Nightmare job! UN-modifying! A Mercedes C63 AMG! Headers, coilovers,steering wheel and more!

[@xampart]

good stuff. you could leave the music out for better viewer experience.

[@sprautos]

Yea we thought that after experimenting abit. We agree. Check our later videos.

[@Dylan-xp6pk]

Yes agree, music was distracting.

[@sonykroket]

Your humour, stoicism, honesty, skills and info are a joy to watch and listen to. Never stop.

[@svhr1959]

Always wanted to get my cl500 done with these guys but can never get a slot. Their conscientious ethos is what I like. Maybe one day!

[@sprautos]

We’re always 6-7 weeks booked up. 🙌

[@myz06rocks]

I live in Canada. I had a brand new 2014 C63 507 for 5 years. I also had a couple corvettes and other performance cars. The corvettes were fun to install cams/heads/headers tunes etc on and the results were always fun but I could have never dreamed modding the C63. It was so good from factory it would have pained me to bolt aftermarket parts to it.

[@wadah1]

NO music please ❤professional job and well done 👏🏻

[@jjtinkler97]

So glad you don't use the background music anymore.

[@sprautos]

Me too 🙌

[@lesnorris]

I can hear some

[@r.weaver3769]

I like my cars as it came from the factory, all the right parts are available, and no guess work. Doing this is all fine if it's strictly a track car.

[@allosaurusfragilis7782]

It's only very rarely you see a mod that improves anything. My stainless system qualifies, I think, because it's not loud and looks nicer.

[@rickchapman3707]

I like your choice of tools Snap-On ratchet's are the best

[@24bellers20]

I took a 2018 C63 biturbo into the Merc dealer under a warranty claim for leaking intercooler fluid. They admitted firstly that they did not know where to start and that they may have to take the engine out to reach the intercooler.🤷🏻‍♂️🙄

[@sprautos]

Oo wow. Hope it got sorted

[@MartinBrown-h1r]

Really like your videos love it when you say you're not maintaining a £5000 car you are maintaining a £50 -£60 thousand car ! I know 2 clk s and a w203 coupe to maintain and keep them driving as they should 😊

[@wadehampton4499]

Love watching the videos Sam, who knew that watching people working on cars could actually be interesting. Agree re the annoying music though. Keep up the good work...and the laconic (look it up !) humour.

[@stephenknight-m4y]

That was a pig of a job, so well done you, in spite of a sniffle. Takes more than that to keep a good man down! I had a lovely 350 SLK once when I lived in Manchester. Should have brought it to you! 🤓

[@seanpaul3050]

This is one of those jobs where half way through you say - Why the fuck did i take on this job ? 🤣

[@sprautos]

you are spot on there mate, I think my face says it all doing those headers. 😂

[@andrewmccartneyy6981]

Well done fella, with friends like that who needs enemies LOL

[@Meads4]

Good job man 👌👍

[@FeeneyStephen]

That exhaust noise is an affront to the brand.

[@allosaurusfragilis7782]

It's dreadful. So tasteless.

[@funkmasterjay]

🤦🏿‍♂️

[@stevensumner3146]

Another informative vid thanks for sharing. PS the music was a bit loud 😊

[@sprautos]

thanks steve, sorry for the music were still getting the hang of volume control when editing haha all the best

[@markhenry1144]

I'd be interested to hear from the client on how much the drive changed from having the mods and then going back to factory.

[@wayneroe495]

Another great watch 👍

[@stevensumner3146]

Great 👍 I think it was as busy as that C63 exhaust 😂

[@earltpt]

I modified my bmw 650 with Eibach and Bilstein shocks and dampers….instant regret! Exhaust hacked….instant regret😅 lesson learnt…leave well alone!

[@davidorama6690]

I get that people love their cars, but I don’t get that they modify them.

[@lancegraham7722]

Because they know more than the best engineers in the world. 😂😂 over 1 billion dollars to develop a car, yet kyle down the road knows better.

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

​@@lancegraham7722Yes, with their Induction Kit BS, they know everything! 😊

[@LJ_Dude]

Sound, power (at the expense of wear), and aesthetics, probably, though I don't get the carbon fiber and lowered aesthetic either. Maybe lowered suspension offers a tiny bit better track handling, but it's already an amg.

