SLK pre and post year 2000

[ssk]

Can someone please tell what changes were made to the face lift SLK model that was released around the year 2000.

 

[Tony]

As far as I remember they are:
- Body coloured side mouldings and front/rear bumpers
- Body coloured door handles
- New steering wheel (from SL)
- New seats (vast improvement on the original benches)
- Restyled interior with turned aluminium as standard (black or brown wood optional) instead of fake carbon fibre
- Larger fuel tank
- ESP traction control (instead of the previous type)
- 6-speed manual standard (instead of 5). No change to auto tranny
- Various minor mechanical mods as usual.

I'd avoid the pre-facelift model for the seats alone. They're rubbish.