I BOUGHT The Mercedes-Benz CLS55 AMG From Midnight Club: DUB Edition
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- čas přidán 18. 02. 2024
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This car should've been the cover art for Midnight Club: DUB Edition. I just bought this 2006 Mercedes-Benz CLS55 AMG with an insane sound system, laid out on 20s with Brabus wheels. It doesn't get anymore DUB Edition than this.
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Cool tool. I could see overnighting that to a seller before purchasing. What a great way to know what you’re getting into.
Carly sucks. Try another code reader and you'll see different codes. It's not correct with Benz codes. Try coding you'll brick the cls
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The first gen CLS will always be my favorite German money pit
Second Gen is quite reliable and healthy actually
in Europe they are not that expensive to fix, parts are everywhere
FYI, the Sensotronic/SBC brake actuator has an extended warranty to 25 years/unlimited mileage
True.... just had the SBC replaced on my W211 E320 wagon under warranty!
Disconnect the subs and amps and drop in new batteries while youre waiting for new tires, clear the codes and drive around and see what codes pop back up... itll make your drive back to Kansas less nerve-wracking
"Did i make a huge mistake? - Brother, what could possibly go wrong!!😄😁
I can't think of a single thing
The old dealership sent the car off to an “independent “ shop trick… just an fyi the dealer pay 300 for a blank sheet of paper so they can pawn off their nightmare trades onto unsuspecting customers, and have plausible deniability if they get sued. If your shop is having a hard time covering the overhead, a dealer sending over 10-15 cars a month at 300 a pop is not a bad arrangement
Carly dosnt work on Mercedes like it does on bmw or Vag products
Don’t waste your money
@@chrisvectra5296I’ve used Carley on many of my MBs with zero issue.
That's why you should always be picking the mechanic who does your PPI, if the dealer is recommending the shop it's not really independent.
@@AutoAuctionRebuilds I have the Carly unit on the Mercedes it dosnt allow you to code things like it does on BMW or VAG products it only can be used for diagnostic on Mercedes
Hence don’t waste your money
I love big stereos… used to compete in IASCA when I was a lot younger. Now I build systems for sound quality, not SPL.
I kept slowly upgrading the stereo in my Dart when I finally decided I was sick of the factory am radio once I really started driving it. Grew to a Sony ES receiver, 2 12"s in 5 gallon buckets driven by a 150 watt a side soundstream amp, 8" woofers in the 6x9 spots, nice soft dome tweeters with 75 a side Alphasonic amp, up front Polk 5 inch package with the separate mid/tweeter module on the pillars and another Alphasonic 50 in the glove box. It sounded excellent and could thump if the music called for it. Old stuff now but that's when I was building it up as deals and ideas came up. The subs had a electronic crossover I found too that helped dial them in just right. My lil sisters Audiophile hubby was impressed with the sound when I finally got him to listen to it. I too went more for the sound I wanted even then, but of course it could get louder then anyone could take if that's what they wanted.
I had a 1000 cca battery and the old school huge Mopar cop 100 amp alternator from the mid 70s to keep up with it.
I haven't built anything like it since.
I remember the dub edition cars as a kid especially the Escalade suvs and trucks
Ahhh 2006, when you could have your Mercedes Benz in any colour you want as long as it's Silver, Black or White 😅
God I hate silver cars or SUV’s.
Drive past any Mercedes dealership today and look at the color of their vehicles. Not much has changed.
Coz Mercedes has history with Silver from Le Mans as Silver arrows. And Black/white is default colours with lots of manufacturers
My CLS55 is Titanit Red Metallic 😂😂
Mine is black
Great video. Great purchase. This is what JR does best, diagnose and fix things. “Gap is so big, call the cops“ funny!
I bet Alex of LSC would be interested in this car?
i was just gonna say, i know another YTer that is all about the merc nightmares lol. def need to collab with LSC and some mods
You forgot how Alex screwed over Peter huh?
Yup, showed his true colors.@@TrySomeFentanylToday
@TrySomeFentanylToday yeah what happened with that?
@TrySomeFentanylToday How so? You mean when he kicked Peter out because he was using the shop for illegal stuff when Alex was away? Or the accusations Peter's dealing with involving people under 18 years old? Be careful who you're defending if you don't have the facts.
The CLS is built on the E Class chassis. Just clear the codes & drive it bro
Good looking car with more speakers than the last theater I went to. Looking forward to seeing you troubleshoot the issues. Have a safe trip home!
Greetings from Nashville... if there's one constant in the universe, it's that auto dealerships will always try to screw you over, one way or another.
You are the perfect guy for this car… it just clicks off all of your OCD tendencies.. watching you for years it’s always interesting to see what gets you geeking out and it’s always audio and wiring.
