MaLicE

Hi guys, just thought I would introduce myself,

Just purchased a w211 e55 amg in tanzanite blue

Here she is




That's before I switched to a flat badge



I won't bore you with more photos I'm sure you all know what they look like


It's a 2003 with a few options, sunroof, electric rear blind, manual side blinds, command, heated and cooled seats etc, auto boot (trunk) and overall I'm in love with it

My past cars of interest was a 200sx s14 (uk version of your Nissan 240) which I used for drifting until I decided it was closing me too much, so I swapped to a Mazda rx7 fd3s which cost me even more, after spending £14,000 on the engine and making 520 wheel hp and getting to the point it just wasn't fun to drive anymore I changed to an audi b6 s4. The s4 died after timing chain issues, so now I have the e55!

Plans include first sorting out the cooling with a new he and pump, also looking to do some exhaust mods at the same time however finding somewhere around here to do it is proving harder than first planned!

Random car related question, the heated seats (front and rear) and cooling, when you turn them on to full power over the space of 45 mins to an hour they slowly automatically reduce the power? Is it supposed to do this? Any way to keep them on full for as long as I want? It's cold here in the UK!

shardul

iTrader: (1)

congrats

yes to your question they will decrease in power. press the button again to get back to highest heat

MaLicE

Thanks! Slightly annoying but glad to know its not a fault ha!

Was slightly worried I couldn't find a dip stick however read this was normal!

Blowzilla

Nice colour. Congrats.

FASN8N

Welcome and sweet color combo!

RedBullJnky

Congrats and welcome! Very nice color!

MaLicE

Thanks for the warm welcome, I got a new paint chip system coming to fix a few chips on the bonnet which I will post some before and afters when it's done

3BNick

Your wheel is on the wrong side. Other than that, the car looks nice!

MaLicE

For a split second I thought you meant the road wheel not the steering wheel which is the right side lol it's you guys that went wrong lol

MAN55LE

Beautiful car and color, love the dark wood too enjoy and be safe

HeissRod

Congrats and nice color!

shardul

iTrader: (1)

which part of UK are you in?

MaLicE

I'm from the south west in a place called Gloucester, it's right next to Wales and Bristol, south of Birmingham, about 100miles from London. Even though Gloucester is classed as a city within 2 miles of my house it's nothing but country green hills and trees...

Unfortunately our roads either tend to be great or really bad, with winter now setting in its currently about 10 degrees Celsius during the day, the roads will get worse with the frost opening up the Tarmac and giving us huge pot holes I'm having to pay nearly $500 a year for road tax on the car and about $800 insurance which both are mandatory in the uk

turbo97se

I miss England, but then this serves as a reminder of why I left.

ginger55k

Hi MaLicE, welcome to the forum, my car is currently in the middle of fabrication and testing of a hood mounted tank, the man to speak to is Olly at PCS in Horndean in Hampshire, HE and pump already replaced, or you have Acid at MSL in Birmingham.

Ginger

SavMan

Welcome from another Brit, nice car won't be long before you want to mod it. MSL and PCS are both great companies I have had work carried our by both of them.

MaLicE

Hi ginger, thanks for that, what size is the tank? I contemplated doing the small power steering fluid tank I think it is that I saw on here and on YouTube?

Removed the baffles in the exhaust today, massively disappointed with how much noise the car still doesn't make think I need to do x pipe and then possibly decat as compared to my s4 it's sooooo quiet

MaLicE

Oh I also called msl to try and speak to acid, the people I spoke to didn't seem too helpful and was told acid was in Vegas and to call back in 2-3 weeks

SavMan

Acid is in Vegas at Sema with the guys from Eurocharged so it could be a case of when the cats away the mice will play.
I am happy to help if you have any questions or need advice until Acid gets back from the US.

ginger55k

Hi MaLicE,

Not sure what the size is of the tank but its a lot bigger than the power steering fluid tank mod, the tank has a homemade KC element to it as well, we are currently trialing this set up and making further design changes to both pump and hose lines/ re-routing to find the most beneficial setup.

This thread on the UK site has more details.
http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/amg-p...g-upgrade.html

ginger