New Monster in my collection

[mrindiafromuk]

I had to share , totally not w124 500E news but I collected yesterday (Feb 20th) after 2 years of searching for the right car

 

[sheward]

Awesome MB. A few of us are 6.3 owners. Mine is an E class. I like yours a bit more.

 

[Surf Blau]

Congrats! A CLK BS is way up there on the wish list

 

[gerryvz]

Congrats. Now just de-badge that coupe on the fenders and trunk, and enjoy !!

 

[Otrebla49]

A testimony by MB-AMG as to define the feeling of driving such a masterpiece of machinery..

https://fb.watch/FrHrBXnkwG

Alberto

 

[duuder]

You know, there is a niche group of people that own both including myself

 

[PJmak]

Now thats a keeper. Congrats!!

 

[mrindiafromuk]

Awesome MB. A few of us are 6.3 owners. Mine is an E class. I like yours a bit more.

TY and nice

 

[mrindiafromuk]

Now thats a keeper. Congrats!!

Definitely been looking for some time. As long as my situation does not change it’s one I will keep

 

[mrindiafromuk]

You know, there is a niche group of people that own both including myself

That’s cool

 

[mrindiafromuk]

Congrats. Now just de-badge that coupe on the fenders and trunk, and enjoy !!

Proper sleeper if it wasn’t for the wide track

 

[mrindiafromuk]

Congrats! A CLK BS is way up there on the wish list

Yep I been looking for a couple of years to find one that is not molested

 

[gsxr]

Proper sleeper if it wasn’t for the wide track

ROTFL! A Black Series is not my idea of a sleeper, proper or otherwise. Stuff a 6L+ engine into the 500E, and THAT would be a pretty nice sleeper / Q-ship.

The new monster is totally sick, btw. What a sweet car. Definitely a long-term keeper.

 

[gerryvz]

@mrindiafromuk, I think your new acquisition is spurring some regret with the @gsxr for selling his W211 P30 E63 AMG a few years back........

 

[yao500e]

congrats! what a beast of a car! enjoy it. collectors car!

 

[duuder]

ROTFL! A Black Series is not my idea of a sleeper, proper or otherwise. Stuff a 6L+ engine into the 500E, and THAT would be a pretty nice sleeper / Q-ship.

A 6L you say... that sounds like a great idea!

 

[duuder]

Yep I been looking for a couple of years to find one that is not molested

That's the opposite of my car, it's super modded

 

[mrindiafromuk]

That's the opposite of my car, it's super modded

Love to learn what you have done, I am hopefully going to do a Renntech Tune to start , California is a pain

 

[duuder]

Love to learn what you have done, I am hopefully going to do a Renntech Tune to start , California is a pain

its an old Renntech/Evosport car

it has ecu/tcu, brake cooling kit, headers, 200 cel cats, front splitter, rear diffuser, wing, and the bucket seats

 

[mrindiafromuk]

OMG I was gonna do headers, throttle valves. air box and transmission , but they advised they could not be sure about CA emissions and to reverse the whole install including sending back ECUs to Renntech seems a nightmare.

 

[duuder]

OMG I was gonna do headers, throttle valves. air box and transmission , but they advised they could not be sure about CA emissions and to reverse the whole install including sending back ECUs to Renntech seems a nightmare.

The airbox is the only thing missing, they're making them again though supposedly

Damn California... here's a glamor shot with the Dymag carbon wheels

 

[mrindiafromuk]

The airbox is the only thing mixing, they're making them again though supposedly

Damn California... here's a glamor shot with the Dymag carbon wheels

That black looks brutal. I am contemplating a new set of 20" Vossen wheels in gold. Its from their archived designs, looks similar to the OEM

 

[duuder]

That black looks brutal. I am contemplating a new set of 20" Vossen wheels in gold. Its from their archived designs, looks similar to the OEM

I always do wheels on my cars but you can't beat that OEM design...

 

[puchak]

Congratulations on the purchase! This is one of my favorite AMG cars. The sound is INSANE!!!

 

[mrindiafromuk]

I always do wheels on my cars but you can't beat that OEM design...

One of my wheels turned out to be square

 

[duuder]

One of my wheels turned out to be square

start searching on mbworld and fb (black series owners) and keep an eye out, they pop up every now and again

 

[gsxr]

One of my wheels turned out to be square

Unless it's severely damaged, you can probably have it repaired / straightened.

 

[mrindiafromuk]

Unless it's severely damaged, you can probably have it repaired / straightened.

I think it’s repairable . Not cracked . The run out was 42 thousands which is very square . We were able to bring that down by rotating the tire but ultimately once the tire starts to wear the vibration will come back because the rim is bent . There is someone who can make it round again but I need to send it away. I am trying to see if I can find a spare rim, but they are not cheep because it seem they made this rim only for CLK black and everyone who has one for sale is holding them at a high price and waiting it out until someone is desperate. Worse case I will have to drive another car while I send the wheel away. The last sentence is a bit of a 1st world problem lol

 

[mrindiafromuk]

start searching on mbworld and fb (black series owners) and keep an eye out, they pop up every now and again

Yes I found a pair of rear wheels on EBay. The seller is not responding , so I am wondering if they are even there .

 

[duuder]

I think it’s repairable . Not cracked . The run out was 42 thousands which is very square . We were able to bring that down by rotating the tire but ultimately once the tire starts to wear the vibration will come back because the rim is bent . There is someone who can make it round again but I need to send it away. I am trying to see if I can find a spare rim, but they are not cheep because it seem they made this rim only for CLK black and everyone who has one for sale is holding them at a high price and waiting it out until someone is desperate. Worse case I will have to drive another car while I send the wheel away. The last sentence is a bit of a 1st world problem lol

get it repaired asap! spring is right around the corner and you'll have it in time for summer

 

[gsxr]

I think it’s repairable . Not cracked . The run out was 42 thousands which is very square . We were able to bring that down by rotating the tire but ultimately once the tire starts to wear the vibration will come back because the rim is bent .

0.042" is 1.07mm, and yeah, that's out of round. It's not terrible though. My idea of "square" is like 3-5mm bent (or worse), that's bad enough to see with the naked eye. Ideally you want the runout to be less than half that much, <0.50mm if possible. More info on wheel runout in this thread.