That's nice, and I realize that you are into 'Fancy' like that. However, my dad was a mechanic for 50+ years and his philosophy was "The more accessories on a car the more there is to break". But the cars back then were considered Fancy if they had power windows.
Man I love the CLS Benz. The body style when it came out was so friggin awesome looking. I would love to have one if I won the lottery or something, since that would be the only way to afford the maintenance.
Excellent video and amazing car! Can’t wait for the next one!
Finally!!!!!! The best damn engine Mercedes ever made!!! I have an E55 AMG and it has been my absolute favorite car. I drive it damn near every weekend!!!
Would be cool to see you and Alex from LSC work on this. Would make a good video series.
11:53 That headunit knows what you're thinking about the car, deep down.
I worked for mercedes when that car came out and everyone loved it. I still want one.
Just grab a new battery for it along with the tires, I know how temperamental my '01 VW Passat gets when the battery starts getting low so I'm sure being another German car it's probably just the lower voltage of an old battery.
Always loved the CLS, glad to see real world experience content instead of just marketing hype videos. Looking forward to seeing the fixes
This is the kind of stuff I love to see you do.
I spent many hours on midnight club dub edition and I don’t think I ever drove the CLS 😂
Those Brabus wheels are slick
Should get a Brabus SmartCar for giggles on the channel
John, that ABS pump was probably replaced under warranty or recall, since the brake-by-wire issues made Mercedes offer a 25 year warranty to save face.
I realized it was covered under the insane brake warranty right after, not a big fan of how these brakes stop 😬
that was a dope game back in the day...
I played it for hours.. and had all kinds of cool cars
I have a cls55 AMG. Brilliant car
Well, that's an SL front grille which explains the gap. Missing the Mercedes emblem trim that covers the supercharger? Hopefully, when you fix the 12volt wiring that fried it will bring the other controls back online as I imagine they're on the same circuit. Good find! 🥂
Corvette vs CLS race in Mexico ✌️
Verify for signs of water infiltratrion from the windshield; many of the electrical gremlins you''ll find will be caused by that including parasiticdraws and issues with the electric windows.
I think this car was garage kept, I’m only the 4th owner 😳
Nice..... That's going to be sweet after you get the bugs worked out of it. While you are waiting for two days
to get your new tires put on, maybe you can get a few more speakers and amps installed 😂
I would have liked to hear that system when it was new. Fortunately they put adjustments in for the subs because
usually the bass in systems with that many speakers over powers everything, and they sound very unnatural and crappy.
good choice man, I had a 2006 cls500, now I have an 07 s65 and an 08 e350 4matic for snow days, best of luck brother, beautiful Benz
Love aftermarket audio done well.
Replace the accessory battery in the front. Should be under the AC filter.
After you replace the tires and sort out the battery issue, you should be fine to drive back.
Not sure if you’ve left Nashville already, but it might be wise to try to hit up a junkyard and find a trashed out wheel with a good tire on it that will fit. Just in case.
A real beauty, hope it's not to far gone!
Hiya JR. What a lovely car. I think it will get you home without a bother. Have faith lol. I would buy this Car off you today if you can get it over to Ireland Hahaha. I hope you hold onto it for more content. It's such an Interesting Car. Great video bro 😅🇨🇮❤
As a w211 CDI owner (I’d say its a tie with the 55 as the best the engines these cars ever got, followed by the 6.2 N/A monster) which this car essentially is with a different body and interior, all this stuff is pretty minor really. My Drive Dynamic seats have never worked properly and randomly come on and off as they see fit, I don’t care enough to mess with it. Though my heating and cooling is flawless which once you get the control panel sorted out should be fine also. SBC has a 25 year no charge recall/warranty mine was just replaced. Be extremely careful with this if it’s already throwing faults… on my car one day I lost half my braking capability and what little was left pulled my vehicle into the adjacent lane at a stop light 😮. If it’s rust free, the engine and trans work great, the suspension isn’t trashed and you got it for the typical JR deal… you did fine. Just for the love of God don’t sell it to Alex. Dude gets everyone else’s projects for a steal then spends entire videos showing us how lucky he is it all worked out with “this one little fix” which honestly just got old after the 200th time. If he’ll collab with you to get the issues sorted, that’s different of course. But I think you can nail a lot of it yourself.
no, no no. He should sell it to Alex, then sit and watch him fix it, and we get to see JR's reaction.
@@ng-ht1vx now this I could potentially go for 🤣
I already fixed everything… but Alex wants it and I love working with him 🤔
@@WatchJRGo sell it to alex i would his to see what he does with it i own a cls55 amg also in silver
I want that brick surface lot for my driveway at my mid-century modern so bad!
Each time you show the parking lot I can’t even see the Mercedes.
For $120 yard minimum plus labor, I think that is getting to be less of a splurge versus Concrete .
