CAR NINJA. Back To Stock Mercedes-Benz AMG GTS

[@asadzeethree2726]

Johnny is my favourite mechanic by far, and a humble great guy! Just gets to the point and not interested in glamour smoke and mirrors!.

[@gazzafloss]

Ninja does the job right, no "bodge" cut and shuts just to save time. Good one Jonny.

[@jools182]

the amg sounds amazing

[@davidsoto7114]

Obviously it’s an AMG 😂

[@zayd55]

I'm not surprised you are always fully booked at your garage. Your workmanship is impeccable and the sight of a clean and organised workshop speaks volumes about how your entire operation is run.

[@midlifecarisis_]

As the ex-owner of this car, I appreciate the effort and work Johnny undertook to go back stock. I loved how this car sounded without the cats and with the cats. Cutting the cats out was a lot easier then the putting it back stock. Great video!

[@davidkahn8637]

Do you happen to have the custom downpipes still? I'm picking one of these up next week and am considering modifying it. Thanks!

[@andreisames3021]

glad someone with common sense that hasn't been abused in highschool and bullied took this car back from being trashy to factory

[@jimmyaber5920]

I have a shop and often regular customers bring me a repair that has things that I will figure out and do and never have the occasion to do again. The task is worth a certain amount and that I havecto educate myself is something I rarely can, or do, charge the customer for. Cost of doing business......

[@DavesDiscoveriesChannel]

Lease company wants their car back stock 😜

[@MikeB85]

A 2016 still on lease? I kinda doubt it lol.

[@altergreenhorn]

Or the new owner is older than 30 🙃

[@aabidamn]

@@MikeB85 Leasing is not exclusive for new cars. You can lease used ones.

[@JStryker7]

Or they want the car stock? It has an aftermarket grille and other parts as well

[@jtoddk98]

Leasing used cars is very common in the exotic world. Premier financial services and a few others do it.

[@R00567]

that "not bad" look after revving that monster and it backfiring was priceless LOL. Love your videos and seeing the meticulous work!

[@Vortagor]

If i was the customer, i wouldn't be happy if they cut an weld a brand new part, especially if it's the catalitic converter with its pipes

[@Racerman27410]

Most cars with downpipes have also been tuned... that would be very bad for those new cats.

[@seng628]

AMG sound awesome

[@Christoph-sd3zi]

Beautiful color

[@Alex-rj6sv]

Best mechanic around. Love the white Audi that is on the lift.

[@kevinbarry71]

It is great to see someone returning to stock and throwing out that obnoxious, not to mention illegal, aftermarket junk

[@Beer_Dad1975]

Probably not illegal in "anything goes" Kansas - but yeah, stupid pointless shitty modifications that do nothing but irritate non-car people so they complain and then we get knee-jerk laws passed. Personally I'd probably have kept the downpipes and just improved the mufflers to avoid having all that extra faff.

[@kevinbarry71]

@@Beer_Dad1975 removing the catalytic converter's is a federal crime. At least if the car is used on the roads which this one was

[@kevinbarry71]

@@Beer_Dad1975 but yes, I agree

[@Beer_Dad1975]

@@kevinbarry71 Yeah, totally agree - and so it should be as poisoning the public with NOX emissions is just another part of what is ruining the car enthusiasts arena. Too many assholes flaunting the laws, leading to ever more restrictive laws ruining it for the rest of us who are happy to keep the public safe whilst enjoying our hobby.

[@dekkerlundquist5938]

@Kevin Barry Exactly.

[@oldjarhead1125]

Always enjoy you're videos. One car guy to another. Greetings from that Old Jarhead in WNC

[@AnontheGOAT]

AMG all the way.

[@stuartkarshagen6274]

Not a Merc fan either, but the noise from that AMG GT 👌🏻

[@henrysboy2]

What a car!

[@briancorkery4083]

Johnny I see you still have the Sierra Cosworth. Issues?

[@joeyscleaninglady2877]

that old audi a4 haven't seen those most were scrapped. Nice you are still working on them

[@houseofno]

Interesting title considering that in its early days, BEFORE they were certified as a manufacturer, AMG themselves used to be considered aftermarket. Now they're owned by Mercedes. How times change, right?

[@AnontheGOAT]

Lol that was like 40 years ago.

