I would thoroughly recommend The MSL Centre and had an amazing day there on Friday 26.03.12 with my family. The MSL centre carried out a remap on my W203, installed a xenon HID kit for my 9006 fog lamps integrated in the front bumper, fitted my LED 501 side lights and rear LED festoon bulbs for the rear number plate PLUS they carried out a repair on the off side door mirror (I had no function for the indicator or was able to adjust the glass). The MSL Centre also supplied the full xenon kit for the fog lamps (something that no other independent MB specialist does unless it is the performance tuner Carlson which I found out from research).
Acid known as BrabusK8 on the Forum is the company owner and they are by far THE BEST independent Mercedes Specialist that I have ever used and my experience with MSL is even better than with any MB Steaelerships that I have used.
Myself, my wife and our new born baby only 4 days old arrived at the MSL centre at lunch time and it was rather hot outside and the air con room was the perfect temperature. Elaine the receptionist greeted us and we then met Acid and they really looked after my family. Elaine kept the coffees coming in and Acid even allowed us to use their private office for my wife to change our baby’s nappies as and when we pleased and they just could not do enough for us. Acid sat down with me and discussed what needed doing – we decided to do the Viezu Power Performance remap, plus decided what colour temperature xenon bulbs I wanted etc. Acid’s team got to work straight away.
Acid and all his family/staff are extremely friendly, knowledgeable and technical and nothing is too much trouble for them AND they are all very HONEST as well and they are not there to over charge or rip people off for any unnecessary work that does not need doing and their labour rates are very reasonably priced indeed plus they warrant and guarantee all their work too. They have even given me a 12 months warranty on my xenon 9006 fog lamp bulbs which no one else will ever provide including Carlson!!! Even though Acid and his family are very successful they are still soo down to earth and have not let their success get to their heads and they are true hardcore MB Enthusiasts. Nothing is a challenge for them and tell them what you want done to your car they will do it all in house themselves. I would say they are like “Custom My Ride” as they are very talented and do serious modifications at MSL as well general servicing/maintenance work.
The MSL Centre have two huge modern work shops at two locations in Birmingham and Acid was kind enough to take me on a tour and out in one of his family members heavily modified W211 E55 AMG and not only was the car incredibly fast but sounded better than a stock E55 AMG. This is a family run business that Acid’s dad started over 20 years ago and the sons are now running things. The Armoury Road branch is absolutely huge and is the biggest out of the two branches. It consists of five floors and has a stunning open top floor on the roof with amazing views of Birmingham. The MSL Centre is also the third largest independent Mercedes Benz breaker in the UK. The breakers yard is also located at Armoury Road.
Ground floor: This consists of the state of the art reception/waiting area for customers whilst their vehicles are worked on and is fully air conditioned – there were very comfortable leather sofas finished in stylish black/red trim, air conditioned room which was just what we needed as was extremely hot outside and kept our baby and ourselves comfortable. The reception waiting area again is very big, there are stunning alloy wheels on display, exhausts, HID xenon kits in the glass cabinets etc. and two plasma wall mounted tv screens. There is a W204 Sport Edition made from actual genuine panels embedded on top of the main front entrance doors and the headlamps and fog lamps all work – Acid uses this model to demonstrate the light colour output of the xenon bulbs from the HID kits.
The big workshop is on this floor too as well – part of the ground floor and all the other floors in the building are used to store several spares/parts which consist of engines, full interiors, body panels, exhausts, alloy wheels etc. they have absolutely everything. I am not joking but this place is something out of the movies like “The Fast and The Furious”. Heavily and seriously modified Mercs tuned by the MSL Centre were constantly rolling in out and parked up inside and outside the workshop. It was really nice of Acid to introduce me to his friends that were popping down in their seriously modified cars all carried out by MSL and showing me their cars.
Previously I have used Olly from PCS a couple of times and he is a nice guy but with all due respect to PCS I did not receive the same level of service that I have from the MSL Centre and also I found that The MSL Centre’s prices are actually more competitive and reasonable in comparison. Again no offence to PCS but on my last visit to them I was advised that in order to repair my off side door mirror (the indicator and glass were not functioning) I would need to get a replacement internal frame – to be fair PCS did say I could purchase a second hand internal frame (this would still have cost well over £100 plus + labour) or I could purchase a new frame for £246 plus VAT plus labour. I did not even ask the MSL Centre to look at my off side door mirror and Acid immediately picked up that there was an issue from the MFD error and actually repaired all the wires and made them secure and protected them with plastic coating and only charged me £20 for this fix!!! It transpired that I did not need a replacement frame at all.
Even though Acid was being inundated with constant calls on his mobile (customers were calling from abroad as MSL distribute parts/wheels word wide) Acid did not lose his concentration or focus on me regardless and had taken time out to give me a guided tour of their huge premises and even allowed me to stay in the work shop if I wanted to. He also had taken time to show me his amazing S211 E55 AMG which sounded absolutely amazing and I have never ever heard any car sound like his does. Its also capable of hitting 200mph and has smashed the record of a W211 E55 AMG which did 180mph – the estate is also heavier body than the saloon!!!
