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Jul29202229 July 202229 July 2022No Commentby Andy Ramdin

Mercedes CLS55 AMG W219, Replacing The Rear Differential Oil

1.5 Liter of 75W140 GL5 Differential oil (LiquiMoly) and 2x new filler caps for the rear differential. I didnt have the correct hex key, but a T70 torx also works. Will be doing this again in the near future, so all the old oil is replaced with new oil.

I used a big syringe (150ml), which actually worked out very well. I will always recommend using new plugs whenever you notice that the plugs look old.

Draining the old rear differential oil

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Jul27202227 July 202227 July 2022No Commentby Andy Ramdin

Mercedes CLS55 AMG W219, Replacing Rear Swaybar Links / Droplinks

Posted in Mercedes CLS55 AMG W219

The rear swaybar still had the original droplinks, so they were in dire need to be replaced. I replaced them with fresh new droplinks from Febi Bilstein. This tightens up the rear of the car a little bit. For maximum effect, I will need to overhaul the complete suspension (which I will be doing in time!)

Tags:arb bilstein c219 cls cls55 cls55amg diy drop drop links droplinks end end links febi koppelstang koppelstangen links mercedes rarb rear swaybar w219

Jul12202212 July 202212 July 2022No Commentby Andy Ramdin

Mercedes CLS55 AMG W219, Repairing Broken Cable Boot Latch

Posted in Mercedes CLS55 AMG W219

Broken cables in the rear hatch. Its a common issue on the C219 W219 platform (probably also on W211 platform).

Functions that ceased to function were:

Boot handle
Auto Close button
Lock button
Boot light (intermittent)

Tags:amg boot broken c219 cables cls cls55 cls55amg diy hatch latch mercedes rear repair w219

Jun22202222 June 202222 June 2022No Commentby Andy Ramdin

Mercedes CLS55 AMG W219, Forgot How Wide The Rear Tyres Are…

Posted in Mercedes CLS55 AMG W219

I had to do an visual inspection of the rear airbags of the Airmatic system and when I looked at the rear tyre, I totally forgot how wide they are…They should be, else it would be very hard to get all that power on the floor!

Hankook Ventus S1 Evo 3 in 285/30/19

See all CLS55 AMG pictures here in my Google Photos album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/6SP5PFAUXCqanoSX9

Tags:9.5j airmatic amg band c219 cls cls55 evo hankook mercedes rear s1 evo3 tyre ventus w219 wide

Jun11202211 June 202220 June 2022No Commentby Andy Ramdin

Mercedes CLS55 AMG W219, Rear Tail Light Cluster LED Conversion Impossible!

Posted in Mercedes CLS55 AMG W219

I wanted to do a full LED conversion for the real tail light cluster, but it seems Mercedes made something proprietary. In other words, the bulbs of the rear light cluster are not serviceable, like any other normal car…If one fails, you need to replace the complete board with all the bulbs.

What a bad design…

All CLS55 AMG pictures here in my Google Photos album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/6SP5PFAUXCqanoSX9

Tags:amg cls55 cluster conversion halogen led light merceds ph16w rear tail w219

Feb28202028 February 202016 January 2021No Commentby Andy Ramdin

Volvo S80 2.4T Diffuser

Posted in Blog Entries, Volvo S80 2.4T

Added 2 diffusers to the rear bumper of the S80. Looks very nice and makes the S80 less of a Old Man car haha 🙂

URL: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32853258621.html

Tags:aliexpress bumper diffuser diy downforce edition limited maintenance optical p2 rear rear bumper s60 s80 tuning v70 v70n volvo wasa wasa limited edition

Jun19201819 June 201816 January 2021No Commentby Andy Ramdin

Volvo S80 2.4T Upgrading Interior Lights with LEDs

Posted in Blog Entries, Volvo S80 2.4T

To modernize the car and make it more future proof, I decided the replace as much halogen bulbs with LEDs. I didn’t want the 6500k Blueish tint, but instead opted for a warmer white color, which are a little bit more white than their halogen counterparts. Very happy with the end result!

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