The shediest ML in the WORLD (possibly)

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J4CKO said:

Looks quite respectable, what was the process, rust kill, fill, prime paint or get the worst off and run a black marker pen over it ?

Done both over the years, as long as it doesnt draw the eye its all good.

Scraper, screwdriver, wire brush and hammerite in the end. All visible parts were then painted in the remainder bit of proper mercedes paint I had.
Still need to lacquer the visible points at some point but i'm looking out of my office window staring at a very big black cloud..

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Guessing the squeaking is from the random rust on the disc?

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Can I chamfer the edge of the pad?

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Pressing job done.
I spent a good half an hour trying but for the life of me, I couldn't see how it would clip in and stay secure so I ended up using glue.
It's heated but not dimming like the original. Didn't fancy spending nearly 10% of the value of the car on a bit of glass.

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Slow said:

Your doing too much to take it out of shedland! A true shed only gets fixed once it fails mot on a item haha.

Ha. I'm done with it cosmetically now.

Next job is DIY exhaust.

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adamlstr said:

With an x-pipe I hope?

Top shedding this, sub'd.

I have no idea what that is but from what I've seen, remove secondary cats and straight pipe it from there.
Lpg tank means I can only have a single exit exhaust so no amg style tips.

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Slow said:

Could you not run a second pipe from just behind the other exhaust tip basically behind the bumper rather than from further back? Not sure you would want too nor make it look better but it is a option.

I don't actually want anything visible so hoping to just have no tip showing ( )

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This is what I keep seeing everyone has used but I can't find it or anything similar in the UK.
https://www.amazon.com/Rumble-R22583-Exhaust-Muffl...

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Slow said:

If you just want some noise on the cheap unbolt the back box?

I had a bmw 730i v8 where I just removed the exhaust from center box back, gave me a loud rumble and easy to put back for mot.

Whole car was £300 so refused to spend a penny on it yet needed noise.

Edit: if you still want a back box but noise then you could go for the old school cherry bomb for cheap

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/153203040738

Edited by Slow on Wednesday 17th June 21:35

Remove the back box?
I just assumed doing things like that would make it sound like a wet fart.

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No doubt it'll be welded/rusted together but I'll give it a go tomorrow.

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g3org3y said:

Great thread, top bravery OP.

Thanks.
It's all about risk/reward. I know an absolute minimum I'd get for it is £500. The mot expires in October so I have 4 months to play with it and if its a catastrophic failure, it gets listed on ebay as spares.

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BrettMRC said:

Don't worry about a X-pipe if it's too much of a pain.

The internet quite liked my LS400 on seperate pipes per bank back in the day:

Haha. That's a bit louder than what I want. Bloody rain has meant I haven't been able to waste an hour of my life working out why I can't remove the back box.

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BrettMRC said:

Hot spanner and a lack of sympathy is probably what's needed...

I can have both however i'm not really sure having the 2 pipes just flapping around under the car is such a good idea as I guess the hangers are for the backbox.

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This is the setup.
Seems back box then a resonator behind it?

Those bolts are 100% not coming off.

Edited by rich12 on Thursday 18th June 16:46

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Adam B said:

the technique is consistent

In it to win it?

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I'm a bit less confident when it comes to things like cutting the exhaust so can anyone assist with the steps?
I'll need to cut the brackets holding the pipes to the back box, can I use a grinder or even my multi tool for this?
Will I blow myself up?

In doing this, will it make it drone like crazy inside?

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The Spruce Goose said:

I would try and remove it all then do cutting as you have fuel lines etc, sparks. But if it was ne I would just pay a backstreet garage to do it.

The issue is, it seems to go up and over so many different things along the car.
The botls etc are completely rusted.

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Giving it a go this morning so will let you know later.

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Worst job ever!
Thankfully my neighbour (the fire one) pretty much done it.
Amazingly, it's actually quiet on tick and unless accelerating, it makes no noise.
When you floor it, it sounds like thunder!!




https://youtu.be/r3ld5GhbGko

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Slow said:

Love it! Where abouts did you end the exhaust? In the middle before back box or even earlier?

Right where the back box joins the 2 pipes.