Project CLK55 AMG

[silestanix]

THE BENZ LIVES!!!!! My Dad had a go in it today while I am at work and he has declared, no funny noises, a slight vibration from the back when travelling uphill at 50 mph (which I suspect is a UJ and it has always been there) but most importantly, no funny noises. I'm not 100% sure myself really how bad the noise was on track but I suspect it wasn't as bad in real life as it was in my head. I arrived on track pretty paranoid about breaking it so maybe I mentally lived up to that paranoia. I fixed my painted hub mistake a while back, I removed everything and used the method described by someone on here earlier, used grinding paste to clean the surface off before I went on track. I also made sure the wheel nuts were properly torqued up while I was there. It's a 14 year old car with 120,000 miles on the clock so I was expecting to find wear and tear. I'll still have a proper mechanic check the wheel bearings and surrounding areas just in case there is a component potentially at the end of it's useful life and severely hard driving is making it show it's age.

But I guess I feel better about it all today. Yesterday I was on eBay looking as used prices, almost listing it for sale as I felt bad I had wounded it but we're past that now. More AMG adventures will be coming soon

Very glad it's not anything serious! You don't need to sell it lol, besides if I can say, nothing hotter to car enthusiast men and women than a gorgeous woman who can handle a motor properly especially something like a 55 engined AMG vehicle. You may not do it intentionally but you make people's day Sasha, and you most probably enjoy yourself doing so, the sounds and power of that CLK55 combined with how much effort we've all seen you put into it.

Whenever I check out this thread and I see an update I always smile, cars like this deserve good owners but it's a quick car, don't feel bad about thrashing it, that's what the engine loves, it's designed and made for it... Saying that, a good cheap track car is a Clio 1727182, cheap, easy to fix and when set up properly, an absolute weapon on the track.

 

[Sasha94]

Aww, you'll make me blush haha, I'm not sure I'm all that good on the track, the instructor was impressed but I guess they say that to be nice. The poor car is groaning as it has to stay with me a little while longer haha, the intention was always 2-3 years ownership. Then again, it was also the plan to only do about 2000 miles a year in it and I've done 1700 already!! I don't stick to these plans, rules are meant to be broken and all that

 

[silestanix]

Aww, you'll make me blush haha, I'm not sure I'm all that good on the track, the instructor was impressed but I guess they say that to be nice. The poor car is groaning as it has to stay with me a little while longer haha, the intention was always 2-3 years ownership. Then again, it was also the plan to only do about 2000 miles a year in it and I've done 1700 already!! I don't stick to these plans, rules are meant to be broken and all that

Most definitely ... What's life without some excitement lol, adrenaline and all that! Give yourself some credit, you didn't crash or anything and knowing how to handle that amount of power takes skill for sure. As for your AMG, enjoy it, you've put effort and time into it... The only groaning you'll hear is whining from people being left behind by ya lol.

 

[Sasha94]

Some beading updates from Detail Bug Hybrid, have been chatting to the owner about the product and the future; I suggested limited edition pots with customers name and car printed on the pot and he agreed and is already in the process of working with a local supplier for wooden pots and is now trailing multicoloured waxes. The future looks bright for this company and I feel honoured to be seeing spy shots before the general public and I've already asked for an update on numbered pots so I can make an early order Will be using this wax on some other cars very soon, including my daily Volvo.

 

[bembo449]

oh that's the beediest beeding I ever did see Sasha )))

 

[Sasha94]

It's good stuff this Detail Bug

 

[silestanix]

That looks wicked! Yeah definitely gonna grab a tub of that sasha, them beads... Plus winter is coming up so I wanna keep on top of any rust starting to rear it's ugly head lol

 

[Sasha94]

Search Detail Bug Car Care on Facebook, you can buy it there. If you do, tell them Sasha with the AMG CLK recommend it to you

 

[Sasha94]

I’m still alive!!! Car is still here and powering toward 120k. It’s being used a fair bit, Monday-Thursday the Bangor-Wrexham commute is done in the Volvo but I use the CLK to get to the meet point for the lift share on Friday when I’m only going to work, not to uni first. I also use it over the weekend. The funny noises from the track day haven’t returned but I think the pass side rear spring has snapped so that’s something for me to look at soon. The car will be used less over winter, may even take it to my Dads to store it inside. The SRS light has come back on which is definitely the passenger seat, I’ve chopped out the dodgy old wiring and soldered the original loom back together as it should be and I’ll plug a new emulator in properly after pay day. Sadly thanks to student finance and their dodgy funding for post bachelor degrees I’ve not been paid a penny from them so the new rear tyres and other bits and bobs are on the back burner for now until some proper money rolls in shortly.

