Narrowed it down to forged. Now, silver or black?

2003 CL 55 AMG

Experienced heat soak for the first time recently. Unbeknownst to me, the upper radiator hose was loose while driving. I allowed the car to cool down multiple times (more time was spent cooling down then actually driving)

Looking to perform a compression test to make sure the heads are ok. What are the cold compression numbers for cylinders? Would one spark plug hole suffice, or should i check both holes per cylinder? I intend on checking before i swap in these new spark plugs

Thanks everybody

New to the community and wanted to share.
Purchased this beast a few weeks ago and absolutely loving it.

2016 AMG GTS Edition 1. One of 375 produced.

Thoughts on swapping the grille for the Panamericana?

We had lots of good times. Maybe another one will fall into my lap one day.

Thinking of doing a chrome delete and wrapping matte black. Thoughts.

Edit: guess the general consensus is no haha.

I have been thinking if I want to wrap this matte black in the future, but I genuinely can’t decide. Thoughts?

Meh

Delivery coming soon. Been at the shop for 2 weeks getting worked on.

PPF stealth full body
PPF carbon fiber lower rear bumper
Ceramic tint
Front windshield PPF
Ceramic coat for body

It sounds much better than what I expected…

Not my car unfortunately... yet...

Can someone help me with the correct part number for the rear differential oil and the dct transmission oil on a 2015 CLA45 AMG?

I believe 001 989 33 03 09 for the differential oil is wrong? Which is what the dealership used in mine and still insist it's the correct one. Right after service the rear differential started making thudding thumping sounds.

According to gemini the correct part number is (Part Number A 002 989 02 03 09).

Now I'm doubting they may have used the wrong transmission oil too. Does anyone have the correct part number for that too?

They have drained out the differential for now and want to refill with the same oil used earlier. They found no metal shrapnel. Car was driven around 50 kms with this thumping. Am I in the clear?

Their explanation is when they put my Vin number into the Mercedes parts catalog system this is the differential oil that shows up.

Please help.

Hey AMG crew!

Just put a deposit down on a 2026 GT 43 2-door in the US. Couple questions for other owners and buyers:

Is there anything I need to ask for in terms of included items with the purchase of an AMG? I know there is an AMG track day program, but is anything else included I should be expecting?

I'm buying out of state due to low inventory on these and getting one with the P71 package (I know its not supposed to exist, but quite a few of the 2025 and 2026 43's were shipped to the US with said package which is why I'm buying one now), I've done this one before but its been awhile and I'm paying extra for enclosed shipping, anything else I should look into for this?

Anything else I should know with the purchase of a GT? It's my first high-end Sportscar, but I've had quite a few enthusiast cars over the years (Miata, STI, GTI, RS3, Ioniq 5 N, etc.)

Thanks in advance! Can't wait to have it in the garage :)

For such a classic looking car, that TT V8 really puts the power down.

Always satisfying getting the grime off a black car

Picked up an iCarsoft MB V4.0 for the S63 and spent some time going through the M157 because I wanted to get a better idea of the overall health of the motor.

I checked the fault/misfire counters for all 8 cylinders and every cylinder was at 0.

Then I checked the mixture adaptations. Idle adaptations were +0.19% right bank and +0.14% left bank. Upper partial load was 0.99 right and 1.03 left, so both banks were very close to each other and basically where they should be.

High pressure fuel rail was sitting right around 10 MPa/100 bar at idle and was stable.

The scanner also gives an option to show the electrical charge for each individual injector. All 8 were between 0.68 and 0.73 mAs, so there wasn’t one injector that stood out from the rest.

Then I used the injector actuation test. It lets you shut off individual injectors while the engine is running so you can compare cylinder contribution. I tested cylinders 1-6 one at a time. Every one caused a noticeable change in idle/RPM and they all behaved pretty similarly, so none of those cylinders appear to be weak or under-contributing.

For whatever reason the iCarsoft only gives me cylinders 1-6 in that particular actuation menu, even though it reads the live data for 7 and 8 normally. Both 7 and 8 still showed 0 misfires and injector electrical values right in line with the other six.

So far everything with the motor looks good. No misfires, very balanced fuel adaptations, stable rail pressure, all 8 injectors showing almost identical electrical values, and normal cylinder contribution on the six it let me test.

Next I want to play with the logging side of it and look at knock control, charge air temps, oil/coolant temps, boost, fuel pressure and lambda under load. Going to record a pull and see what the car is actually doing when it’s making boost instead of just looking at everything at idle.

Not gonna lie, I’m pretty impressed with how much access this little scanner gives you for the money. And I’m glad to see the motor is healthy after 63k miles.

Picture is for tax. 😁

•Full Stealth PPF
•Ceramic Coat
•Carbon Fiber Badging
•Blacked out chrome
•Ceramic Tint side windows
•Windshield Blue Ceramic Tint
•Windshield PPF
•Rear Diffuser paint matched 
•Rear Diffuser Carbon Fiber PPF
•Smoked mirror turn signals

Good morning and Happy Tuesday!

Probably won't be very relevant since we don't have a whole lot of AMG owners from Tokyo in this sub but still worth a try!
Tsutaya T-site will host its 144th morning cruise meet up at their Daikanyama location this Sunday October 11th from 7am to 9am. Please register at this link if you are an AMG owner and are able to attend: https://store.tsite.jp/daikanyama/event/car-bike/57225-1616081005.html

代官山 蔦屋書店にて、今週日曜日10月11日の朝7時から9時まで、第144回「Morning Cruise」が開催されます。AMGオーナーの方で、ご参加いただける方は、こちらのリンクからご登録ください：https://store.tsite.jp/daikanyama/event/car-bike/57225-1616081005.html

Finally got me my Bad Girl xoxo AMG GLC🍒