E55Dimon

Whew, what a day. Finally, 7 hours later she's all said and done. I got there at about 8 in the morning and started attaching the pieces to the painted bumper. Dealing with a broken bumper clip was just the beginning.

I have parktronic, IF you have parktronic and want to do this, prepare yourselves. Its tough, but possible. Everything is completely different . From the housings to the positioning etc. Thanks Mercedes.

Anyway. I dremeled the housings completely off and we attached the parktronic sensors with some bumper sealant stuff (which I had to hold in place for 10min ea). What a PITA which took hours to do! Looks perfect.
Big thanks to Apex Auto in Stoughton, MA for all the help and going the extra mile with all the pieces of this install. It was one thing after another.

I have more thorough pics of the install for anyone interested.
Sorry for the iphone quality pics. Will get serious photos done soon.



Here's a pic of me cutting up the parktronic housings:








Baby 55bumper next to big brother 63:





Getting there:








And here she is on the way home. Breaking necks

slownrusty

Wow..that looks deelish!

EdoubleNickel

Looks Nyce sans le wheels.

E55Dimon

Its all good nickel. They're not for everyone.
P.S. I hate the 300C

E55Dimon

Thanks, I agree

nanayaw6

Dudeeeee !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Total win.
You're right, that chrome grill actually fits in very nicely.

E55Dimon

E55Dimon

I'm still gonna try out the black grille look, gonna buy another grille.

Hope you enjoy my black 55grille since thats the only way to go on the 55bumper!

Hellzno

looks good

MJ50

looking good...

tgoss

Incredible! I still feel like all the chrome needs to be ditched and the side markers need to be paint matched.

E55Dimon

Thank you good sir. I would do it, but for some reason she came out way prettier than expected with the chrome. I literally couldnt take my eye off. I ordered some takeout on the way back and parked in front of the place. I turned around 3-4 times in the 1minute or so process like a psycho to look back at her.
I need to do a few other things including maintenance and then Im gonna get another grille and do it the right black color. Its definitely going to happen

02S430

nice i love white

tbal

Beautifulllllllllll! It changes the look of the car completly! I think black grill would look sick with your cars overall them, perhaps some tinted tails as well.

Too bad ya aint close, we could have had a twins photo shoot lol

Oh those springs behind the headlight washers.. can they be installed from the front, or only from the back? We were trying to get through the install fast, and forgot to put them god damn springs in LOL

AKnight55

Watch out for all the potholes out there man..

E55Dimon

It's a f'in minefield out there..

E55Dimon

You're telling me bro. I've never seen another white e55/e63 anywhere around here. Nevermind like ours .
Those damn washer caps! They refuse to go in right, had to heat em/cool em back and fourth to get em to work right, theres still a 2mm gap which will get taken care of very soon. Letting it adjust a bit.
You're so lucky you dont have parktronic! What a PITA! I never expected it.

AKnight55

It was all worth it though, thing looks filthy.. I gotta see this beast in person now..

E55Dimon

Yeah you do, certainly changed since you saw it last. I'm gonna be looking for some 18s for the track days this summer. Dont wanna use my winter 18s as theyre too bent.

E55Dimon

Guys, WHAT COLOR CALIPERS would you paint??

I'm really leaning towards porsche yellow with the brembo logo. Tired of red.

tgoss

With everything being so neutral on you car you could get away with anything.

Lime green or orange would look unreal.

E55Dimon

Thank you! I didnt wanna say it but lime green has really been on my mind..
Something like lambo green, yes?

305-E55

What a difference that front end makes Looking really good,congrats!!

emoving

Lime green would be sick!!!!!!

Max.H

Looking good! Clean job on the parking sensors.

Switching over the parktronic is a pita! I ran into the same problem doing the 2010 SL65 conversion. I was going to do what you did. But, couldn't take a risk in hacking up the new bumper. So, I bought the new sensors and wiring harness and sold the older sensors. Just needed to swap the plug and voila. Factory fresh.