[Phil1987uk]

After the meet. A couple of members liked a few of the things I have added to the car. So I thought I would put a list on here, it will also help me find parts if I need to re order.

Below is a list of all the little bits and pieces you wanted to look at.
All of the parts are free p+p or postage on top.
The part numbers should still be active but if not just use the description.

Hope it helps. I will update when I can and when I get new stuff.

Cheers Phil

Mercedes are offering a free winter health check and to install the rescue assist QR Codes for free. The links are below.

http://www2.mercedes-benz.co.uk/con...ip-and-car-care/free-winter-health-check.html

http://www2.mercedes-benz.co.uk/con...cedes&ef_id=VWOArAAAAFt4JS66:20160119180207:s

The sites below have a lot of good things and usually have sales.

http://www.formymercedes.com/mb.asp

http://slkstore.com/

All the items below are either free postage, or postage on top of the prices below. I didn't add postage, due to different rates for different countries.

3rd Brake Light Module - See Price On The Forum - John
Aluminium Mesh To Cover Fan Intake - £2.00 - Ebay Item Number - 182024027677
AMG V8 Badge For Speedometer MFD - See Price On The Forum - Craige
AMG Badge For Centre Console - £6.25 - Ebay Item Number - 151830625995
AMG Badge For Interior For Above Glove Box, Boot Divider & Centre Storage - £5.99 - Ebay Item Number - 331747410421
AMG Front Grille Badge - £2.63 - Ebay Item Number - 351580170397
AMG Gear Knob Badge - $24.00 - http://www.formymercedes.com/slkr171.asp
AMG Mobil 1 Engine Sticker - £6.29 - Ebay Item Number - 151772828000
AMG Number Plate Holders Surrounds - £6.85 - Ebay Item Number - 252109988446
AMG Oil Filler Cap - £16.20 - Ebay Item Number - 111921115940
AMG Seat Belt Pads Carbon Fiber Texture - £5.99 - Ebay Item Number - 161594615901
AMG Special Edition Engine Plaque Colour - £3.99 - Ebay Item Number - 221945028050
AMG Steering Wheel Badge - £2.99 - Ebay Item Number - 321647472264
AMG Wind Deflector Sticker Black - £2.83 - Ebay Item Number - 220900123553
Battery Exide - £75 - Mercedes Specialists
Battery Terminal Covers - £3.49 - Ebay Item Number - 201391797962
Bluetooth Puck - £120 - Forum Member - Tony
BMC High Performance Air Filters - £133.00 - Mercedes Specialists
C Pillars - £130 - Mercedes Specialists
Cup Holders - Swap For Spare Storage Draw - £85 - Mercedes Dealership
Dead Pedal Foot Rest - $39.00 - http://www.formymercedes.com/slkr171.asp
Dust Cap Anti Theft Rich Brook - £9.50 - Ebay Item Number - 381406536285
Dust Cap Sleeves For Valve - £1.99 - Ebay Item Number - 391083740271
Fuel Filler Cap - £15 - Mercedes Specialists
G Paddles - See Price On The Forum - G Paddle Team
Handbrake Leather Cover Black Stitching - £14.99 - Ebay Item Number - 390717251982
Harmon Kardon Badge For Head Unit - £4.69 - Ebay Item Number - 181797482320
Harmon Kardon Badge For Speakers - £3.95 - Ebay Item Number - 221916259906
Mesh For Air Conditioning Engine Vent Next To Battery - £2.00 - Ebay Item Number - 182024027677
Mercedes Wheel Center Caps Black - £13.90 - Ebay Item Number - 141875955916
Mercedes Wipers With Star Logo - £31.99 - Ebay Item Number - 131426339999
Metal Door Lock Pins - £15.88 - Ebay Item Number - 251428092014
Parking Sensor Sticker - Free - From Dave Forum Member
Rescue Assist QR Codes - Free - Merecedes Dealership.
Seat Belt Leather Stalk Covers Black Stitching - £18.99 - Ebay Item Number - 390713573074
Stubby Aerial - £36.00 - Mercedes Dealership
Union Jack Wind Deflector Sticker - £1.99 - Ebay Item Number - 151318460128
V8 Badge For Wheel Arch - £15.98 - Ebay Item Number - 361247251502
Wheel Chrome Bolt Cap Covers - £6.96 - Ebay Item Number - 141815492464
Wiper Arm Bolt Cap Covers - £1.33 - Ebay Item Number - 321348994076

 

[55russamg]

Shift

I need that Carbon Gear Lever:grin:
Saving £2.00 a week for next Christmas:smile:

 

[Phil1987uk]

That looks nice! AMG on it aswell.

