Recent content by Petrol Pete

I have only seen the 'pvc' fabric 'nose bra' type , I did not know you could buy solid ones , who knew ? I have seen many of the 'stone' deflector spoiler type on the nose of a bonnet. How about PPF ? But note: that it might affect your insurance if applied.

See my post #68 . Depending on mileage and how long you are going to keep the car doing the whole lot 'while you are in there' makes sense (to me) , if just putting a new spring on to squeeze a car through the MOT , no problem.

The M113 V8 engine in my C55 has two sump plugs , one for each sump , it's actually a pain in the a$$ as its the only vehicle I own that I can't use my vacuum oil extractor :doh: , a few days ago I changed the oil (3.5 litres :p) on the 'run around' Toyota Yaris , sucked out through the dipstick...

Mine were from a main MB dealer , just over a £100 each , for a car with AMG suspension , have you tried MB of Newcastle's Ebay shop ? That's where I get all of my OEM MB parts from.

Sell the old one to Scrapcat on line. They offered me the same that I paid for the new one for the old broken one that I removed from my old Toyota Yaris !! :banana:

£373 per spring is absolute frucking robbery. When I was trying to source genuine AMG springs for my car I was working in the USA , Mercedes Benz Modesto in California managed to find 2 springs (front) in the whole of the USA. Due to logistics and time limitations I declined to order them . I...

Let's wait till OP clarifies exactly what is being supplied for £144.00

Hello and welcome . Stay away from any MB with the words 'AdBlue' and indeed 'Diesel' for your motoring needs. As as said , if you want a big engine (mostly exempt) go for a car with an M113 V8 and save money , even on 15mpg around town and £700 (ish) tax live a little , life is too short .:thumb:

Nice job . Please post the photos you took while doing the work :thumb:

Confused . £144.00 PER coil spring ???

While I was in there I replaced all this as well , not expensive and it basically become a 100% brand new strut . This is 2006 w203 C55 AMG , yours will obviously be different.

You might need one of these , MB struts are not all the same.

If you left something in your Autodoc basket (on the app) days later a message would arrive offering you a discount , not sure if that still happens , and if you do order from Autodoc be prepared to wait a while for the bits to arrive.

We will probably never know , the 'journalist' who covered the story will just move on.