A somewhat different E55
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W211 E220, W211 E55, W219 CLS 500
The V12 models had the 649 and have a different torque converter and the transmission itself has more clutch packs and is rated for 1100Nm iirc.
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Congrats, nice car and thanks for sharing. I too own a Japanese spec and still stock with just wheels changed. What interested me most is the CLK DTM throttle body. This has been in my wishlist but I’ve been concerned on how it would work without the byepass valve without programming. To my knowledge, only German tuner MKB offers this in their M113k packages. Any information you can share in this would be of great help. Please do share the part number.
How much weight did you save by replacing the seats, sure it must be substantial.
Like many Japan spec car owners, I feel the audio head unit is a sore point. I’d love to shave a few kilos of the wiring as I plan to upgrade to a unit with apple CarPlay. Any tip here would be great!
Enjoy your car in the lovely Autobahns….
How much weight did you save by replacing the seats, sure it must be substantial.
Like many Japan spec car owners, I feel the audio head unit is a sore point. I’d love to shave a few kilos of the wiring as I plan to upgrade to a unit with apple CarPlay. Any tip here would be great!
Enjoy your car in the lovely Autobahns….
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The last couple weeks I started buying some parts for the E55. I've been wanting to upgrade my rear brakes to match the 390mm brakes on the front. So I found two rear calipers from a W212/218/204 Black Series and got them powder coated in the oem style silver colour. I replaced the dust boots and got new brake pins and pad springs from Mercedes. For rotors I got Brembo 360mm ones and paired them with Pagid Street Plus pads. For the front I changed the pads to Ferodo Ds2500 pads. I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking
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The last couple weeks I started buying some parts for the E55. I've been wanting to upgrade my rear brakes to match the 390mm brakes on the front. So I found two rear calipers from a W212/218/204 Black Series and got them powder coated in the oem style silver colour. I replaced the dust boots and got new brake pins and pad springs from Mercedes. For rotors I got Brembo 360mm ones and paired them with Pagid Street Plus pads. For the front I changed the pads to Ferodo Ds2500 pads. I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking
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The colour name of the oem caliper is Graumetallic 7MB TAB.19.15. The powder coat guy had colour cards and took the closest silver he had
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Ok, thanks for that. I'll see if what the shops I have been talking with can do with that info. Any idea on a source for the decal?
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The shop had them already, i didn't supply them. On my calipers , they powdercoated the caliperr, then put the stickers on and then put clear coat over it. I got the front ones done 2 years ago and they still look good
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Yes, those steps are what I want done also. But, sourcing the decal has proven difficult. They all seem to be nylon which would melt in the curing process.
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Now that you have had some time with the upgraded rear calipers and rotors, what impressions do you have of the braking now? Those rear calipers have much larger pistons and with the increased rotor diameter, it seems that the braking bias would be noticably more to the rear than in the past.
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