[@nomdeplume798]

But was it any better once they'd spent a fortune on it? Especially as all they seem to do with this kind of car is make a noise on the A6 through Stockport or the A57 through Denton.

[@Mac_F87]

I don’t think you get that people love their cars then…

[@sourabhsangale3952]

Best work done ! More videos please ❤

[@PB200559]

Top job

[@patrick103b]

Think it ort to be illegal to alter the exhaust to may people around with ptsd nowadays

[@wadehampton4499]

I think it is in Germany. I agree that having a stupidly loud exhaust is...well...stupid but I don't want any more laws and regulations (though it's bound to happen, it's what government does isn't it ?)

[@turbo3492]

Where I live,we call these cars Asian Knackers because they do nothing for the car.The value of the car fitted with this stuff has immediately lost thousands off it's value.Madness.

[@EllsAutoCare]

Out of all the jobs Iv done…. I hated merc springs the most 😂 how did you do them without nearly dying?

[@sprautos]

😂 well your not the only one! We do plenty for other garages. Many require the genuine tools to do they need compressing that much. Keep up the good work mate

[@chuckfinley3542]

It could have been worse. In the states, many owners of this car would have squeezed in a Corvette engine, cutting away the firewall if it didn’t quite fit. Your customer should have bought you an expensive dinner for all you had to go through.

[@robertdemeny251]

I'm not in for modifying. Not at all. Our daily drivers are Toyotas (new every three years), but I have a little sideshow with Lexus's. Mine is kept as original, as it was when it left the factory in Japan. That's what I like.

[@felawes]

All those modifications made the car spectacularly worse.

[@sprautos]

😂 they certainly did in my opinion too.

[@stephenrichards5386]

That was a Merc OMG not AMG

[@lezivanerrol3697]

Lucky yer man isn't in Australia. Cat delete can net you a massive fine - plus the installer (who will give disclaimer - only to be used off road). Not only a fine but a risk of having car seized. Alteration to any suspension on a car with modern "safety aids" - ABS. Agility control etc etc requires an engineers certifciate. Oversize wheels and tyres etc etc. Not only a legal risk but your vehicle's insurance becomes void.

[@sprautos]

O really, that’s interesting to know, perhaps not a bad thing, I see plenty of mods not fit for the road.

[@lezivanerrol3697]

Modifying a vehicle which contravenes the strict Australian design rules renders it not roadworthy, not registered, not insured and will negate your finance agreement. Many guys are driving vehicles in this category. They don't find out the consequences usually until involved in an accident. Even if you have a crash which you are not to blame, your insurance is void and you are also required to pay the other parties repairs - out of your own pocket. An assessor will inform the insurance company who will inform the legal authorities. God help you if you've been involved in a fatality. Friend of mine had a Mercedes wrecking yard. He always has a number of vehicles he's picked up from insurance companies or finance companies where the vehicle for some reason was should not have been on the road. Here's a corollary. : A group of 10 - 14 outback 4WD enthusiasts were making the South North trip through central Australia. They had a various bunch of off-road vehicles which were allegedly suitable for the long harsh condition journey. Many had modified their vehicle with bull bar's, tow bar's, winches, roof carriers, extra tyres, extra jerry cans of fuel and camping equipment. One evening one of the vehicles ran over and killed a sleeping indignant person who was laying on the track. The police arrived to clear up the scene. The offending vehicle was a monocoque chassis which had been modified with a large roof rack and was carrying a near estimated 400 kilos on the rack. The roof legal limit was 100 kilos. The bullbar, winch and roof load were in excess of the gross load for the vehicle - without driver, passengers and camping gear. The policeman informed the driver that his vehicle exceeded design limits, therefore was not road worthy which meant he was driving illegally. Further - worse case he could be charged with manslaughter. The other vehicles I the convoy were inspected and nearly all were found to be overloaded. A truck had to be called from 400 kilometres away to offload the convoys over weight. Lots of tickets issued.@@sprautos

[@sprautos]

😯 sounds very strict not in a bad way. Thank you for taking to the time out to share that information and story, I’m sure others in the comments will find that interested as I did . All the best 🙏

[@dafunk420]

@@lezivanerrol3697 mods are fine on cars man, don't portray them as something negative. road legal mods are a thing too, these often carry a TÜV certificate, this lets you pass inspection safely and insurance isnt void as long as you tell them.

