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In Maui for a few weeks so I haven't seen her in person, but me likely so far. She's off for some goodies and I'll grab her when I get home in a couple weeks.
In Maui for a few weeks so I haven't seen her in person, but me likely so far. She's off for some goodies and I'll grab her when I get home in a couple weeks.
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Nice! What color is this? Normal black or the obsidian?
20% looks just right. This is a must.
How much for the tint if you don't mind me asking?
I did it through the dealership for convenience and did not shop around, so likely over paid. They charged 799 for the tints and clear bra was 1400 using Xpel ultimate/ stealth . Its annoying that customer are out of pocket, correcting the night package. I hope other SA make sure other customers are aware of this issue,
Last edited by E63Wsantini; Nov 18, 2017 at 03:21 PM.
Interesting, I did not know that. I've been using the parking assist quite a lot here in Europe, but not the parking pilot feature with the phone because I figured that was part of the connect features that are turned off till I get to the States. I would have asked them more about this at delivery time when I picked the car up had I known.
Dropped the car off this afternoon and fly back to the states tomorrow morning. Then five or six weeks to wait till the car shows up. Maybe they'll have enabled the feature by then.
One a related note, they were saying the US cars don't get the multi-beam LED headlights, but my car has them (and they're pretty darn cool). Maybe there's a different even better version for European versions, or maybe they'll swap them out at the VPC. I hope not.
Remote parking was promised in the model I purchased. It’s in writing!
Sorry I have been traveling internationally and will only be back in a about a week or so. And yes I did take delivery the edition 1.
Originally Posted by tony_f8
Hey E63 yes the east coast editon ones got released some time ago. West coast ones have not. And based on this guy never confirming dealership or delivery this is still the case today.
Last edited by sighting; Nov 19, 2017 at 07:24 PM.
How do you like your R8? I've had mine for 7-8 years so almost ready for something new.
Ill post another thread but it was easy, just 4 adjustments on the links under the car. As for the R8 mine is a Gen 2 and I really enjoy it thus far- I want to hold on a nice V10 N/A engine with that amazing sound.
2018 E63, 2008 SLR DH, 2011 599 SA, 1995 F50, 2007 through 2011 GT3 RS
Originally Posted by Vic55
Ill post another thread but it was easy, just 4 adjustments on the links under the car. As for the R8 mine is a Gen 2 and I really enjoy it thus far- I want to hold on a nice V10 N/A engine with that amazing sound.
Hey Vic,
looks great! How long did it take them to drop the car? Does the vehicle lift still work to raise the car high enough to clear steep driveways and curbs?
looks great! How long did it take them to drop the car? Does the vehicle lift still work to raise the car high enough to clear steep driveways and curbs?
It took a total of 45min from rack to de-rack and yes the lift button still works. Even with the drop the car is still very high compared to my other cars.
2018 E63, 2008 SLR DH, 2011 599 SA, 1995 F50, 2007 through 2011 GT3 RS
Originally Posted by Vic55
Ill post another thread but it was easy, just 4 adjustments on the links under the car. As for the R8 mine is a Gen 2 and I really enjoy it thus far- I want to hold on a nice V10 N/A engine with that amazing sound.
Originally Posted by Vic55
It took a total of 45min from rack to de-rack and yes the lift button still works. Even with the drop the car is still very high compared to my other cars.
Thanks! Please post details on how you did it when you can!
So is the car lowered through a mechanical adjustment rather than electronic? My old E500 is lowered using the washer technique which fools the sensors into sensing that the car is riding too high, and then lowers the car.
You can get inexpensive drop links - some of them come pre-sized and others are adjustable.
Generally around $130 or so per set.
A new folks make digital lowering modules $1200 - $2.3K (The numbers are the SKU number) Lorinser: L323 2000 40 -- $2300 Brabus: 213-108-00 -- $1700 Renntech: 32.222.6001 -- $1200
There is a few more but you get the idea
Most of these Digital ones will auto raise the hight back to standard after a set speed.
This is a great feature but "way to rich" for my blood.
I would stick with drop links any day
I use to do it to my previous AMG's and currently have the drop links on my wife's Cayenne TT.
But we have since moved into a new place that has a very steep driveway,
I had to sell the Maserati GT as it could not get up the driveway at all.
My old e63 scraped its way up - I am hoping the raised suspension is going to help out here.
Originally Posted by CALBenzo
So is the car lowered through a mechanical adjustment rather than electronic? My old E500 is lowered using the washer technique which fools the sensors into sensing that the car is riding too high, and then lowers the car.
Last edited by sighting; Nov 22, 2017 at 10:21 PM.
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