I would have clearly told them they should have called me right away before they finish putting the bumper back ... for them to go ahead and put it in without showing you and asking for your go head , and present this as a finished job is unacceptable !

 

I did my install myself, no bumper or facia removed. Took 2 hours,no bulge. Thats why I dont let anybody work on my car. looks like install was not very well performed.

 

Do you have the same HE?

 

Eurocharged

 

2hrs to R&R a heat exchanger and bleed the system ??? No idea how you can do it that quickly (I am not calling you a liar). I must be old and slow ...

 

Bulge is dependent on which H/E is used. Toadster, your doing things backwards. Pulley, E63 front end & H/E together. No bulge even with a large H/E with the E63 front end. Get rid of the grandpa front end get some hotness going man. A 'little' processed but notice no bulge? I had the same bulge as yours with the old bumper, the E63 bumper sticks out a bit allowing more room for the cooler. They don't touch ,even with the bottom tray installed. Plenty of room. With the E55 bumper & large H/E, the tray really pushes down on the bumper.

 

OT but HOT DAYAM!!! Never get sick of seeing your car!

 

BenzoBoi, I shamelessly sneaked that one in there. LOL

 

Your car is so HOTTTTTT bro

 

+1 u got me kinda wanting to do the conversion damn u ! Lol
More money to blow lol

 

what kind of head lights are those? look nice

 

The bulge in the lower bumper skin looks terrible and I would not accept that on my car, the parts are supposed to fit the car, not the car fit the parts.

Also don't like the cheap black spray paint on the fins, probably done with a cardboard template.

And never liked the brass hose end connections with Teflon tape, even though I know it works. A truly professional product would have welded aluminum hose fittings.

 

Wow you guys are something else...Poor Todd...For the money, this HE has some great features and hopefully folks will post IAT data to show how it cools (what is really important). As for the suggestions / critiques :
(1) The picture was probably taken a foot or two off the ground and my guess is anybody taller than 5' would not even be able to tell there is a bulge unless on their knees examining...

(2) Any logo would require a stencil - cardboard, aluminum, etc. really does not matter...and of course it would be sprayed on...you can order the HE without the logo

(3) Fitting selection ?? Seriously ?? How about the fact that the HE requires no drilling and has a valve for easy purging ?

(4) Oh yeah did I mention this HE was less than $300 ???

Steve / FTP - Nice job. Tape or cap off the fittings when shipping and you have one heck of a product.

 

correct

yes, you can even order it in black - so far I'm liking the logo - I really noticed yesterday at the tire shop when the tech was driving my car to the bay - looks good (IMHO)

Direct bolt on, I think the issue with the bulge may be due to the tech left trans cooler plastic/rubber air channeling fins to keep it as close to stock as possible - most likely it can be removed since the undertray has the vent holes already for the cooler

best bang for the buck in my opinion - need to log IATs

agreed - Steve has been FANTASTIC through the whole process since my H/E got dinged up in shipping

 

I disagree. I have a crack on the underside of my front lip that causes a far less noticeable "bulge" (not even a bulge but I'm not sure what to call it) and it is noticeable to most car buffs I hang around with, mostly guys over 5'10". There's also the question of how the contact and pressure from the lip against the oil cooler might affect the oil cooler over time. These are AMGs and even if they're almost a decade old, we need to keep them looking classy as opposed to looking like a ghetto rigged, mickey moused car.

 

I agree - its' stuffed under there pretty tight and the picture I took was on my driveway which is angled upward -
The channeled plastic bits along with the trans cooler is what is adding some of the bloat (see the yellow highlight below)

 

here's a pic from the front standing up (not crouched down), nice shiny new passenger side headlamp

 

You said dealer said 4 hours for inter-cooler replacement?

That's because the inter-cooler is under the s/c, not the HE that sits behind your bumper

Also, back the the heat-exchanger.. You also have to factor in bleeding it and adding coolant.

 

whoops - meant 4 hours for the heat exchanger replacement