[@houseofno]

@@AnontheGOAT and water is wet. Is there a point to your response, Mr. Calendar?

[@AnontheGOAT]

@@houseofno They’ve been under Mercedes for longer than they’ve been aftermarket. When you say “now” you made it sound like this was a recent Mercedes acquisition. I simply pointed out that AMG has been a Mercedes marque since the 80’s. It’s ok boomer, I might be Mr. Calendar, but you are the calendar.

[@MarceloPaciorek]

After years of BMWs, I moved to Mercedes. Unfortunately, my last two 5 series were terrible to maintain (all the time at the shop). So I will see how Mercedes is.

[@romulus_]

stop burning your money and buy a porsche. mercedes and bmw now make cars for the lease market. longterm ownership is asking for pain.

[@AnontheGOAT]

I've been happy so far with my W212 E63. Way easier to work on then the equivalent M5.

[@aabidamn]

@@romulus_ So your solution is to buy VW group's products?! You should do standups.

[@romulus_]

@Jimmy Two Times true, but life is short. too short to drive anodyne cars to save money. porsche is the optimal solution, at least for me =)

[@romulus_]

@@aabidamn they are not created equally and you know it. porsche has amongst the highest reliability and customer satisfaction ratings. audi and vw are nowhere near the top. quite the opposite, in fact. sounds like you don't know what you're talking about beyond surface-level knowledge that they are one giant company.

[@MikeLong-i5s]

I love that the Nija actually works on cars.

[@strokenumber3]

However much he's making, Jonny deserves every cent.

[@jimmcculloch3786]

Wow, great to wake to a Car Ninja video - thanks :)

[@barretpedersen]

Johnny your my boy, great videos, no buffoonery throwing wrenches or a other nonsense to get views just down to business.

[@rickgalla3377]

Great video Johnny, that job was a PIA

[@ziplepingouin1186]

Ninja working on a Mercedes: "I hate Mercedes" .... While Tyler's BMW X6 is no issue XD

[@richardflechs1139]

The plot twist when we find out it’s an engine swap for the regular X6 was just the cherry on top.

[@jameslovitt994]

He probably can't say what he really thinks of Tyler's X6 for fear of having the channel demonetized

[@madmurf]

Another great video guys, just be careful whats shown on camera. The Ninja balancing on the Mercedes hanging off the side whilst its raised 3 meters in the air might be normal practice but Im sure your insurance company would not agree. Just show a ladder being placed near the car then move to the under car shot, all good then it looks like safe work practices in place. Not picking on you, but I know the excuses these insurance companies just to save them on paying out.

[@rollotomassi8251]

Amazing stock sound 👌

[@Rock-Bottem1982]

Car Ninja to Johny: "Put it where you want it" That's what she said

[@Glen-t7x]

sounds good Johnny

[@seandebottis3276]

Who’s pearl white B5 A4? Looks like the 2.8V6. Love that B5 body style. Oh yea, well done on both the Benz and Porsche.

[@stefanfalldorf6573]

Hey Jonny, don't say that to loud in Albania that you are not a Mercedes guy. 😉😁

[@Beer_Dad1975]

I think it's an amazing demonstration of personal bias that he doesn't like Mercedes, but does like BMW, considering they are both pretty equally crap these days. Then of course there is Audi who are another whole level of crap...

[@stefanfalldorf6573]

@@Beer_Dad1975 in Albania is every third registered car a Mercedes. And most Albanians love Mercedes.

[@richardflechs1139]

@@stefanfalldorf6573 you can find a ton of old Mercs in Mercedes still going on like they were brand new, the love Albanians have for Mercedes is immense!

[@AI-qd4vb]

@@Beer_Dad1975 The only bias here is yours since you're just repeating nonsensical stereotypes you read on the internet... Even your veneered consumer reports has 2 of the germans as average and one of them in the top 5 reliability wise, lol. Youre just parrots out of touch with reality.

