Acquired an E55 last week from an auction. It's an 05 with 130k on it. It was stated that it had a supercharger noise and a small oil leak. But the price was too good to pass it so I figured I'll give it a shot.

It is satin white and used to be silver. Paint job is rough. Looks like Maaco painted it without any prep. Even rubber seals are painted white. Seals I am planning on replacing. What to do with the paint job, not so sure. I mean it's probably a 5 out of 10. It's not that bad, but still kind of a little upset about it. Haha.

Issues:
- Supercharger noise due to shot clutch bearing. Got that replaced. Runs like a champ;
- Oil came out a little on a dirtier side. Got that replaced. Had some cheap oil filter. Put Mann+Hummel filter so it's g2g;
- Air filters were K&Ns already. Washed and resprayed with oil;
- Oil leak turned out to be a supercharger blow by, doesn't look bad at all;
- Keyless Go doesn't work. Cooled seats don't seem to be operational. Replaced trunk and hood batteries. Replaced batteries in the remote and voila, everything is back to normal and works flawlessly.
- Rear tires are shot. Replaced them with ContiSportContact 3s.
- Hazy headlights. Restored them.
- Front brakes need to be replaced. Looking into different options now.

I don't have any really good pics but here is what I have.
Auction pics:






At the shop (taken with cell phone):



Hazy headlights and restoration in progress:


Overall mechanically it's in very good condition. Driving to Buckhead on Monday so we'll see how well it will take a 9 hour trip each way

 

Great place to take it to they will help you get it perfect. Mine will there week after next for some idler pullies and minor maint.

 

Something tells me she is getting some turbos....

Good luck!!!

 

Seeing as you don't know the history of this car before you start doing any mods do a compression test on each cylinder.

 

probably a good idea, but there is no indication of a hurt motor

 

Doesn't need to have any indication but still a good idea especially with a car you know nothing about. Nothing to lose ,actually a good thing to do before doing mods that will put extra stress on the motor. Do it before you goto buckhead

 

i am not putting anything on the car at buckhead at this point, just helping them out with some other project

 

Love the satin white. Go easy on the mods until you live with your car for a while and learn a bit more about what she can take.

 

i am not sure what i am going to do to the car at this point. have a couple of choices to make.

 

nice project! paint almost looks like plastidip the way they sprayed over everything.

 

At 130,000 miles it's time for fuel pumps and filters again! That's at least what Mercedes-Benz recommends.....

 

Nice pick-up. I just acquired an '04 White E55, it' will be at BIP most likely on Wednesday

 

 

took some pics tonight

 

how much ?

 

Looks great at night with that paint.

 

how much for what?

 

thank you!

 

+ 1 The paint actually looks nice at night from far away although it might look a little rough/uneven close up

 

Your car lol

 

Yeah, I'm curious too as to what auction E55's go for these days.

 

at BIP

 

me too, if you dont mind telling us what this ran you, im currently in the market for an e55

 

pm me what you paid i've seen that guy run for almost a year now! Where'd the seller finally let it go manheim ohio?