 

[Col]

I need that Carbon Gear Lever:grin:
Saving £2.00 a week for next Christmas:smile:

If you want a cheaper option you could always 'dip' your knob in carbon fibre! :laugh:

 

[dbgrn]

If you want a cheaper option you could always 'dip' your knob in carbon fibre! :laugh:

I've just had to explain to Heather why I suddenly burst out laughing!! :grin: :laugh: :grin: :laugh: :grin: :laugh:

 

[Phil1987uk]

Got my cup holders fitted today, Mercedes wipers and new fuel cap due to corrosion. Along with a pair of new C Pillars. Nice and shiny. Kept the old ones for spares, as could get them wrapped if wanted. Unfortunately the power throttle didn't fit as the wiring was different, so need to get one elsewhere.
Cosmetic work nearly done. Then time to move onto other upgrades
Which will consist of Yellow stuff brake pads, X pipe de cat, Remap, Lowered and BMC Filters next.
Undecided if to go for full de cat or the usual. Remap is only £180. With all that done properly apparently can gain 40-50 BHP.

 

[Col]

Got my cup holders fitted today, Mercedes wipers and new fuel cap due to corrosion. Along with a pair of new C Pillars. Nice and shiny. Kept the old ones for spares, as could get them wrapped if wanted. Unfortunately the power throttle didn't fit as the wiring was different, so need to get one elsewhere.
Cosmetic work nearly done. Then time to move onto other upgrades
Which will consist of Yellow stuff brake pads, X pipe de cat, Remap, Lowered and BMC Filters next.
Undecided if to go for full de cat or the usual. Remap is only £180. With all that done properly apparently can gain 40-50 BHP.

I've started getting the bits together to overhaul my brakes. Decided to go with Redstuff pads all round and new OEM rotors. I've got the pads ready to go and have ordered the front rotors from Eurocarparts. Will get the rear rotors and new wear sensors from Mercedes as they aren't too bad price wise.

Would be wary of going full de-cat route but if I did I'd get the Kleeman long tube headers losing the primary cats and then fit some smaller high flow cats to make it emissions friendly. If you do it Phil it will sound mental!

I'm still thinking about remapping too but will involve travelling to a reputable tuner.

 

[dbgrn]

Phil, Col, I'm not even considering losing the front cats... what I have is plenty loud enough for me (although my son would beg to differ)! However, if either of you have a remap done, I'd be interested to hear your views of it...

 

[55russamg]

Stop

Stop all this 'X' Pipe, De-Cat Noise thing, you are playing with my mind.
I had my Skoda re-mapped and it made a world of difference but it is a Diesel.
The main reason I got it done was for better drive ability. What would a remap do for the 55? More power but how much?

 

[seanAshton]

It's trying to find the right place to the motor remapped. I was rather put off by talking to the local sports car/Merc specialist. If anyone knows somewhere south of Watford I'd like to know. There's always CKS. I'm cautious anything too cheap. The X pipe was a fab mod. Just getting the brakes painted and a front lip fitted.
The 80's boy in me wants ironing board spoiler but that maybe a mod too far. It'll really upset the early middle aged conservatives on this forum ????

 

[seanAshton]

Early Xmas present - Carbon shift lever with the classic logo (last one from the shop)....don't tell the wife! :surprise:

 

[HUWhitaker]

The 80's boy in me wants ironing board spoiler but that maybe a mod too far. It'll really upset the early middle aged conservatives on this forum ????

