E55 totaled after 9 years...
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E55 totaled after 9 years...
Hey guys I have had the car for about 9 years now. Bought it with 19k miles and the car currently has 64k miles. My mom was driving the car and somehow bottomed out and the whole sub-frame came down. The car has always been properly maintained and garage kept.
I feel terrible to let the car go like this. I just installed the eurocharged headers I didn't even get to really use. The pulley, heat exchanger, tcu tune, spark plugs and new rotors just went in within the past year.
I was considering selling the car this year but would hate to let a well maintained low mileage modded e55 go to crap like this. I have a guy who said he would be able to repair the car for about $7-8k and I'm going to find out what I can buy the car back for tom.
Would this car be worth anything to sell with a salvage title? I know its scary for people but me knowing the car it would be such a waste to let it go down like this. Anyone have any experience or suggestions?
I feel terrible to let the car go like this. I just installed the eurocharged headers I didn't even get to really use. The pulley, heat exchanger, tcu tune, spark plugs and new rotors just went in within the past year.
I was considering selling the car this year but would hate to let a well maintained low mileage modded e55 go to crap like this. I have a guy who said he would be able to repair the car for about $7-8k and I'm going to find out what I can buy the car back for tom.
Would this car be worth anything to sell with a salvage title? I know its scary for people but me knowing the car it would be such a waste to let it go down like this. Anyone have any experience or suggestions?
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Slow down, take a breath, get her on a lift, assess the damage to the underside.
Any shop is going to slap a major repair bill when it comes to "frame" or "sub-frame" damage. The rear sub-frame bolts would scare the living **** out of a shop. Turns out they are relatively easy to R&R if sheared. Get a few opinions and go see for yourself
Remember, she put up with your right foot for 9 years. Don't give up on her so easy
Any shop is going to slap a major repair bill when it comes to "frame" or "sub-frame" damage. The rear sub-frame bolts would scare the living **** out of a shop. Turns out they are relatively easy to R&R if sheared. Get a few opinions and go see for yourself
Remember, she put up with your right foot for 9 years. Don't give up on her so easy
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That sucks bro, sorry to hear… Ive always enjoyed your videos and posts.. Your car ran really strong. Hope you get a quick painless resolution. We're rooting for you!
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Remember, she put up with your right foot for 9 years. Don't give up on her so easy[/QUOTE]
I do not mean to laugh in a situation like this. I'm sorry, that comment by itself was funny.
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Remember, she put up with your right foot for 9 years. Don't give up on her so easy
[/QUOTE] I do not mean to laugh in a situation like this. I'm sorry, that comment by itself was funny.
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Slow down, take a breath, get her on a lift, assess the damage to the underside.
Any shop is going to slap a major repair bill when it comes to "frame" or "sub-frame" damage. The rear sub-frame bolts would scare the living **** out of a shop. Turns out they are relatively easy to R&R if sheared. Get a few opinions and go see for yourself
Remember, she put up with your right foot for 9 years. Don't give up on her so easy
Any shop is going to slap a major repair bill when it comes to "frame" or "sub-frame" damage. The rear sub-frame bolts would scare the living **** out of a shop. Turns out they are relatively easy to R&R if sheared. Get a few opinions and go see for yourself
Remember, she put up with your right foot for 9 years. Don't give up on her so easy
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I am considering keeping it also. I just need to assess these damages more accurately and see tom what they offer me to buy it back.
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Thanks bro! I was looking forward to running my M4. The downpipes came in today and my jb4 and intake is gonna be here Monday. Was dying to see how the E does with the M4.
I am considering keeping it also. I just need to assess these damages more accurately and see tom what they offer me to buy it back.
I am considering keeping it also. I just need to assess these damages more accurately and see tom what they offer me to buy it back.
I bet you can buy it back cheap. GL!
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Just kept up with the maintenance bro. This car brought me so much joy and happiness and still gets tons of attention and love everywhere I go. If I buy it back and fix it I have to be willing to keep it until the wheels fall off. That's what I'm debating about.
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Hey guys I have had the car for about 9 years now. Bought it with 19k miles and the car currently has 64k miles. My mom was driving the car and somehow bottomed out and the whole sub-frame came down. The car has always been properly maintained and garage kept.
I feel terrible to let the car go like this. I just installed the eurocharged headers I didn't even get to really use. The pulley, heat exchanger, tcu tune, spark plugs and new rotors just went in within the past year.
I was considering selling the car this year but would hate to let a well maintained low mileage modded e55 go to crap like this. I have a guy who said he would be able to repair the car for about $7-8k and I'm going to find out what I can buy the car back for tom.
Would this car be worth anything to sell with a salvage title? I know its scary for people but me knowing the car it would be such a waste to let it go down like this. Anyone have any experience or suggestions?
I feel terrible to let the car go like this. I just installed the eurocharged headers I didn't even get to really use. The pulley, heat exchanger, tcu tune, spark plugs and new rotors just went in within the past year.
I was considering selling the car this year but would hate to let a well maintained low mileage modded e55 go to crap like this. I have a guy who said he would be able to repair the car for about $7-8k and I'm going to find out what I can buy the car back for tom.
Would this car be worth anything to sell with a salvage title? I know its scary for people but me knowing the car it would be such a waste to let it go down like this. Anyone have any experience or suggestions?
do you mean the rear? it wont cost that much
my sub frame came away 3 times. first time cost the most -air bags, prop shaft and driveshaft rubbers. Then one bolt snapped at a time and finally fitted very high tensile nuts and bolts.
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I wouldn't stress too much - More than likely the sub frame bolts have snapped or fallen out, this is quite common for a lot of tracked/street raced/launched E55's
If you have a hole saw and decent drill it is an at home (axle stand) DIY
Some guys also weld in an additional plate where it bolts up for additional reinforcement
I know 3 guys who have all had their sub frames drop over the past 3 months and all of them repaired it at home by themselves in under a day, they all just needed to buy new bolts, although I think one of them also needed a new driveshaft flex disk because he had some vibration after replacing the bolts
Heres a DIY - https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/...-big-deal.html
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