Mercedes CL500
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Alex_225 said:
How much was the grille mate? Mine could do with replacing as it has a broken bracket and doesn't sit quite right.
Gave it a quick clean over the weekend, was a warm day!
Yeah, I had the same problem with the brackets being broken when I bought the car, looks like a design fault which I rectified by fitting larger washers which a mate made for me in stainless steel.Gave it a quick clean over the weekend, was a warm day!
AMG grille was from MB for just over £400 (from memory a 20% discount)
As most have you have gathered from this thread, I like a clean car and I like detailing products, so I'll make some recommendations here and there.
Well this stuff has impressed me. We've had carnauba waxes, various different sealants and now ceramic is the buzz word. Well I like Car-Chem products, they're inexpensive and the fact that they make their own products (and many other brands products) makes them ok in my eyes. This stuff is bloody great though!
Their 1900:1 shampoo is really good but I'm genuinely impressed with the beading this has produced, that's literally a wash, then rinsed off.
Comes up alright!
Well this stuff has impressed me. We've had carnauba waxes, various different sealants and now ceramic is the buzz word. Well I like Car-Chem products, they're inexpensive and the fact that they make their own products (and many other brands products) makes them ok in my eyes. This stuff is bloody great though!
Their 1900:1 shampoo is really good but I'm genuinely impressed with the beading this has produced, that's literally a wash, then rinsed off.
Comes up alright!
Alex_225 said:
Shirley you can't be serious? 
That's an APC right? I haven't actually even tried cleaning that part of the engine I will admit as it's only stood out from that angle haha. I might have a go next time I've got the bonnet up.
It’s a highly concentrated degreaser that can be used as an APC at very low dilutions. That's an APC right? I haven't actually even tried cleaning that part of the engine I will admit as it's only stood out from that angle haha. I might have a go next time I've got the bonnet up.
Some good advice, thank you! 
To be fair looking at it's design I was assuming it was some kind of heatsink.
Also when it comes to cleaning engine bays, I'm really careful and don't generally use water just spray on products and microfibre cloths.
As for things that break that cost lots, that is this car in a nutshell haha
To be fair looking at it's design I was assuming it was some kind of heatsink.
Also when it comes to cleaning engine bays, I'm really careful and don't generally use water just spray on products and microfibre cloths.
As for things that break that cost lots, that is this car in a nutshell haha
Drove the CL down to the new house alongside my Megane. Managed to be averaging about 16mpg which is impressively low! haha
Popped out to the local Shell station today with a quick visit to the local docks along the River Severn for a few photos.
Quite an interesting place and more interesting than my driveway!
Popped out to the local Shell station today with a quick visit to the local docks along the River Severn for a few photos.
Quite an interesting place and more interesting than my driveway!
I was told that it's a design fault as water drips onto the unit when the door is opened and closed in wet weather. The reason I think it may have been my fault is that I allowed the rear battery to go almost flat which prevented the windows going back to fully closed when the door was opened and closed; and then on the way to get a new battery the windows were slightly open and I was playing with all the switches trying to get them closed. Moral of the story is don't let the battery go flat.
It's funny you mention batteries. I had an E320cdi about three or four years ago and to be fair it was probably the best car I've owned as an overall car. But it had a parasitic battery drain so after 7-10 days of no use it would be dead. Killed at least one battery jumping it and driving it etc.
In the end I used a C-Tek to keep it topped up and kept the habit with the S Class that followed and the CL. So it's currently sitting out there plugged into a C-Tek because I'm so mindful of the electrics on these cars.
Annoying about how those windows dripping onto the electric switches though. The S had an annoyingly similar issue with the boot whereby the open boot would drip down the boot arm directly onto the amplifier! Mine of course went wrong and ended up needing a refurb.
In the end I used a C-Tek to keep it topped up and kept the habit with the S Class that followed and the CL. So it's currently sitting out there plugged into a C-Tek because I'm so mindful of the electrics on these cars.
Annoying about how those windows dripping onto the electric switches though. The S had an annoyingly similar issue with the boot whereby the open boot would drip down the boot arm directly onto the amplifier! Mine of course went wrong and ended up needing a refurb.
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