My LOUD modified CLA45s exhaust 1 year later. Was it worth it?

[@ABAUTOAMG]

Here’s the video with more details on the exhaust mod: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5zOe4aDbJZknacsi=fmbEWV3sL783witm

[@dw6744]

The best part of this segment are your daughter's reactions! Bravo! 😃

[@ABAUTOAMG]

Thank you, she’s a Gem ❤

[@mikeiso8963]

My 2015 cla45amg is paid off and I want this one so damn bad.

[@JamesDrivesaStinger]

Another great video mate. Your car sounds so good too. I have a Kia Stinger GT (3.3 litre twin turbo) and I put the Kia designed and developed bi-modal exhaust on it. It totally transformed the car, and my enjoyment of it. It’s now about the sound as much as the speed. Being a Kia accessory there’s no potential warranty issue (although it wasn’t cheap). Cheers, James from Sydney.

[@ABAUTOAMG]

Thank you. The Kia Stinger is such an underrated car. I hear they are great and I imagine it sounds brilliant with that exhaust!

[@nadz5668]

I’m 20 and I have a normal Cla 180 2020 I can’t wait for my insurance to go down when I’m 21 and get my 1 year no claims getting straight into a cla45. So excited this video made me smile so much 😂😁

[@sv-rh4dz]

You will need more than 1 years no claims to get insurance !

[@gj3281]

Agree warranty issues will be minimal but wait and see how your warranty holds up if you get a serious engine or gearbox issue!

[@richardhill9473]

Love your daughters reaction in this vid 🙂 Started watching you in May 2024 when i was looking around at reviews and i bought my first Merc, 2023 Sun Yellow CLA45s ! loving your content, thank you! really helpful. So far i have fitted Maxton gloss black splitter, side skirts and rear bumper side splitters / extensions. Gone black badges all round, 12mm spacers front and back from Motech, and this week the cars being full ceramic coated After a BMW F36 440i Gran Coupe previously and fitting the BMW MPPSK exhaust (which is incredible), i think the exhaust mod is going to have to be my next thing. I need more noise when in the sports mode and its just to muted , bloomin OPF's Have you ever had a problem with the hub's / middle of the discs? my cars only on just over 3K miles and they are rusting badly, which i think is so poor for a premium brand / product like Merc Cheers

[@Crazen2]

I just bought a GLA 45 S 2022 model and you don't have down as other great AMG's :'(!! I love it anyway.

[@Ian-A-3179]

Still sounds fantastic mate and the expert in the back seat is hilarious. What warranty work have you had done? My 7 month old A45S hasn’t had any warranty issues but it was recalled for a power steering software issue. I didn’t notice anything different after it was done though. Cheers Adam!

[@ABAUTOAMG]

A few minor things like creeks in cabin but they were great to be honest and replaced things I’d not even flagged up like the fuel cap mechanism, apparently was a bit sticky. One issue I had was the low coolant messages so they replaced some sensors that were corroded. The most recent one was they replaced the fuel pump rail. They noticed what could have been dry oil but could not find a single leak but to play it safe they replaced the whole rail. All under warranty.

[@Happytruth]

Can you get your hands on a CLE 53 AMG to test that would be interesting for a comparison point of view.

[@ABAUTOAMG]

Absolutely! I’d love to do this il see if I can.

[@orientalboy86]

Your daughters reaction is so lovely 😄 She’s an absolute expert 😊

[@lenol0315]

sounds badass dude i have an a220 with amg line pack saving up for a cla45, theres a way to turn off the fake noise if u go into the dealer menu

[@mrrbatty]

CLA is a great car for sure, I just missed the emotion you get with the V8's. I ended up trading in my CLA45S for an E63S after a year, and the difference is really something, though they are both such capable cars.

[@ABAUTOAMG]

At the end of the day you just can’t beat a good V8! Love the E63s!

[@adidkjf]

dont compare Apples with peaches, e63s Costs nearly twice as much 😂

[@mrrbatty]

@@adidkjf Very true! But I did trade an almost new CLA for a E63 that was a bit older, so there was less of a step up in price.

[@adidkjf]

@@mrrbatty ok, makes sense.. e63 is brutal.. but to be honest, i like the design language of the cla more.. e class is still a Business car :) but thats just a matter of Taste..

