Anyone buying an AMG wagon already has some screws loose! All the original owners must be a little nuts to choose one over a Huracan, 488, Mac, AMG GT, or any number of cars for the same money.

 

@I.T. Guy Coincidentally, I have a low-miles 2016 Volcano Red McLaren 650S in the garage with my low-miles 2018 Iridium Silver AMG E63s wagon. Wildly different use cases. McLaren was 50% more than the wagon, and in a totally different vehicle class. I now get invited to all the best parties and the fawning women are just that little extra pretty.

 

Are you not going to take those covers off for us?

 

@silver63 Like a pretty woman, isn’t it more interesting to be left wondering what’s under the wrapping?

BTW, is your silver ‘63 Corvette a split window?

 

Before the covers go on. The wagon and a couple others are stored in another location. I don't drive it in the winter.

 

@silver63 It is always sad/hilarious to see other garages. I'm fortunate to just be able to squeeze two cars into my two-car garage. I put up a security camera, maybe a little for security, but mostly so I can drive in "by wire" watching my phone so I never hit the other car. I can get each car inside an inch of their required location so the McLaren door swing misses the shelves by about 2 inches and the wagon's 2nd door detent stops about 2 inches from the other side's shelves. But I'm smack in the middle of the SF peninsula, where land is gold and you need to go into 8 figures to get a truly many-car garage... Woodside and Hillsborough are on either side of me, where you can get multi-acre lots but into the teens (millions). It's nutty. But the weather is nice.

 

The snow setting is great on ice!
Like a reverse Pedal Commander. Lol

Happy NYE

 

No power issue is back but "different" https://mbworld.org/forums/w213-amg/...ml#post9249555

Wondering if I should get a higher end Autel or cheaper reader or just bite the bullet and get the Benz Ninja system https://mbworld.org/forums/w213-amg/...endations.html
And of course I will take it to the dealer, but, I am also a curious guy and would love to start seeing if anything shows up in a module scan while the no boost is happening.

FYI I WAS GOING TO BOOK ECC THIS MONTH. lol. Everytime I think about tuning... something happens...

 

I had an appointment with dealer but in the week leading up to it I could not reproduce the issue myself soci cancelled.

At least in getting a lot of WOT time!

Xentry system ordered from the BenzNinja for digging deeper whenever I want. Excited to see the inner workings of things.

 

+1 for BenzNinja/Xentry setup.. very happy with mine and the changes I was able to get coded, including:
- Intelligent Light System activation
- Lane Change Flash from 3 to 5
- Changed temperature units from C to F (Canada car)
- Battery swap registration
- Ensuring suspension module software was latest version

I also like to do a lot of diagnostics/DIY and having access to Xentry/WIS (Workshop Information System) makes the car so much less of a black box.

 

Great to hear!
How easy is it to just read "deep codes" that OBDII scanners might not pickup?

 

Here's some real world fault readouts from a quick test I ran in Xentry - not sure which scanner you have but Xentry is going to give you the widest/deepest coverage across all the Mercedes specific modules/topology/etc.

 

Awesome!
The dealer is going to just LOVE me now
lol

 

Weldcraft Wheels https://weldcraftwheels.com/ sent pics. The wheels are modified, and on their way back!

Fronts are now 20x10.5" ET37 and 15mm spacer makes ET22.

This works as it's already tested with that black test wheel in earlier posts. However, with this fitment the poke is 4mm inward vs the popular 20x10 ET12 275/35 setup. I'd love to push it out more but did not feel safe testing by stacking more spacers on the conical test wheel using ball-seat bolts etc. so...

Fronts with 20mm spacer makes ET17 and will put the poke right where the popular 20x10 ET12 wheel poke is. We will find out when the wheels get back if this spacer and poke will fit with 285's. I have a feeling it may only work with 275's, or everyone would already be running 285's, we will see.

Rears are now 11" ET67. 15mm Spacer makes ET52. Right inline with the popular 20x11 ET52 so I don't think there will be any issues.

Tire Options in order of preference are:

1.
305/35 285/35 Which is the current taller oversized tires that were on the stock rims. If they fit while lowered and feel sporty I will run them. If the wollowy soft feel doesn't improve, or they rub, I will go with the next option. I found when switching to winter tires on properly sized rims that they felt so much better then the oversize summer ultra high performance tires bulging on stock rims. If a winter setup drives better than a Summer setup, something is wrong lol. I'm really hoping it was incorrect rim specs and not just the fact they are taller tires. Crossing fingers the wider rims get the sidewall geometry correct and tighten up the feel. I hope so as Ferrari and other's run 305/35 on 11's so it can't be inherently bad. But if it is for this car then...

2.
295/30 square front and rear. This will depend on looks and how much more stretch the 11" rear wheel gives the 295 tire vs the 10.5" front wheel zero stretch. If it's not noticeably stretched compared to the front then I am super stoked for a square setup. If the rear tire or stance doesn't look quite right then the last option is...

3.
305/30 295/30 - Both front and rear should have zero tire stretch or bulge, being on the ideal wheel width for their respective sizes.

I can't wait for the wheels to arrive so I can start mounting tires!


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Fat!

 

Is there a reason you didn't have them make the wheels with the added offset instead of spacers?

 

I didn’t find anyone (yet) that would duplicate the stock wheels. And the way the stock can be widened only on the backside, with no material able to be added at the front, they can’t do anything about the offset. The ET just increases by 1/2 the increase in width to the back.

If this turns out to be a fail with spacers I’ll have to just bite the bullet and change the look of the car with aftermarket wheels. I just haven’t fallen in love with any. It would actually be cheaper to just get something aftermarket like these or anything from BC Forged. I just could not stray from stock look attracting even more VTec racers. https://e6carbon.com/product/s30m-monoblock-wheels/

 

Wheels are back! Next stop powder coating

 

Xentry arrived too! Will book with BenzNinja soon and get it all running.

 

Haha it is like Christmas all over again. This is AWESOME!

 

It is!!

I got this bad boy to feed 25A while using scanner stuff. I’m pretty excited!

 

All powder coating places wanted to strip and CNC and refinish the whole wheel, and none could guarantee OEM look. So I dropped the wheels at the dealer today, they are doing OEM wheel paint so it should match up great!!!

 

good choice just to go with paint. I don’t know why they would need to cnc these wheels if they look perfect as in the pictures.

 

I think they were just scared, and used to powder coating road-rashed Mustang, Honda, and Charger rims all day lol.
I asked what exactly needed to be CNC'd and crickets.

 

You need CNC 'cause Mo' money!

 

Been experiencing zero boost more and more with no CEL. Figured it was exhaust flap related.

Also been getting the 12V Battery error more and more.

Overnight CTEK will no longer charge the battery - red light comes on in Stage 5 indicating battery cannot hold a charge.

Yesterday CEL came on (finally)!

I got the kit from @BenzNinja and scanned:

P023400 The boost pressure of turbocharger 1 is too high.

Car is at the lake so I will pull the battery, take it to the dealer Monday, swap it, put in the new battery and take it to the dealer appointment Tuesday for the Turbo over boost error.


Battery won’t hold a charge

Installing the BenzNinja hard drive in my scanner laptop