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Profusion Customs by Heathrow. Going there this Sat.

Thanks guys, booked in for later this month. Will grab photos if they allow.

Interested to see the results. Have you booked it in yet ?

Thanks for the advice JohnEBoy. I've informed my insurance additional cost £12 plus £17 admin fee ! Now I need to find someone to actually do the mod. My local Kwik guys don't want to touch it. Have put a request into Profusioncustoms.

I am thinking of doing this, so called topgear and they said it has an mot implication. Is that for newer cars or does it apply also to a 2003? Also, what do we inform our insurance company. "Removed bits of the exhaust so it sounds better" ? Lol

I've now finished by using the Sonus sealant. Wow, that is a boring name for an awesome product! The finish is so smooth and slippery with a deeper black than before. Am I correct to leave that as the final finish, or should I apply a wax layer for weather protection? What should I apply after...

Wise words - will do.

I had a good day at Mercedes Benz World thrashing their AMG around the track, and I saw that these cars were being used continuously all day every day. Am I wrong in thinking I could do a track day in mine?

Toni - I'm holding it in second to give me good response from slow corners (along some country lanes I know) but need to slow again before needing 3rd for next corner. For a couple of minutes it pulls strongly, but then falls away. Rob - 85k miles.

I got 70mpg from my 2002 CD220 estate fully loaded with 4 adults (we were on holiday in Scotland). Overall I got 50mpg on that car.

I tried using a brass wheel brush (not sure what you call them) an used on the exhausts - seemed safe.

Great

I have found that when manually selecting 2nd gear and staying in it in my SL55, after about 3 minutes the engine is reluctant to pull strongly through the rev range. It does not seem to be overheated and there are no messages or lights but it feels like the engine management has put on some...

I used the restorer pad and Sonus polish a few times and then switched to the enhancer before applying finishing polish. All standard for you guys, but a voyage of discovery for me. There are a few deeper swirl marks and a scratch left on the boot, but I'll leave that for a professional. Pretty...

Very interesting read:-) it seems that merc and other makers are posting some extreme values which cannot be easily recreated under normal conditions. My c220 d estate from 2002 averaged 50mpg for its time with me. We replaced it with volvo v70 2 litre diesel in 2010 and this is now averaging...