1st Merc after 14 years of Jags

[alecescolme]

No way L80OUS, another ex Jag owner!

 

[L80OUS]

No way L80OUS, another ex Jag owner!

Wow hi Alec, didn't know you crossed over as well, I'd not been on the Jag forums recently.

 

[Ich]

Your car looks fantastic, I have the pre FL going to buy one of those spoilers after seeing your pics!

 

[L80OUS]

Theres plenty kicking around on the internet, you just have to find one that's "high gloss Black" so you don't have to paint it Paid £75 for mine

 

[alecescolme]

Spoiler looks great, a good bit cheaper than amount I had to pay for my Brabus CL one!

 

[Ich]

Theres plenty kicking around on the internet, you just have to find one that's "high gloss Black" so you don't have to paint it Paid £75 for mine

I have one on my watch list on ebay, £75 too just out of stock at the moment

 

[L80OUS]

Spoiler looks great, a good bit cheaper than amount I had to pay for my Brabus CL one!

Bet that CL shifts along a bit more than your X358 did, my XFR was standard but pulled low 12s 1/4 mile so made good power

 

[alecescolme]

Yes a good bit quicker than the old XJ now, a second quicker than my M6 100-200km/h. Should run a healthy 11 second 1/4 if it can put power down

 

[L80OUS]

Tonights effort of some photography with potato phone. Interrupted a meet with 2 hard looking blokes with 2 identical black CLS's they buggered off when I started taking photos not dodgy much

 

[AW8]

Nice pics...Be careful....they could have aggressively sought to learn your intentions for being there,

 

[L80OUS]

Small grade to the tail pipes tonight, but worth while I think....

 

[Gazwould]

Decided not to go with window tints in the due to the dot matrix around the rear window and small side windows. The white line they leave due to the tints not seating correctly wouldn't help my OCD.

So instead I've gone for fitted blinds, quite pleased with the results will see better in daylight

Ohhh yeah...

 

[Gazwould]

I've also replaced interior head and footwell lights front and rear along with the exterior puddle lamps with Philips Extreme 501 bulbs in 6000k.

Next some better number plate bulbs

I did exactly the same with those beautiful Philips ceramic bodied led 501's , but because of the large reflector type housing it was too bright and burned my eyes .

I've 6000K led interior set in another car without the sizeable housings and associated retinal burn .

In the Merc the above in front of head dome lights I've settled with the halogen originals bigger brother the 955 .

 

[Waitforme]

Small grade to the tail pipes tonight, but worth while I think....

What tail pipes did you use ?
looks nicer than the single oval each side

 

[L80OUS]

Here you go

Click Me

 

[L80OUS]

Got some new wheels going on tomorrow....

 

[L80OUS]

New wheels now on the car....

 

[L80OUS]

Few more little bits today, swapped the Blue bonnet badge which didn't match anything on the car -

.... and installed new centre and wheel nut caps

 

[L80OUS]

For the lovers and haters

 

[Deleted member 113659]

Great thread. Awesome car.