Quick E63

To getting my new to me E63 where my old E55 was.

Got the tires installed on my new wheels and a box of parts waiting to installed from lowering links, all season mats, tinted corner lights, head lights/fog lights and mirror turn signal with smoked film. I'm also going to have the front end wrapped with 3M clear bra.

New wheels and tires



My old E55

AKnight55

I remember seeing pics of your E55 back in the day.. Shouldnt have got rid of it

Quick E63

I moved on to a few Porsche Turbo's and had my fun but now I'm back

Quick E63

The weather was finally nice enough today to get started getting the E63 ready for spring/summer.

Got the tinted head lights/fogs and mirror film installed, lowered the rear, replaced the rear pads and installed new 20" wheels only on the rear until I get the front links installed.

Man getting the stock amber lights off were a real pain to remove.

viren.89

It must be a pain cleaning the caliper in those forgestar kind of rims with criss cross grills compared to the ones you got now which look awesome. !!

Quick E63

I've only washed it once since I only bought it in January and its been parked until today. I did clean and waxed all four calipers

E55Dimon

So how do you like the change? I have the same wheels too, in black. Glad you're modding the new.

Quick E63

Looks much better now. Thanks for the info on the tinted film

Celicasaur

Nice work man. I've been trying to tint my headlights for the last two weekends and failed badly on each attempt

Quick E63

Are you using a heat gun or blow dryer? If not get the film nice and warm before you pull the backing off. I know they say use only water but I mixed a little baby shampoo to help move it around better.

Celicasaur

Heat gun.

I can deal with basic curves like the rear tail light strips or wing mirror plastics, but multi-contour curves are the work of satan.

It's like, once i use a bit of heat to stretch and satisfy a curve in one direction, it leaves me with a whole mess for the other directions because i've now got 'too much' film sagged up.

Quick E63

It sounds like you might be using to much heat and pulling it to hard. I didn't have to pull hard on my to line them up.

Celicasaur

Interesting. But if I don't pull hard/firm, it wont wrap around cleanly....
Right, I'm going back out to the driveway and to try again now

Quick E63

Which light is giving you a hard time?

Celicasaur

lol yep, i just made a mess of it again so I polished the car instead to recover some lost pride.

It's the big oval headlight on either side that's the hard one for me. Contemplating just going to a shop next weekend to get it done now.

Quick E63

Sorry it didn't workout for you bro.

Yesterday I got a chance to install the front lowering links and installed the front wheels. First picture is with the ride height all the way up which will come in handy with speed bumps and low driveways.

Second picture with air ride set all the way down in sport II.

I'm going to have a friend try to set the alignment for me.

BlueML99

That drop looks good gro, y did u decide to go w/ the E63 rather than the E55 again?

Quick E63

Thanks, only reason was the age of the E55 and the E63 was certified.

Manuyc

those are nice wheels

E63//AMG

Looks good, I will be tinting the front lights as well. And yes, the front markers are a PITA to remove.

Quick E63

Thanks, got them from Jerry great customer service
http://www.formymercedes.com/mb.asp

IndiumGreyE63

Very nice.

Quick E63

Thanks Took it for a drive this morning. I'm so glad I'm back into an AMG

Celicasaur

Car is looking great bro!

I tried my headlights again for a few hours....I almost cried with frustration afterwards. I didn't try with a bit of shampoo/soap in there though, so I'll give it one last attempt next weekend then take it to a shop if I fail for the third time. I love how your headlights look!