New C55 AMG owner with questions
Discussion
edc said:
I'm on the look out for a C55 saloon ideally in black as I already have a silver Boxster. It will complement my Boxster and moped.
Interested to hear of any age related parts worth replacing or any gotchas worth attending too.
Also if anyone know of any good cars coming up for sale I'd be grateful for an intro.
Only the suspension being worn might be an issue.Interested to hear of any age related parts worth replacing or any gotchas worth attending too.
Also if anyone know of any good cars coming up for sale I'd be grateful for an intro.
Here's a nice looking one for sale:
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2005-MERCEDES-C-CLASS-C5...
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...
ZX10R NIN said:
The suspension won't fail it just wears most of the time it's lower & upper arms as well as the drop links, change the gearbox oil if it hasn't already been done.
Thanks. Getting ahead of myself but where best and what sort of cost are the OE replacements? Are they the same as the rest of the C range? I'm new to Merc world and navjgating myself around who are the trusted parts manufacturers is me to me. Genuine OE are good or you could go down the route I went down of buying Poly Bushes & fitting those into the existing arms. Or you can go & fit coilovers (I fitted Penske verions) feel free to ask. Another good mod is a resonator delete which will give you a deeper exhaust note without costing the earth.
ZX10R NIN said:
Genuine OE are good or you could go down the route I went down of buying Poly Bushes & fitting those into the existing arms. Or you can go & fit coilovers (I fitted Penske verions) feel free to ask. Another good mod is a resonator delete which will give you a deeper exhaust note without costing the earth.
Thanks. I won't be modding significantly if at all as this would be my regular sensible car. If cost effective then fresh rubber bushes and fresh ball joints on existing arms seems a good way forward. I know in many cases though replacing the arm as a whole rather than refurbing is just about more cost effective. edc said:
Thanks. I won't be modding significantly if at all as this would be my regular sensible car. If cost effective then fresh rubber bushes and fresh ball joints on existing arms seems a good way forward. I know in many cases though replacing the arm as a whole rather than refurbing is just about more cost effective.
Doing the arms as a whole is a much more cost effective way of doing things, I only took to the other method because I wanted Poly Bushes.ZX10R NIN said:
Genuine OE are good or you could go down the route I went down of buying Poly Bushes & fitting those into the existing arms. Or you can go & fit coilovers (I fitted Penske verions) feel free to ask. Another good mod is a resonator delete which will give you a deeper exhaust note without costing the earth.
Resonator delete? Tell me more? Any vids of the results and what sort of costs are we looking at? P.S. Several months into ownership now and still loving it. Did a track day at brands in June. Car held its own remarkably well considering. It is a heavy beast for track though. Have since fitted an Mcar Bluetooth/ USB adapter for the music and hand agree. Very costly and a little buggy but it works for the most parts I need nowhere near as good as a modern system though and command does some odd things. It's constantly turning traffic announcements back on and seems to keep wanting to default to preset 1 on the radio all the time.
I can forgive it those niggles though. Still a lovely motor.
The Resonator Delete are the Two boxes after the Cats these will give it a deeper note, what I've had done is have these removed & an X Pipe put in there place which gives the exhaust a deeper/slightly louder exhaust note but it's note to loud.
I also removed the single box before the rear boxes here are some photos.
I also removed the single box before the rear boxes here are some photos.
Edited by ZX10R NIN on Wednesday 5th August 20:45
A word of warning. If you are going to consider getting the Kleemann headers done don't get the secondary cats removed/ resonator delete / x pipe.
I made the mistake of doing this first and when the primary cats were removed it was undriveable. The car was so loud it was deafening with a reap metallic drone around 3000 rpm. The day after having the kleemann cam and headers done I had some sports cats added with a custom built silencer with internal x pipe.its still louder than stock but is actually driveable now.
I made the mistake of doing this first and when the primary cats were removed it was undriveable. The car was so loud it was deafening with a reap metallic drone around 3000 rpm. The day after having the kleemann cam and headers done I had some sports cats added with a custom built silencer with internal x pipe.its still louder than stock but is actually driveable now.
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