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Still no tires yet.
First time, found out at the time of installation, the front 2 wheels were bent so had to get them fixed.
Day before, with the second attempt, the guy at the Discount Tire, broke two lug nuts with broken pieces still in the lug holes.
Took the car to our mechanic who knowing the case, still ended up breaking 2 more lugs while torqueing them.
He called me to tell me well you need to come over as there's bit more of an action going on with your rear wheels.
The color difference is where the lug bolts are breaking off
4 broke off by two mechanics so it can't be a coincidence
Could these spacers be ( 3mm) the problem, I think so? I guess where the bolts are not flushed against the solid spacers, it's weakening the bolts and breaking them off.
I think solid spacers would have supported the lugs and there won't have had any discoloration of the bolts either, there shouldn't have been.
Previous owner had E 63 brakes in the back with 295/30/19 and I guess he never realized the dang thing is rubbing on the inside and is actually cutting through the tires.
I really like the 295 look and I still think putting in an 8 mm or even 10 would push the wheels out enough where it would clear the inside.
I have OEM E63 -s wheels with 285/30 at home so going to play with those to see what's going on.
One bad news after the other but at least this time it will be done right.
sorry about the lugs breaking. The rub and cut marks are from when I first installed the wheels. Would rub on hard corners. And yes I didn’t know those that 295 tire was going to be 1.5 inches wider than the MO pzero 285. Sorry
1991 964 Turbo, 2002 Black E55, 2002 Black E55 " The Beast"- 2014 E63s
Ever since I bought the car, I have battled the vibration issue mostly around 40+ miles
Wheels balanced and rebalanced- problem persisted.
Thought might be the tires, new tires and problem persisted
Another set of wheels and brand new tires---- Problem persisted
New motor and engine mounts
Finally traced the problem to the rear 10 mm spacers that weren't hub-centric ( no lip)---- Called ECs, bought the new spacers/longer bolts and viola ---- problem finally solved
Next day, the radiator busted in the driveway and car is on hold again awaiting the radiator and the upper and lower radiator hoses.
Keep plugging away and resolving the issues. My Canadian-spec w210 E55 is still a dream to drive. I am very much enjoying looking at yours and thinking how much of that is what I would like to do to mine.
For what it's worth, couple of months ago I was driving to Houston on I-10 and a w211 E55 came roaring up in the left lane from behind. The fella jumps on his brakes, drops back a little bit, pulled out his his camera and proceeds to start taking photos of my 1999 e55! He did give me a big thumbs up as he accelerated past me. I am happy to say my w210 E55 is one of the first ones ever produced. Manufactured January of 1999 and I put a lot of money into restoring it. Only a couple of gigs left and then it will be just as it was when it departed the factory. Heck, I even have a spare E55 engine and transmission in my environmentally controlled garage. I plan on keeping this car for a while.
Again, keep plugging away on your car as I am enjoying reading about what you are doing to it.
Edit: I do not know if this will apply to your car but on my car there was a hose clamp at the lower side of the radiator passenger side that I could not access until I drilled a 3/8 inch hole through a radiator support bracket. Now is the time for you to look and see if you can maintain access to all of the clamps on the hoses on the radiator. Forewarned is forearmed.
Second edit: lenses for the facelift model headlights I have never seen available. You may end up having to replace them with New Old stock. Costly except it will make your car look vastly better. I just bit the bullet and installed new hella headlights in my w-211 E55 for $1,269. Ouch! But they sure do look good!
Last edited by bbirdwell; May 10, 2022 at 03:23 PM.
1991 964 Turbo, 2002 Black E55, 2002 Black E55 " The Beast"- 2014 E63s
Funny you mentioned buying a spare engine/transmission and that's how good these cars are. I liked the first one so much that I ended up buying a second one and now have 2 of them and love them both.
These are awesome cars and yes, If i could find a low mileage engine, you know I will be buying it too.