I literally pulled into that parking lot and said "I think this is the most expensive parking lit I've ever seen"... had to be $500,000 in brick 🧱
Are bricks really that expensive in the US? (I'm from Europe)
Bricks are cheap, relatively. labor to install and maintain is very expensive.
@@MauriceNL1I was just thinking the same, they use cobblestone and brick all over Europe and not just in older areas that had it done in the past. My uncle in Germany moved into a new built neighborhood in the early 2000's and it has brick lined parking and sidewalks. Grew up in U.S. but go visit extended family every few years and have seen this everywhere I've gone over there.
In U.S. they just tend to line everything with concrete. It's easy, fast and low skill job I guess.. The old neighborhood I used to live in had brick streets built in 1910. When they went to replace the sewer lines in the 80's they put the brick down and didn't even follow the dark brick from the light brick grouping they had before and just mixed it all up and couldn't even lay it down smoothly. To this day when I visit you can still clearly see where they tore up the street from the rough brick uneven surface and mixed up color. The contractor clearly didn't know how to deal with brick, and maybe if it had been done today they would have been required to get a proper brick laying contractor to finish the job. People were upset at the shoddy job.
Good Luck 🍀 on your trip
That one is sweet! We have had 4 come through lately at the auction. I so want one.
My philosophy is if it's a coupe it has a rear wiper. One of the things I hate about Mercs, is the parking brake system. They could have just used a single handbrake lever, but no, they have another pedal which you've got to press, then to release you pull a lever under then dash. Apparently they are switching to an electric system, looking forward to seeing one of them, and how it works.
The electronic system has already been around for years
are you really that lazy?
Beautifully car JR, have a great trip
You're right about the grill not looking stock BUT it might be stock with the vertical bars added onto the stock horizontal bars. Without seeing it in person I can't be sure. It's certainly a different look than factory.
Sick ride dude!
Great looking CLS55, grill needs to go for sure. Sound system looks amazing. The SBC pump is probably replaced by the dealer as those should be covered by a 25 year warranty or something like that by Mercedes.
I have subs in my 08 cls 550. I’m enjoying this video, this is the cls I wish I had.
Nice car if everything works...... Alex would love to work on this one.
Welcome to the 2006/7 CLS world. I Have spent a year fixing faults on mine and they just keep on coming. If I did not love the look of this car so much I would have probably set it on fire by now. I Have put in more money in parts than I paid for it, but keep hoping that it will be sorted after every fault that I had to repair. Mine is the CLS 550 naturally aspirated M273 engine.
loved that game
That cruise control stalk really isn't too bad, it's quite nice once you're used to it. The Chrysler LX family of vehicles shared a lot between a few Mercedes platforms of the time and I've just been noticing multiple similarities in this video
I definitely see a lot of Mercedes in my Magnum RT.
It’s the easiest cruise control I’ve used in any car I’ve ever owned
I can't wait to find out how much house wiring and how many drywall screws are in this thing
I bet it’s had oil changes every 50,000 miles, whether it needed them or not.
It is crazy how that bodystyle went from unique to mundane in a decade. But I love now how another fast Mercedes can just blend in.
When I first sat in a friend’s modern Mercedes and saw the interior lighting gradually fade on I was blown away.
I had a similar experience with one in apopka FL left that one there because the shop was shady and obviously lied about the condition of the cls55 . Went to Gainesville GA where I bought mine.
Ive been hunting for a a silver and black interior combo for a min thats clean good find
My kid goes to college in Nashville. Hotels are dumb-expensive. And I-40 between Memphis and Little Rock is the worst stretch of road in the US. Good luck sir
I think the majority of semi-trucks in the U.S. use that road to go east-west etc.. I think that explains why. I live in ABQ and I-40 is always full of trucks and when there is a crash in town on I-40 the main thoroughfare get's clogged with semi's diverting, making everything nearby slow to a crawl..
Thst isn't a seal. Those are just decrotive trim. The seal for the windshield and backlite are urathane beneath the glass.
The rubber moldings just were there to prevent you seeing behind the glass when that look was popular.
One of my favorite models of Mercedes. I love the shape and body lines
So many neat pick ups lately🔥here for it
Super cool install! those power components are the SHIZNT for sure. I do not believe it was a Rockford build, i see a lot of stinger products used in the install. Rockford has their own brand of wiring and distribution blocks so i would assume if it was their show vehicle, they would have used all Rockford brand products. May have been an audio shop display vehicle in their showroom to promote Rockford. Also, a little e6000 glue on that dust cap and it will be good as new. Never seen a Rockford dust cap come loose on a P3, maybe they got the coils super-hot before and the glue just released over time.