[@Beer_Dad1975]

@@AI-qd4vb I wouldn't trust consumer reports as far as I could throw them for vehicle rankings - they aren't statistics specialists & their rankings are very flawed. Try an actual statistical research company like J.D. Power, where only Porsche makes the top 10 - also you can add a caveat, they are crap when you factor in the big money you pay for the supposed premium brand. I mean, you pay a hundred grand for a new Mercedes, and it doesn't even quite make the JD Power average... that's just not good enough. Factor in that I've been working on cars for nearly 40 years and watched the German manufacturers quality decline first hand... well you are welcome to your own opinions of course, but mine are based on objective facts.

[@vanbraxton8422]

Where are the protective pads on the fenders?, I know , u will say " im not working from the fender side😅

[@alexdag692]

Car Ninja is only one that can climb in the lift :P

[@kjbober]

Who needs hearing protection.

[@miceinoz1181]

What have you done with John? Did not see him in the shop. I really look forward to Ninja videos, just makes my life seem a little more bearable as I am rebuilding my X5 ZF 6 speed transmission.

[@azertyy3978]

I think he might left? I just watched Hoovies Garage latest video and in the end he said that the Car ninja was a man down and so was the Wizzard.

[@realcarninja]

He's no longer employed here.

[@miceinoz1181]

@@realcarninja Oh, I hope you guys parted on good terms then. He seemed a good fit in your team.

[@joelarata7572]

Hey car ninja, I just wanted to let you know you’re not supposed to reuse the clamps at the turbos. They updated the clamps because those come loose overtime. You’re supposed to put on two piece cast-iron clamps.

[@Pseedholm]

You must be this tall to go on this ride Car ninja… hold my beer.

[@dgschindele]

Excellent work.

[@jacobdorph816]

In due time Car Ninja might become a Mercedes man.... :-)

[@zuxioa3278]

Does anyone knows Johnnys flashlight? Looks awesome

[@BobsGT235]

Boy, it looked like coolant went into that cylinder port when you popped the hose off at the 7:28 mark. Not good. But hopefully it was just the camera angle.

[@Allbigbones]

You hate Mercedes because it doesn’t break much 😂😂😂 true facts

[@silver750iL]

At 10:48 the car ninja coming round to Mercedes

[@myz06rocks]

I miss my c63 507 now 😅

[@robertsturtevant6185]

The customer may be trading the Mercedes,and could get more with stock exhaust as trade. Making the conversion worthwhile..….

[@24bellers20]

You’re not on your own hating Mercs. I’ve had 5 AMGs in various guises and never ever did I take one to Merc when at least 2 mechanics moaned and scratched their heads. 😊 lovely sound and performance but I’m cured of them now.

[@jacobdorph816]

Go original setup, best for cars long-term value

[@rjnation5042]

I just don't get why people do cat deletes, yeah you might get a better sound, but you also get problems down the road, Rj in Oz

[@Nitrousbird]

What "problem" down the road does it cause. You delete for sound and power.

[@AI-qd4vb]

@@Nitrousbird If youre caught outside the dumpster states, you get in trouble. If the tune is not properly done to account for the cat delete, you get in trouble too. Sound doesnt get better, just louder, and if thats your opinion on what a good sounding car is, then youre not really a car guy.

[@johnlarkin549]

Love your new t/shirts and you have a nice bum car ninja🤣 or someone does, nice choice of model!

[@maximeparent3004]

I remember before buying my car i sent it for a pre-purchase inspection and the mechanic was like: bad news, you got an aftermarket downpipe and exhaust. I was like yes amazing, another thing i won't have to do!

[@KiraYamato209]

Same here with mine! Poly motor mounts, downpipes and exhaust already done. Saves me the time and money.

[@AI-qd4vb]

@@KiraYamato209 its not saving you anything lol... Your getting someones elses shit dumped onto you.

[@Chris-hw4mq]

Why would somebody buy a abused car ? Why do you think he is going back stock

[@maximeparent3004]

@@Chris-hw4mq What does make you think an exhaust system on a car makes it abused?

[@Chris-hw4mq]

@@maximeparent3004 he also had an intake, so you have the intake, exhaust, tune then the car gets beaten into the ground you bring it to stock and some poor sucker will buy it for good with low miles. People dont tune cars to drive at the speed limit.

[@ruxrox]

Did the tag frame say Georgia Bulldogs?

[@bmwpete65s55]

Did the customer also have you change the air cleaners back to OEM? Those aftermarket ones let in a lot of dirt.

[@Nitrousbird]

I would have left the downpipes.

