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  1. John757

    SL55AMG whaich brand rear tyres ?

    Hi all, Can owners of SL55AMG 's advise me what brand of rear tyres you are currently using... and your opinions please, on what give the best wear/performance/comfort vs cost. My car is a 2003 R230 SL55AMG currently on Goodyear Eagle 285/35R 18s on original turbine wheels. I see Pirelli P...
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    C207 E350Cdi 2010 cant set correct date in Command system.

    Recently a week before the daylight savings change this month my C207 changed the time back an hour.. which in the 13 years I've had it.. it has never done incorrectly. I looked at the date in Command and it was wrong showing 14.03.04 now this is a 2010 model and there is no obvious way to...
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    ySL55 with odd mod. Spotted

    https://www.mole-valley.co.uk/vehicle/mercedes-sl55-amg-55ltr-v8-supercharged-in-dorking-surrey-67d192a5-dd0f-4931-b96f-1f83e1b08571 why would you do that ??
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    2011 cherished Number For Sale (UK)

    JR11BAD This plate has been owned by me since August 2011 and I bought it directly from The DVLA website in 2011. It has been on a couple of my motorcycles.. Its now on a retention certificate. Easy to asign to a 2011 vehicle,or newer online at DVLA within 10 minutes. £1200 ovno enquiries by...
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    Nigel Mansel interview

    Excellent interview lifting the lid on the career of an amazing F1 driver... Real Eye opener into the career and life of the original man of Steel!
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    Lowering Links on SL55 AMG

    Morning... So my lowering links arrived this morning.. I'm in no rush to put them on before I have 'Asked the Audience ' has anyone who has fitted these, got any sage advice? Does anyone know the correlation between link length and suspension drop? I'm looking to drop about 1 inch lower all...
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    original or not

    It crossed my mind recently.. how many parts can you change before your vehicle is no longer the same car.. if you change the engine.. chassis... etc will it become .. "The Ship of Theseus" ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus
  8. John757

    E55AMG W211-unrestricted max speed

    https://www.motor1.com/news/602054/mercedes-e55-amg-wagon-autobahn-top-speed/
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    R230 SL55 AMG front grille 2003

    Can anyone tell me what the original grille looked like..3 slats or 5? On a black car was the grile silver? my one was swapped by the previous owner.. to an aftermarket one.. single slat black.. thinking of going back to OE.. this is what I have. Thoughts?
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    Chromaflair Blue SL55 AMG spotted on Ebay

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265798469855?hash=item3de2d2c8df:g:JVoAAOSwf8Bi4Ir~
  11. John757

    Leather upholstery smell

    I am continually disappointed at the lack of any leather smell in my Mercedes car interior. Nappa leather in my E coupe, AMG leather in my SL.. neither have a luxurious smell,of leather.. other manufacturers get it just right.. Bentley, Aston, Jaguar.... Apart from sticking a lump,of connelly...
  12. John757

    EQG

    Electric G turn.... Epic!
  13. John757

    G wagen parts- Straight from the source!

    G wagens are made in Graz Austria by Steyr Puch. I get some of the spare parts I need to keep my G wagen on the road from this very company who actually make them for MB. They are often cheaper than the identical part from Mercedes Benz parts dept. They also stock parts that are NLA from...
  14. John757

    Pictures of G wagen in production ( old)

    http://www.pbase.com/flydutch/image/50710235 Hand-built G wagen on the production line from a few years ago....in Graz Austria.
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    Crash test G

    Graz in Austria is where G wagens are and always have been Hand Built... Google Earth reveals the ones that were destroyed in the persuit of perfection.... look away now if you are sqeemish!
  16. John757

    Alarm siren replaced

    Since I got my SL55AMG the Alarm siren did not appear to be working.. indicators would flash, but no siren. The fault code seemed to confirm the siren was faulty.. today I fitted a new replacement from MB .. quick and easy to do, only took 40mins. The siren as most will know suffer from water...
  17. John757

    SL65AMG Black Series up for Auction..

    https://www.bonhams.com/auction/27530/lot/136/2008-mercedes-benz-sl65-amg-black-series-chassis-no-wdbsk79f29f155872/
  18. John757

    Windscreen washers not working R230

    I discovered on fathers day the windscreen washers my SL55 AMG were not working.. my assumption was there was no fluid, although I had no low fluid warning.. Today I found the time to investigate further.. adding water, resulted in water leaking out underneath.. iCarsoft MB11 reported a...
  19. John757

    car history

    What's your car history.... here is mine... 1972 VW 1303s Beetle (Red) Opel Manta GT ( White) Mazda RX7 (Gold) Audi Coupe Quattro (1984) ( blue) BMW 323i (Red) Peugeot 205 1.9 GTi (red) Mercedes 2.3 16v Cosworth (black) Chevy Corvette C4 (red) Audi ur Quattro (blue) BMW 320i coupe ( red)...
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    watch cleaning

    Discovered my watch strap was leaving dirty marks on my wrist in hot weather... easy way to clean it is a soak in water with a Milton sterilisation tablet ... amazing the crud that washed out! I suspended the watch.. over a skewer and a fork.. the watch is waterproof.. but don't like leaving...
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