Wait till you see why the sub amp didn’t work… pretty sure they beat on it till the car almost caught on fire 😳 but this was a display in Rockfords CES booth
Thats killer! Finding them older car audio show vehicles is getting harder and harder. I have some old school Rockford wiring and RCA's still if you end up needing any let me know. @@WatchJRGo
Have a nice drive back John.
Please keep this car!!!! I need to know how to make it perfect because I’m dreaming of either a cl63 AMG. The cls 55 or 63 and or E55 or 63
I know you are going to do your own thing, but fixing things is why I watch your channel. The car tours are just not my jam. I will continue to watch all of your fixing content!
I want it. And I'll bet you make it back fine. I bought an 01 E320 a couple of months for my kid and drove it from TX to WI. You'll be fine. :)
Wow it even came with a suitcase in the trunk awesome deal 😂🤣😂🤣🤣
Love your videos, your the man
OH NO.. Good luck on the trip back home - What is your plans?
I really liked those when they were new. But I couldn't afford it then, and I probably can't afford it now with the repair parts cost! 😂 Good luck with it JR!
sweet ride
THE NOSTALGIA, my dad had 17 or 18in replicas of those wheels on his gold c320
The Brabus VIs look so good you'd think they were factory 😳
Been there and done that with a few of the problems you have with the car. Undervoltage can cause a bunch of these systems to go into protection mode. replace the batteries, and I think there's a aux battery as well. Clear the codes, and many of these things will likely work again.
On the brakes, reset the SBC activation numbers. Maybe reinitialize the SBC pump.
You likely have a lot fewer problems than you think.
Recently, I bought a mercedes at auction with a dead battery. Was laughed at at the auction (farm equipment auction) about getting it onto a trailer. I swapped the battery which they didn't think was possible, cause the battery was under the seat, and drove the suv onto the trailer. There were about 270 error codes, with almost all of them being voltage related issues. all but 2 cleared. One is a legit problem with the ignition module, and I don't remember the other one.
It looks like now would be a perfect time to turn the traction control off to be sure that you leave no tread on that tire with the extra bubble-maybe do so a few feet away from the tire shop for safety. With the tint on the windows and RF amps shaking the store fronts a block away no one will barely notice the tire smoke 💨. Safe Travels JR 🇺🇸 PS how much was that sled?
Very pretty metal with a decent reputation. Looking forward to seeing how to fix all those fault codes and hearing that whole RF system punch again 🤟🏼
Nice! I'm fixing up a R500. Haters say it's a minivan, but Germans say "nein! It's a Grand Sports Tourer". With emphasis on "Grand"
i wont lie, i do be watching JR go
JR, Alex from Legit Street Cars had the same issue on his MB and so did Hoovie. The brakes are covered for 25 years I think.
That is pretty neat history on that car
It's about time you have a membership option. I've been waiting for this for over a year. Glad I can contribute a little in a very painless manner.
Thank you for joining!! 💯
@@WatchJRGoI would suggest a full year option for a discount, I hate monthly payments for everything, if you have a lot of subs going on it starts to be a lot of money, once and done for me.
Love it! Engine is assembled by F. De Giuseppe, same as mine ;) I bet it’ll come back to life with new batteries and a code delete, Mercs hate low voltage
My builder too
I need a demo of that system asap!!
The Achilles heel of MBs from that era is that SBC system which is a shame because those E, S and CLS variants drove great.
Alex at lsc going to love this
Remember, most codes are just caused by a flat battery. Welcome to the M113 club!
If my memory isn't failing me, the number of doors on a car does not define a coupe or a sedan. A coupe does not have a window frame, so when the windows go down only the door is left. A sedan on the other hand has a frame surrounding the window and is still present when the window goes down.
The 58 Impala was a two door sport coupe and the 58 Chevy BelAir and DelRay were offered as a two door sport sedans.
I have a mercedes sports coupe, its a 3 door with tailgate, but the doors have window frames
@@jdmaxi187 you have a hatch. not a coupe
I remember seeing this car. I just bought a w211 wagon from Nashville. Update coming soon to my channel.
Good Evening John Ross
I thought I smelt something cooking in the way of a new acquisition.
I'm surprised the dealership would even be allowed to sell a car with bubbles in the tires.
Wow, John came to his senses! Isn't this more fun than scrappin' old Vettes and Minis?
You can do it JR.
It's rare that anyone ever sells you a car that isn't more broken than you thought, I surprised at this point you weren't expecting a blown engine by now.
that Install was def done by a pro. looks a lot like an older Steve Meade Install! (before he made all his own products)
The Wizard is around there somewhere, you should stop by.
You should prob bring a spare battery next time. I always bring a spare agm platinum battery
I hope you've got wiring diagrams for that!
Love it ❤
The gap is supposed to be there. It’s in all of them, allows air in for the cooling
This is the first time I’ve ever been jealous of a youtuber’s car. I want it so bad. Sell it to me when you’re done with it, please.