[@Leo555ZZZ]

Most MB's are much easier to work on than BMW's ,,where you have to remove four things just to get to the problem part.

[@jonkvh]

Who's the hot bit of 'muff' wearing the T-shirt. No mechanic can afford that.

[@paulredfern2252]

Will they design a V6 or V8 hot V etc without coolant hoses buried in the V? Ecodiesel Jeep just had mine leak @ 160Klm. Poor design. Surely the hose can be made of something that will not burst. Cost AUS $2300 to fix!!

[@kbVACArestatecarsnrvs]

I don't know what the attraction is to "snapping' & "cracking" backfiring exhaust on an expensive (or not) good looking vehicle. Good for the owner who wanted that back stock sounding even though it wasn't so good for you (but I'm sure it was...). Get 'em in, get 'em out!

[@lucaparilli1276]

Car ninja what’s more “reliable” a v8 cayenne or the 3.6 v6?

[@pfsantos007]

Johnny trying to resist going to the dark side.

[@yodasbff3395]

Beautiful car but a nightmare to work on.

[@sl350sl350]

Where's Hoover and his tight jeans from the promo picture

[@yamaha-bratislava414]

0:11 - where I can buy that canister for solvent ? I cant get it in Europe

[@scottmurray6977]

And that's why don't buy lease turn in's!!!

[@E85_STI]

Makes no sense why wouldn’t Mercedes use v band for their exhaust and down pipe connections.

[@paulwitulski1905]

You have to remove the drive shaft and transmission to install the exhaust?!?!?! What?????? Wow…..I am shocked. This should be a piece of cake blinded folded. With a crescent wrench job. Seriously overkill.

[@davidthomits544]

I thought it had to be put on a special lift

[@kmorton54]

Where is Jon the other Tech?

[@realcarninja]

He's no longer employed here.

[@kmorton54]

@@realcarninja I'm sorry to here that.

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

Stock's best

[@gregdixon5848]

What are you doing on the 97 A4?

[@allworldmusic8270]

This is an amazing car but its got to the point of whats the point these cars are so fast and so difficult to maintain and if you drive them fast on the road you lose your license and void your insurance, they are just not worth it.

[@shawnwood9875]

How do you keep your back from killing you?

[@v1-vr-rotatev2-vy_vx31]

So the Benz still Back Farts😵‍💫

[@jordanimatedstreaming]

11:03 her shirt is on backwards?

[@CountryBoyShane]

LOL 12 hour exhaust job, but makes sense why with this car!

[@markahad6583]

Relax, it’s super easy 😂

[@Padoinky]

I don’t get why would someone would even acquire a car that they’d then have to spend buccu-bucks on to both acquire the OEM parts and then pay for disassembly, installation and reassembly…. and it’s a 7 yr old car already

[@2fast4all]

7? People modify other cars too and they dont bat an eye.

[@james5274]

I knew deep down even the German car techs hate German cars! 😂

[@sjcjlc]

First!! Nice video!!

[@Mikea6972]

Come on Ninja, how can you hate MB? Is BMW any better? You know I'm right. :)

[@Rhaspun]

Yes. The plastic parts on BMWs seem to reach the brittle stage a bit quicker than other cars.

[@neilperry2224]

Same here car ninja, they are overpriced and quality of the Mercedes from the start of the OO’s was terrible and rubbish and just rehashed chassis’s.

[@ramazancolak3105]

Arent you albainian..?🤔🤔 How the hell can you not like mercedes benz..?🤨🤨🤨

[@aor3200]

Too bad he left hot air intakes

[@Itstime2029]

I thought mufflers were optional in Newton

[@lactusgalacto1174]

All plastic parts on an engine make to fail on foreign and domestic cars.

[@Mtltrm]

I can't stand watching the engine popping like that... Seems like that would not be good for it I suppose I could be wrong but 35 years of fixing cars you learn a lot about what makes an engine happy or really sad or angry ;)

[@Beer_Dad1975]

It's just the tune intentionally dumping a little extra unburnt fuel out so it backfires a little - not enough to hurt the cats. Doesn't do any harm. Back in the day of carburetors of course you'd get this naturally when coming off throttle on a high performance tune, or with earlier fuel injection + turbo under real engine load it helped with reducing lag - but these days it's only for posing.