I have done one other upgrade though, I fixed the lack of cupholders in the front. It appears KFC have succeeded where Mercedes failed and have inadvertently solved all of our problems!!



Brilliant

 

[John Laidlaw]

I’m still alive!!! Car is still here and powering toward 120k. It’s being used a fair bit, Monday-Thursday the Bangor-Wrexham commute is done in the Volvo but I use the CLK to get to the meet point for the lift share on Friday when I’m only going to work, not to uni first. I also use it over the weekend. The funny noises from the track day haven’t returned but I think the pass side rear spring has snapped so that’s something for me to look at soon. The car will be used less over winter, may even take it to my Dads to store it inside. The SRS light has come back on which is definitely the passenger seat, I’ve chopped out the dodgy old wiring and soldered the original loom back together as it should be and I’ll plug a new emulator in properly after pay day. Sadly thanks to student finance and their dodgy funding for post bachelor degrees I’ve not been paid a penny from them so the new rear tyres and other bits and bobs are on the back burner for now until some proper money rolls in shortly.

I have done one other upgrade though, I fixed the lack of cupholders in the front. It appears KFC have succeeded where Mercedes failed and have inadvertently solved all of our problems!!

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How excellent Sasha
Do they come on different colours though with a 3 pointed star? If so that’s £121.89 please!!

 

[Sasha94]

Haha, yeah, I have some pound shop paint. Am so tempted to spray it black to match the trim, write Mercedes-Benz on it and sell them on to anyone who wants one. My brother in law’s girlfriend works at a KFC so I could get my hands on plenty. I think a sensible asking price for such a convenience would be £149.99 with free postage of course. I’d sell them for less in bulk though, maybe run a discount for forum members, say £99.99 for starters, the generous thing that I am

 

[Srdl]

I’m still alive!!!

Glad to hear it - I wondered where you had been for the last month

 

[Sasha94]

Busy being back in work and starting a Post Grad degree! It doesn’t half take it out of you!

 

[John Laidlaw]

Haha, yeah, I have some pound shop paint. Am so tempted to spray it black to match the trim, write Mercedes-Benz on it and sell them on to anyone who wants one. My brother in law’s girlfriend works at a KFC so I could get my hands on plenty. I think a sensible asking price for such a convenience would be £149.99 with free postage of course. I’d sell them for less in bulk though, maybe run a discount for forum members, say £99.99 for starters, the generous thing that I am

Could get MB Grangemouth involved......

 

[Sasha94]

I have the number!!

 

[Sasha94]

Soooo, it’s been some weeks, not much has happened except a puncture in the near side front tyre which was a nail so that was removed to be plugged as it’s a 300 mile old tyre, didn’t fancy changing it, went to check the torque on the the wheel nuts myself earlier in the week for peace of mind and I find the locking wheel bolt is all mangled (I hate these things and knew I should have changed them for normal bolts by now, but I hadn’t thought much about it as they were all ok) so that’s had it and the wheel is stuck on Will be having it removed shortly and all the bolts replaced with new.

In other news, I have made a purchase that is completely unnecessary!! Still have the red SRS light of death on the dash, haven’t sorted a £36 emulator, haven’t had the vibration from the back looked at yet and haven’t had the rear tyres changed yet, buuuuuut I have bought it a facelift grill Was on eBay with a low bid and I had to have it, even though there’s only one less bar in it haha. Flys in the face of my ‘keep it original’ mantra, but it’s a bolt on part and I’ll keep the original one rather than selling it to recoup costs. Eventually I’d like a quad exhaust fitted, so it’d have the full facelift look, but for now, the standard system can stay. The grill cost me £55 which isn’t too bad IMO, let’s see how it looks when it arrives Wednesday!!

Here it is, sorry if it was one of you I outbid but I just wanted it more

 

[John Laidlaw]

Welcome back!

 

[Sasha94]

Thanks, I’m still around, browsing the forum regularly and I like to nip in and update with the cars progress though that is pretty slow during the school terms. I am excited for the grill arriving haha.

 

[ZZZZ]

Looks great! Did you get the new style bonnet badge too?

 

[Sasha94]

No, is that different to mine?? Got me googling now haha!