After they had finished working on my car my interior was given a full valet - I told Acid not to bother cleaning the outside - all cars at MSL are always sent off down the road to be valeted afterwards but they did my interior on site as I was pushed for time.
I have taken pics of my visit and will be posting them up shortly.
Acid known as BrabusK8 on the Forum is the company owner and they are by far THE BEST independent Mercedes Specialist that I have ever used and my experience with MSL is even better than with any MB Steaelerships that I have used.
Myself, my wife and our new born baby only 4 days old arrived at the MSL centre at lunch time and it was rather hot outside and the air con room was the perfect temperature. Elaine the receptionist greeted us and we then met Acid and they really looked after my family. Elaine kept the coffees coming in and Acid even allowed us to use their private office for my wife to change our baby’s nappies as and when we pleased and they just could not do enough for us. Acid sat down with me and discussed what needed doing – we decided to do the Viezu Power Performance remap, plus decided what colour temperature xenon bulbs I wanted etc. Acid’s team got to work straight away.
Acid and all his family/staff are extremely friendly, knowledgeable and technical and nothing is too much trouble for them AND they are all very HONEST as well and they are not there to over charge or rip people off for any unnecessary work that does not need doing and their labour rates are very reasonably priced indeed plus they warrant and guarantee all their work too. They have even given me a 12 months warranty on my xenon 9006 fog lamp bulbs which no one else will ever provide including Carlson!!! Even though Acid and his family are very successful they are still soo down to earth and have not let their success get to their heads and they are true hardcore MB Enthusiasts. Nothing is a challenge for them and tell them what you want done to your car they will do it all in house themselves. I would say they are like “Custom My Ride” as they are very talented and do serious modifications at MSL as well general servicing/maintenance work.
The MSL Centre have two huge modern work shops at two locations in Birmingham and Acid was kind enough to take me on a tour and out in one of his family members heavily modified W211 E55 AMG and not only was the car incredibly fast but sounded better than a stock E55 AMG. This is a family run business that Acid’s dad started over 20 years ago and the sons are now running things. The Armoury Road branch is absolutely huge and is the biggest out of the two branches. It consists of five floors and has a stunning open top floor on the roof with amazing views of Birmingham. The MSL Centre is also the third largest independent Mercedes Benz breaker in the UK. The breakers yard is also located at Armoury Road.
Ground floor: This consists of the state of the art reception/waiting area for customers whilst their vehicles are worked on and is fully air conditioned – there were very comfortable leather sofas finished in stylish black/red trim, air conditioned room which was just what we needed as was extremely hot outside and kept our baby and ourselves comfortable. The reception waiting area again is very big, there are stunning alloy wheels on display, exhausts, HID xenon kits in the glass cabinets etc. and two plasma wall mounted tv screens. There is a W204 Sport Edition made from actual genuine panels embedded on top of the main front entrance doors and the headlamps and fog lamps all work – Acid uses this model to demonstrate the light colour output of the xenon bulbs from the HID kits.
The big workshop is on this floor too as well – part of the ground floor and all the other floors in the building are used to store several spares/parts which consist of engines, full interiors, body panels, exhausts, alloy wheels etc. they have absolutely everything. I am not joking but this place is something out of the movies like “The Fast and The Furious”. Heavily and seriously modified Mercs tuned by the MSL Centre were constantly rolling in out and parked up inside and outside the workshop. It was really nice of Acid to introduce me to his friends that were popping down in their seriously modified cars all carried out by MSL and showing me their cars.
Previously I have used Olly from PCS a couple of times and he is a nice guy but with all due respect to PCS I did not receive the same level of service that I have from the MSL Centre and also I found that The MSL Centre’s prices are actually more competitive and reasonable in comparison. Again no offence to PCS but on my last visit to them I was advised that in order to repair my off side door mirror (the indicator and glass were not functioning) I would need to get a replacement internal frame – to be fair PCS did say I could purchase a second hand internal frame (this would still have cost well over £100 plus + labour) or I could purchase a new frame for £246 plus VAT plus labour. I did not even ask the MSL Centre to look at my off side door mirror and Acid immediately picked up that there was an issue from the MFD error and actually repaired all the wires and made them secure and protected them with plastic coating and only charged me £20 for this fix!!! It transpired that I did not need a replacement frame at all.
Even though Acid was being inundated with constant calls on his mobile (customers were calling from abroad as MSL distribute parts/wheels word wide) Acid did not lose his concentration or focus on me regardless and had taken time out to give me a guided tour of their huge premises and even allowed me to stay in the work shop if I wanted to. He also had taken time to show me his amazing S211 E55 AMG which sounded absolutely amazing and I have never ever heard any car sound like his does. Its also capable of hitting 200mph and has smashed the record of a W211 E55 AMG which did 180mph – the estate is also heavier body than the saloon!!!
After they had finished working on my car my interior was given a full valet - I told Acid not to bother cleaning the outside - all cars at MSL are always sent off down the road to be valeted afterwards but they did my interior on site as I was pushed for time.
I have taken pics of my visit and will be posting them up shortly.
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