upgrade?
Has anyone driven both 030 and normal slk55amg to determine if the mods are worth the money?
I am thinking of giving my wife my slk55amg and trading her sc430 for an slk55amg with the 030 package for myself
I think the Renntech and Kleemann ECU's do actually add power gains not only higher MPH limit. Don't know about the "swaping" but I guess it's possible.
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pics of the interior and seats
hi jcanabal,
i'm new here ,
sorry for my poor english ,
can you help me, i'm interested to order a slk 55 with the option code 030and
i want to know something before.
for the interior ,and seats we have the same leather choice than the stock car ?,030 option is not a different finition with alcantara?
if you have pics of your seats it would be great.nice pics or not ,that's not the problem ,but quickly if you can ,because i want to order my car and delay is so long.
for shocks the 030 kit is not too low ???coud you take a measurement beetween the floor and the dow lip of the bumper.
thanks
read you soon
serge
i'm new here ,
sorry for my poor english ,
can you help me, i'm interested to order a slk 55 with the option code 030and
i want to know something before.
for the interior ,and seats we have the same leather choice than the stock car ?,030 option is not a different finition with alcantara?
if you have pics of your seats it would be great.nice pics or not ,that's not the problem ,but quickly if you can ,because i want to order my car and delay is so long.
for shocks the 030 kit is not too low ???coud you take a measurement beetween the floor and the dow lip of the bumper.
thanks
read you soon
serge
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Originally Posted by serge rs
hi jcanabal,
i'm new here ,
sorry for my poor english ,
can you help me, i'm interested to order a slk 55 with the option code 030and
i want to know something before.
for the interior ,and seats we have the same leather choice than the stock car ?,030 option is not a different finition with alcantara?
if you have pics of your seats it would be great.nice pics or not ,that's not the problem ,but quickly if you can ,because i want to order my car and delay is so long.
for shocks the 030 kit is not too low ???coud you take a measurement beetween the floor and the dow lip of the bumper.
thanks
read you soon
serge
i'm new here ,
sorry for my poor english ,
can you help me, i'm interested to order a slk 55 with the option code 030and
i want to know something before.
for the interior ,and seats we have the same leather choice than the stock car ?,030 option is not a different finition with alcantara?
if you have pics of your seats it would be great.nice pics or not ,that's not the problem ,but quickly if you can ,because i want to order my car and delay is so long.
for shocks the 030 kit is not too low ???coud you take a measurement beetween the floor and the dow lip of the bumper.
thanks
read you soon
serge
Let me see if I can answer them separetly:
"for the interior ,and seats we have the same leather choice than the stock car ?"
As far as I know....yes. The only thing different about the interior is the 7 piece carbon fiber trim and the alcantara steering wheel.
"030 option is not a different finition with alcantara?"
Don't know what you mean by this.....but the seats....ALL come with alcantara sides (on the upper portion)
"if you have pics of your seats it would be great.nice pics or not ,that's not the problem ,but quickly if you can ,because i want to order my car and delay is so long."
See pics below...
"for shocks the 030 kit is not too low ???coud you take a measurement beetween the floor and the dow lip of the bumper."
Too low is relative. Plus keep in mind that no matter how "low" MB wants the car, here in the US there are goverment specifications that they need to follow if they want the car exported to the US. So, it maybe a different height in Europe/Rusia than here. As a matter of fact, I do know that the Euro Spec C32 was lower than the US one....so, I assume this may also be the case in Europe/Rusia
Here are the mesurements (with pics):
a) from floor to lower most part of the front bumper (black plastic portion) is 4.75"
b) From front fender to center hub (the center of MB star) on the wheel : 13.75"
b) rear fender to center of wheel : 14.125"
You can make the conversion to cm's
Hopefully someone here with a non-030 SLK55 can also take measurements to compare....I presume they will be the same if not.... very close (at least in the US)
Thanks
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thank you jcanabal,
respect for your speed answer.
i've see the mercedes salesman this evening for the presentation of the class S.and it seems to be in the good way to make a good deal.
see you later and thanks for the pics and measurement
serge
respect for your speed answer.
i've see the mercedes salesman this evening for the presentation of the class S.and it seems to be in the good way to make a good deal.
see you later and thanks for the pics and measurement
serge
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Nice
Sweet ride. Never really saw it in white.
Do you think you could take a picture of the i-pod integration kit? Like, how it looks when you open your glove compartment.
Thanks, and congrats again!
Do you think you could take a picture of the i-pod integration kit? Like, how it looks when you open your glove compartment.
Thanks, and congrats again!
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2002 C32 AMG Orion Blue Charcoal/Blue
Juan,
Your new car looks awesome. Norm told me you were getting one but I didn't know about the performance package. Very sweet!
I still have the C32 but also added a 2006 Porsche Boxster S with all the perfomance options except the $8k ceramic brakes. I'm enjoying as much as you seem to enjoy the SLK55.
Take care,
Carl
Your new car looks awesome. Norm told me you were getting one but I didn't know about the performance package. Very sweet!
I still have the C32 but also added a 2006 Porsche Boxster S with all the perfomance options except the $8k ceramic brakes. I'm enjoying as much as you seem to enjoy the SLK55.
Take care,
Carl
