What special about 2006+ stuffs, Benz ?

^ The 2006+ tail lights, the inner circle where the reverse bulb is, its smoked/tinted vs. the 2005 which is clear. All the circle has a different reflective pattern as well. 2006 HID ballast is smaller and will fit perfectly on my 2008 JDM headlights. The 2005 HID ballast is bigger and does not fit directly on the newer headlights. Thus exposing the hole on the bottom which can cause condensation. I don't want to fill that hole either because I don't like to temper with OEM parts.

topped up the oil.


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Snow tires on. I'm driving a panda.

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Picked up some parts to swap out on monday. Spark plugs, alternator and starter.

clean summer wheels before storage, god damn hawk brake dust :fuuuuu:, polished exhaust :notbad:

Coded in the Euro spec DRLs which delete the ambers;

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Swapped out summer wheels for snows on a couple of cars, then cleaned them for storage.

You'd think turbo wheels would be easy to clean but goddamn, they're a pain in the ass. Only set that was more time consuming were BBS RM's.

Argh...cleaned off about 2 weeks of brake dust from the brembos.

Pic of wheel that should be ebony chrome: (caked on grime/brake dust)

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put the amber corners and replacement bumper lenses in today, didnt really like the ambers with the yellow fogs as much as i thought so i put clear corners back in

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with clears
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Took my car in for Servicing. They charged me $950, holy **** rip off.. almost doubled my first service price:devil:

^ how many KMs for second service? what did they do for $950?

22k KM,

they claimed to do Full inspection: Engine, Wheels, lights, seat belts, windshield wipers, air filter, cooling system, steering etc.. $650

change brake fluids.. $100

fuel injection clean.. $200

^ Geezz, $650 for a full inspection?...I hate the stealerships doing these inspections....money making grab imo........BMW and Audi do the same thing.......

it's weird cuz I had a 335xi for almost 2 year before this, only had 1 full service done and it was totally free.

on the AMG.. have 2 full service done in 1 year and 3 months with 22k km... I understand the AMG engine is expensive to maintain but it's such a unreasonable rip off !!! lol

^ I guess when you buy an AMG/RS/M car, they know you are willing to spend more on maintenance Vs C250/A4/323i consumers......Let's say MB charges $150/hr labour....they spent over 4hrs inspecting your car??? sounds like a 1hr or 2hr job tops!

I'm really regretting not getting a dash-cam though, with all the videos these days showing Richmond mechanics just changing the oil and picking their nose then take your car for a joy ride lol

^ that would be really interesting to see what they actually did......probably sweet fuck all and ran a diagnostic program.......

bought some fittings today to complete my oil line, so hopefully ill build it tonight

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Picked these up yesterday, cant wait to bolt them on.

Dropped it off at the body shop :okay:

changed the oil,washed it,and detailed the interior

You have no idea what the purpose of this thread is, do you?

-changed the fog lights in my Explorer since 1 was cracked.
-changed the spark plugs for my Mercedes, again! I put the wrong ones in last time.
-Most likely getting a hold on sport seats for the BMW :fullofwin:

Swapped my black speedometer into white faced one.

Wrapped a TRD emblem in carbon fiber , so as the door sill and arm rest cover.

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enjoy!