[@ramizthaqi4570]

this guy dont need a torkwrench hes belive in Milwaukee hahahahahaha

[@garganega]

Audi parts in Porsches.

[@died4us590]

That looked like some tomfuckery, who would engineer something like exhaust parts to take 12 hour's to replace, crazy. The car is ugly, but i don't like mercedes, audi, or porche, mainly because they used forced labor during wwll, and thousands were worked to death. The same families still run these companies, including volkswagon. My grandpa helped liberate a concentration camp at the end of the war because he was a medic. The description was a horror story for sure. American car company's have dirty hands to, but i guess all big businesses nowadays have skeletons in their closets. You always have something interesting going on at the shop. G-d bless y'all.

[@DeeNyC5]

“People call it beautiful” yet the dude works on ugly, always broken BMW’s

[@franksam8610]

Yeah not a fan of Benz do like bmw and maybe some Audi

[@Motorsportsgeek]

German cars are all horrible now but Mercedes is always best of the turds. They usually at least somewhat think of the mechanics when taking things apart when you know the procedure

[@raffe65]

🫡👍🇸🇪

[@Kristoliquid1983]

0:47 car sex

[@JohnStonerxD]

Hello to you all 👋from the Car Ninja Team - German waching here 🥨😁 Firstly I have to say I highly admire and appreciate your content and your level of craftsmanship and perfection so far - you really know how to do your job that's for sure 👍👍 Considering the insider jokes and discussions about the different german brands I really have to argue that they all have their goods and their bads. I'm personally more or less a mercedes guy since I bought my first car basically, but I also appreciate good quality designs and engines from BMW, VW and Audi. With regard to Porsche I have to say that I don't know that much because for me there's just the 911 which is a true Porsche, the other ones are kind of a knockoff from VW Group Cars with many VW Group engines in it... By no means I'm a professional mechanic but I have worked on quite some cars together with a good friend who is a professional and thus I can say for sure that every brand has some quite reliable cars, engines and transmissions but also some very unfortunate designs considering the chassis/suspension, the engines, gearboxes and auxiliaries - e.g. Mercedes ABC; Audi Multi Link Front suspension; BMW SMG Transmission... In the end much is personal preference and before you buy any of these cars or any car in general you should deep dive into some research about the aforementioned items 🧐🖥. For me, Mercedes was always kind of the luxurious option, while BMW was the sporty one and Audi somewhere in between but unfortunately nowadays the cars and brands got so similar to each other that you can only feel the difference in nuances. I think it's quite sad considering that if you drove a 90s car from merc, bmw or audi it was a different world and you could really feel the underlying different approach and focus on luxury, sportiness and technology - these cars really had a soul and you could definitely feel it 🥲 Lastly, for all of you bashing german cars I have to say that kind of you're right, they are quite complex, expensive and some of them not reliable. However, there are also many very good cars out there with a few 100.000 kms or miles that still run and didn't have any major issues so far. For BMW I would say the old engines like the ones with the "M" in the front e.g. M52, M54, M57 paired with a manual tranmission are almost indestructible - The "N" engines like N52, N54 and so on tend to be not that reliable but it's hard to generalize... For Mercedes I would also say the old engines like M112/113, M117, M119, OM 604/5/6, OM 611/12/13, 646, 647, 648 tend to be very reliable as well. The even older ones are dinosaurs that still drive as some kind of taxi in africa and are being fixed with ductape, some rubber and zipties so they are most reliable. For the newer ones I have to say that you can still find some very good cars like that AMG GTS with the twin turbo 4.0 V8 that is deemed to be a very reliable engines as well offered in multiple performance stages. I don't know much about that transaxle and the transmission but the engine is not bad at all. For VW/Audi I would say that they have some pretty decent engines, primarily 4- and 6 cylinders like the old 1.4/1.6/1.8 engines, the EA 188 diesel engines 1.4 and 1.9 TDI, the 3.0 TDI engines and some other V6 Petrol versions. That's it from my side for today basically 🤐, keep up your work ninja team, great content overall and I'm looking forward to the next video Faleminderit shumë! - Dankeschön - Thank you 🤝👍

[@HyperHorse]

Most overrated car ever.