1991 964 Turbo, 2002 Black E55, 2002 Black E55 " The Beast"- 2014 E63s
Two things had plagued the car ever since I bought it early last year, random ABS/CEL appearance and the vibration at various speeds. After spending countless numbers of hours trouble shooting and several hundred dollars later, I have finally managed to sort out both those issues that turned out to be minor that everyone kept over looking
Anyway, car was luckily in the driveway and idling when the radiator busted 2 weeks ago and when I came out, besides the coolant mess in the driveway, car had automatically shut down fearing the engine probably got heated and seized.
Mechanic just confirmed, after replacing the radiator and the hoses, car is back again running like a raped ape, God damn it, I love this car.
Picking it up in the morning.
Slowly I am bringing the car back to where it needs to be.
1991 964 Turbo, 2002 Black E55, 2002 Black E55 " The Beast"- 2014 E63s
Some updated pictures
Car running flawlessly --- Most issues seems to have been resolved besides some minor one's like, driver side mirror lose, trunk carpeting , spare tire, new battery name few
Just an FYI - have you tried Ebay and then get them reupholstered locally? I've been looking for a set of seats to avoid reupholstering mine and it's slim pickings.
Also, try Craigslist "auto parts" since I've seen people breaking up W211 E55's and their front seats are similar and will work, I believe
1991 964 Turbo, 2002 Black E55, 2002 Black E55 " The Beast"- 2014 E63s
Still trouble shooting the vibration. I am not a mechanic and with the Frankenstein nature of the car, not willing to let someone pay to understand the car and then trouble shoot the issues
The original wheels that came with car were bent- straightened them out but the vibration still persisted ( very subtle) at over 70 mph
Changed to new Michelin PS4s tires- still there
Motor mounts/Transmission mounts changed
Removed the wheels to see what the heck is going on and I think I figured out the issue
----------- Passenger side front dust cap missing------------ and the missing hubcenteric ring, could explain the vibration
will be ordering the dust cap soon
Also car needs hubcenteric rings as one was missing ------ Ordered and received the brand new set.
W210 uses M12 x 1.5 lugs and W212 E63s uses M14 x 1.5
Since the car came with W212 E63s wheels with regular R12 instead of R14 ball seats for E63s wheels. This explains why the lugs were breaking as they were wrong size lugs and were stressed.
Ordered proper size lugs.
------------- Such a lovely car but with couple of annoying issues ------------
Hopefully the issues be resolved and ***** be fixed soon LOL
---------Still looking for a pair of front seats, OEM or any other that fits the car and be easy to get in and out-------
Last edited by C2 Turbo; Dec 27, 2022 at 10:58 PM.
1991 964 Turbo, 2002 Black E55, 2002 Black E55 " The Beast"- 2014 E63s
Parts are in and installed. Struggled with putting the dust cap on and figured there got to be a dust cap tool that transfers the power equally on the dust cap.
After visiting several stores, went to my Toyota mechanic who looked around the shop and gave me this part to use.
Using the tool, took only few minutes.
Will be test driving the car in the morning to see how it drives now
1991 964 Turbo, 2002 Black E55, 2002 Black E55 " The Beast"- 2014 E63s
So after putting the hub centric rings and the hub cap, the car still has some vibration not much though
I have a friend who's great with the cars who's going to look at the car in few days to make sure there's no other cause of vibration before I purchase a new set of wheels to eliminate the spacers and the centric ring crap out the door.
Such a nice car but needs lots of fine tuning to make it worth owning
Looking for :
Front E55 seats
19" wheels
---front 19 x 8.5 (et 30-32) or 19 x 9 ( et 30)
---Rear: 19 x 9.5 ( (et 42-52) or 19 x 10 (et 40-45)
1991 964 Turbo, 2002 Black E55, 2002 Black E55 " The Beast"- 2014 E63s
Originally Posted by sdematt
Where did you find the seats?
-Matt
Just stumbled upon them while browsing the web. The seats are really very nice so I might just install them in my weekend E55 and the the seats from the weekend into the black *****, if you know what i mean.
Still hunting for the right wheels though
Last edited by C2 Turbo; Mar 15, 2023 at 09:02 PM.
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