Mercedes Aftermarket Parts : brand new vs classic modern
Ever since Daimler has acquired AMG long time ago Benz buyer can have the cake and eat it too by having Performance Mercedes Benz as well as having peace of mind as the OEM warranty is remained fully intact. No one argues that AMG provides one of the best of Mercedes Performance Parts inhouse, yet there are other tuning house specializes for the brand also, amongst other; Renntech, Carlsson, Lorinser, Brabus and many more.
But the fact remains even the best of the best tuning house still rely on other third party Aftermarket suppliers and many of these suppliers have accumulated years of automotive reputations. These parts specialists are currently the buzzwords for the car enthusiasts such as; Brembo, Nology HotWires, Bilstein, K & N Air Filters and so forth. Few may be privileged enough to drive AMG Benz yet the majority will have to resort to merely upgrading older or even classic Benz such those belonging to W124, W123 or perhaps antique W108.
I have made brief comparison on Carlsson CK63S AMG over its basic 2009 C63 AMG W204 and went further make example of upgrading a W124 E300 into later 1995 Mercedes Benz E320 Masterpiece, as such modification is simply within the grasp of most auto workshop regardless of its level of craftsmanship. I have seen a W124 is built upon 1980s Toyota Crown's platform, and it was such fantastic job that the only clue of original car reveals itself when you open the hood. If you would like to read the article you might as well head to the above link, now this article will dwell further complimenting into great detail and should the need arise we could have a series of articles in the near future.
The obvious reason to present modifications upon older car and inparticular Mercedes Benz is that they are much more durable and reliable than the recent models,especially the least expensive C class models. And here is the quotation from their owners from MercedesForum reflecting the gremlin on 2005 C240 W202:
Ever since Daimler has acquired AMG long time ago Benz buyer can have the cake and eat it too by having Performance Mercedes Benz as well as having peace of mind as the OEM warranty is remained fully intact. No one argues that AMG provides one of the best of Mercedes Performance Parts inhouse, yet there are other tuning house specializes for the brand also, amongst other; Renntech, Carlsson, Lorinser, Brabus and many more.
But the fact remains even the best of the best tuning house still rely on other third party Aftermarket suppliers and many of these suppliers have accumulated years of automotive reputations. These parts specialists are currently the buzzwords for the car enthusiasts such as; Brembo, Nology HotWires, Bilstein, K & N Air Filters and so forth. Few may be privileged enough to drive AMG Benz yet the majority will have to resort to merely upgrading older or even classic Benz such those belonging to W124, W123 or perhaps antique W108.
I have made brief comparison on Carlsson CK63S AMG over its basic 2009 C63 AMG W204 and went further make example of upgrading a W124 E300 into later 1995 Mercedes Benz E320 Masterpiece, as such modification is simply within the grasp of most auto workshop regardless of its level of craftsmanship. I have seen a W124 is built upon 1980s Toyota Crown's platform, and it was such fantastic job that the only clue of original car reveals itself when you open the hood. If you would like to read the article you might as well head to the above link, now this article will dwell further complimenting into great detail and should the need arise we could have a series of articles in the near future.
The obvious reason to present modifications upon older car and inparticular Mercedes Benz is that they are much more durable and reliable than the recent models,especially the least expensive C class models. And here is the quotation from their owners from MercedesForum reflecting the gremlin on 2005 C240 W202:
There were two faults, and both a design fault with Mercedes M111 engines the first one was the cam shaft sensor, connection lead, as it had cracked and the fitments were loose, causing poor connection, and secondly there is a wire gauge under the throttle valve, this was contaminated with a combination of dirt and oil from the engine breath pipe, along with a thick band of carbon around the edge of the throttle valve, both were restricting the air flow into the engine, both faults have now been rectified, and performance and fuel consumption is excellent, ( I have been advised that the timing chain will need replacing as there is a slight rattle at low engine speed, (P.S I did not know Mercedes also did a free transmission oil check as well).This sounds like our E300 problem in the past with fuel supply relay in the past. The W124 was simply refuse to move despite of its seemed normal running engine, every half an hour the car was loosing the power but as soon as it cooled down around ten minutes it ran faultlessly. Yet it was countless stop and go at a 120 kms long stretch of highway toll. The Benz authorized workshop suggested a dozen replacements parts including all six injectors which running at its 70% capacity, it might be the culprit but what happen when it did that silly things? As we declined such suggestion and following instinctive electrical glitch they only replaced the relay at a cost of 80 bucks, and it ran beautifully until now.
...another...gremlin
When I replaced the MAF the performance was like new, pick up and kick-down was great, Recently performance has dropped off, and fuel consumption has got silly, and occasionally my Mercedes will run on two cylinders, (if I pull over and re-start the car it will run ok for a few miles before it happens again) I am really stressed about this and can anyone shed any light on this problem.