It will offend us old farts too. :wink:

 

[Phil1987uk]

https://youtu.be/91Gv_Zrk4Yg

That's full de cat and yea it is mental! Not sure if it would be too loud though for long drives. I think the x pipe, secondary cats and resonators taken out is sufficient. But then part of me thinks take them all out >
Where I take it I know the guy would pass it's MOT for me. But I don't want negative attention drawing to me by the police, especially when I get the jammer fitted.
Because it's normally aspirated I didn't think there would be much to gain. But apparently you can get up to 20 bhp, for £180 that's a bargain! Exhaust apparently can up up to 20 bhp and the filters 3-4 bhp. But will get the extra growl.

My partner has already gone mad about spending money on the C Pillars, not essential, I haven't told her about the cup holders yet o and the fuel cap.

 

[Col]

Stop all this 'X' Pipe, De-Cat Noise thing, you are playing with my mind.
I had my Skoda re-mapped and it made a world of difference but it is a Diesel.
The main reason I got it done was for better drive ability. What would a remap do for the 55? More power but how much?

I've only been quoted 20-25 hp and similar gain in torque. Hoping a bit more could be possible with no secondary cats and a custom tune. It's harder to get good gains on normally aspirated petrol engines without mods to intake etc. As you said great gains on turbo diesels like your Skoda

It's trying to find the right place to the motor remapped. I was rather put off by talking to the local sports car/Merc specialist. If anyone knows somewhere south of Watford I'd like to know. There's always CKS. I'm cautious anything too cheap. The X pipe was a fab mod. Just getting the brakes painted and a front lip fitted.
The 80's boy in me wants ironing board spoiler but that maybe a mod too far. It'll really upset the early middle aged conservatives on this forum ????

These are reputable from what I've heard!

SLK55 AMG Performance Engine Software - SLK55 - SLK-Class - Mercedes - Products

As it happens they are in Watford! CKS are expensive and I've heard some bad things about them.

Please don't put an "ironing board" on your SLK! :laugh:

 

[55russamg]

20 BHP is not a lot on top of 360, like Col said better on a Turbo Diesel. 170 to 200 BHP.

 

[seanAshton]

The X pipe is fab I wouldn't want more noise. I have racing cans on my S and that's so loud I need ear plugs, great fun but only for the track or short journeys! ???

 

[russj]

I had my previous '09 171 55 remapped by Eurocharged. They have a very good reputation amongst the E63 boys.
I took advantage of a Christmas special which I think was about £300.
The tune is downloaded via a cable connected to the OBD port and a laptop.
The difference wasn't "night and day" - it only adds 20ish bhp and some torque but it smoothed out low speed throttle response and improved the mid range.
Was it worth it? Probably not at the full £600 but if you can cut a deal then...

Sadly they don't do anything for my 172 but then again perhaps 421bhp is enough!
Russ

 

[seanAshton]

Remapping is possibly a case of chasing numbers. The sprint booster seemed to erase the annoying throttle lag so is it worth an extra 20 BHP for £400-600? I'm nor convinced.
I just want my G paddles ?! Sounds like I need to get up to a Midlands meet to sweet talk the coding experts???

 

[Phil1987uk]

Remapping is possibly a case of chasing numbers. The sprint booster seemed to erase the annoying throttle lag so is it worth an extra 20 BHP for £400-600? I'm nor convinced.
I just want my G paddles ?! Sounds like I need to get up to a Midlands meet to sweet talk the coding experts???

Is the sprint booster the same as the power throttle? 100% power like a cable accelerator. Have you got it fitted?
I'm assuming who does the coding on here has a boot leg version? As I tried to get Merc Specialists to do it, but there's is officially registered so can't change much. Think I need to get mine done by one of the guys off here too.

 

[seanAshton]

No just a plug a play version, cost £150 from Germany. It just changes the sensitivity of the throttle, on red it seems to erase the throttle lag which is so frustrating.
As mods go, the Carbon gel overlay to the dash is great and simple. Not cheap especially when import tax gets added (best ones from the US) but adds that much need gloss to a surprisingly drab interior.
I'd love to change the head unit but with HK it seems too much of a faff.

I'll post some pics once Gertie is back from the body shop - sans spoiler for the old farts ???