[@dubsdolby9437]

Popping and a rocking .! 🎶 awesome sound. I've just acquired a 2020 c43 saloon. I've been watching your previous videos and helped me a lot with the car 👍 A private plate would finish the cla45 off surprised you haven't put 1 on.

[@franj_oses]

I just bought Capristo’s catback, I’ll have it installed soon. It’s shouldn’t affect warranty since you can return to stock easily.

[@ABAUTOAMG]

Ahhh nice! Let us know how it sounds when it’s fitted! 😁

[@freddures8805]

I have a 2 year old E63s and am looking into an upgraded exhaust. Can you recommend any and a specialist, ideally near to Liverpool or elsewhere if not?

[@aesthetics6664]

hi. i think for your viewers who have not seen your past videos about your exhaust mod, it'll be good if you talk a little detail about what mod you did.

[@samiosmith]

hmm did I play a role in this upload? 🤣 Great vid, I’m going to play it safe whilst I’m still under warranty but in about 8 months I’ll be thinking about exhaust mods. It’s great to know you can still keep it civilised with this option 👌… sooo come on, what’s next on the channel.. we’re all waiting?!

[@ABAUTOAMG]

;) It happened today! Hold tight something big is coming… il get the video done and up as soon as possible.

[@00kayem]

I dont think this mod is actually warranty safe, MB does not tolerate any type of modification when it comes to warranty claims. Btw love your daughter reactions! ❤

[@ABAUTOAMG]

I have had no issues so far with a few warranty claims. Amelia is a blessing 🥰

[@chrisleath3184]

Is there a way to stop the speed limit warning signs on the head up display?

[@serkan8514]

Hi all, it would be a strange question. But is there any way to disable that “pop and bang” sound. I wanna buy this car but I can’t because of this sound.

[@serkan8514]

I like so much burble exhaust sound but this pop and Bang effect is not for me. A

[@ABAUTOAMG]

Hey, yep the car has an exhaust button and many drive modes. Comfort and sport mode you wont get the pops and bangs and sport+ and race mode will pop and bang. So its easy to turn them on and off. You can also make your own drive modes in the car.

[@ratedmix]

Does the car pass MOT with that mod ?

[@ABAUTOAMG]

I don't think there will be any issues on MOT. The mod is impossible to see unless the exhaust is completely removed and It won't effect the emissions to a fail level. It would be very unlikely to fail for this.

[@nealc9230]

What's going on with Petrolhead Tees ?? been down all year

[@ABAUTOAMG]

I ran into a few issues with logo’s, I was a bit too ambitious with some designs. So I’m rebuilding it but despite the issues it will be better than ever. Hoping to get it all back up and running this year.

[@DarkMoxinho]

Things pop bangs it’s on RaceMod ?

[@ABAUTOAMG]

You get good pops and bangs in sport+ but definitely more in race mode I’ve found.

[@DarkMoxinho]

I am always using RaceMod cause I don’t get pop bangs in comfort or sport… now I am trying to do something like you did because I really fell sad how the car is sounding.. I wanted badly take away that stupid OPF but here on Switzerland is Criminal 😅

[@AMGB35]

just get a downpipe... it dosent void warrenty!!! my stock map downpipe CLA 35 shoots flames. vid on my page

[@ABAUTOAMG]

Don’t you need to tune the ECU for downpipes? If you don’t that’s great, must sound amazing!

[@josealvarez-lv7iu]

​@ABAUTOAMG you definitely do lol. I am planning on doing catless downpipes with a valetronic catback and I was told I need a stage 2 tune minimum. This for a 2023 cla45.

[@Nido805]

in germany straight to jail. Your not allowed to drive a modified stock exhaust. Sounds way better after. I had mine CLA45s stock for 3 years but then i changed it to the V6 C43 and that was the best decision i could make. Overall i was disappointed with the cla.

[@00kayem]

Why were you disappointed?

[@Nido805]

@@00kayem most of the sound comes from the speakers inside, had a noise inside when i heard music a bit louder, oil cap smelled of gasoline even after 1hour ride. dont get me wrong, its a good car but not worth the 80k+ euros in my opinion