[@leeroy110]

What's the idea with putting it back to stock? Doesn't it command a higher price modded or people don't want to buy a ragged on modded motor? Must be costly to unmod it.

[@sprautos]

I don’t think they demand any more money modified, the older these cars get the more people want them standard. “My humble opinion”

[@sveeny]

@@sprautos Couldn't agree more! I have one and I see so many of these with a bunch of tasteless mods, side skirts, spoiler lips, ridiculous big fin diffusers, those stupid overly sculpted after market steering wheels, everything blacked out including the lights and of course the full ali express treatment when it comes to carbon pieces. Yet, nothing takes my breath away like when I see one that's (nearly) untouched, a time capsule that looked like it rolled fresh out of a 2011 showroom, a symbol of the end of an era when everything just made a little more sense than today.

[@sprautos]

🤣@@sveeny agreed.

[@julesviolin]

⚠️ interesting about the drop links being sided . Would that be the case for my SL55 AMG?

[@sprautos]

Sl 55 will have ABC and will not have drop links 🙌👍

[@jeremycarr6915]

If you charged mates rates...make sure you got a full steak dinner and all the trimmings AND as much as you could drink. What a pig of a job. God knows what he/she paid for all the mods.

[@ambydaly5713]

Please wear eye protection when you are grinding. You only have two eyes.

[@yantomanuel6919]

you could never tell you felt rubbish...there's no difference.🤪

[@sprautos]

😂😂

[@patpending8134]

Great video, apart from the awful and loud rock music in the first 5 minutes.

[@sprautos]

Agreed 👍 i dont know what we were thinking at the time. Just experimenting I suppose. We’re learning.

[@jamesbyers4402]

Do you know or could you find out Is the owner selling any of the modified parts,id be interest in the coilovers

[@sprautos]

Send me an email and I can put you in contact [e-mail]

[@lesnorris]

Yes , good content, we dont like the music, no need for it.

[@pmauro9355]

top❣

[@amarahmed8227]

When is the other C63 update coming?!

[@sprautos]

its coming soon ;)

[@julesviolin]

Nice too see OEM stuff going back on. Can't stand lowered suspension and annoyingly loud illegal exhausts, it's a breach of my peace 🤬 The DVLA are closing in on this nonsense and not before time. Keep stuff like that for the race track ⚠️

[@aq7705]

could've at least cleaned the struts before putting them back on.

[@Davve2210]

the music doesn't add anything.

[@hemtet5500]

That looked agony

[@sprautos]

The headers! Certainly was 😥

[@toshlanark]

Very good garage could do without the music lol😮

[@sprautos]

Yea we experimented with it. But I agree.

[@tonychavez2083]

it always makes me wonder why someone would want their Merc to sound that loud and obnoxious? It's definitely a young persons thing...

[@stephenrichards5386]

Surely the car wasn't worth it ? I would not have taken the job except in desperation

[@sprautos]

The clients money is as good as anyone else’s. It paid well tbh.

[@markday5797]

Modifying, is such a waste of ones money. Just leave the MB factory standard and enjoy. After all it is a street driven car, NOT race car.

[@guy4469]

that looked a bad job ,i have no idea how you do it .

[@wolfgangezeh2221]

Intro music should have stopped while you started talking. Good job as always, otherwise.

[@sprautos]

Agreed, we were and are still Learning on the job with the editing

[@thedoo777]

I have driven on these coil lovers The past few months! I drive the car hard But Not too hard! findings!!! It feels like it's faster,, It handles way better If you like the soft ride of the Mercedes Don't get it done but if you prefer a from a ride my gosh get it done I don't think it's much difference! Soft versus sport Versus ABC.. I got this done Very very very cheaply! They didn't take out all the lines, Or the accumulators. hero Is what I went with $1000-1250.. my shop guy says They're no different than BC Racings,vivek.... If you do not drive the car on the track There's no need for the sway bars

[@thedoo777]

There's the guy on youtube Who does all the coil overs He's in out of Cincinnati OH And he knows all////////////////// gold element

[@Djpaul-lo1px]

Just shows what a folly modifying is. Pay a load of money for the parts and more money to get them fitted only to pay yet more money for someone else to take them off only to be left with components worth a fraction of what they cost in the first place. Just a punt but I’m guessing the owners name is Mohammed...

[@sunnydhaliwal9012]

What’s with the stupid music in the background???