This Nasty C55 AMG Manual is More Fun Than a C63 | Change My Mind

[@RoadsUntraveled]

HUGE thanks to @anderzén for bringing out these two polar opposite gems. Just a great day of driving... his C55 is a perfect balance between power, brakes, and grip. It's still got room to where another 50hp and it would be at that sweet spot where you could get some hairy powerslides if you wanted to but could still comfortably drive it for grip/track stuff. Love that there's room. What do you guys think?!

[@chadg6874]

Shhhhh dont tell anyone til i do mine, we can't let the junkyards know about the increasing value of old crossfire parts 😂

[@Mashmarriner69]

It's not a manual but I have a smaller pulley/mapped C32 Estate. Nobody has any idea what it is. I love it.

[@ANDERZENAMG]

Thank you for everything Marcus, it’s so cool to be able to share this with others and hopefully allow people to see these cars in a different light than what they’re used to. As a longtime fan of what you’re doing over here on RU, it’s surreal to have my builds time stamped with all of the amazing machines you’ve spotlighted over the years.. Much appreciated brotha!! Also, you absolutely crushed the editing btw from video nerd to video nerd 😄🤙🏼

[@mattmisanthropy.]

Hey dude, random question, but those hood struts - Are they standard? Or is that an aftermarket part? If so, what are they? Because being able to fully raise the hood while retaining the struts is genius.

[@ANDERZENAMG]

@@mattmisanthropy. it’s standard for Mercedes, known as ‘service position’

[@717tactical]

I bought my C55 AMG also because of legitstreetcars and I’m glad I did , love the car and love to drive it. I think you just made the car 1000 times better with the manual swap .

[@ANDERZENAMG]

Much love! 🤙🏼

[@edd2184]

You have a good point I remember when Mercedes started naming all their mid-range cars "43" AMGs always thought that was a really strange move. But I'm happy to see that Mercedes Swap Dhop sticker in the window

[@ANDERZENAMG]

BIG s/o to Josh @themercedesswapshop

[@imnotusingmyrealname4566]

The fitment on this car is so subtle but makes it SO much better.

[@ANDERZENAMG]

Appreciate you acknowledging that!! People throw flack because they want it lower… it wouldn’t help anything function wise for a car that gets properly ripped through all kinds of roads 🤙🏼

[@ftffighter]

This is awesome, Anderzén is one of the most brilliant Independent AMG Specialists and deserves more attention. He has tons of good videos on these cars, this was an awesome piece :D

[@Sonny351]

Oh what a dream! I wish I could have done a manual swap on my C32 AMG Sportscoupe. 3 years ago I swapped the supercharged 4-Cylinder 200 Kompressor engine out of my W203 Sportscoupe for the M112k and also wanted to build it from the ground up as a manual. But I couldn't find a suitable gearbox, clutch and flywheel and in Germany I had to do a change report for emissions, since the M112k wasn't never released with a manual, which would have cost me 3k €. So I stayed with the automatic.😭 But I always dream of the M112k in combination with a manual. It's interesting to know that Brooks went for the C350 Gearbox with stock clutch and flywheel and it seems to hold up very well since a long period of time as he told in the video.👍

[@Lehnherr86]

This guy rocks for his contributions to the platform and m113

[@mdey81_79]

Calling the C55 not good looking is crazy 😅

[@RoadsUntraveled]

Fair enough haha! Front end does nothing for me, those headlights are awful. Rear end is alright but a bit tall.

[@KingofInterns]

​@@RoadsUntraveledeach to their own. For me w204 is really ugly and has aged so much worse than w203 from the front. Rear however w203 and s203 dont look that great vs w204

[@dylansookram4415]

Yea my w203 c55 is hideous lol

[@jetster65]

@@RoadsUntraveledwow i actually prefer the front end quite a bit more, super elegant and love that the whole front was elongated for the 55

[@h2oaddict]

W204 is only the best looking c class inside and out, by far. Facelifted s203 looks pretty nice though.

[@mattmatt9971]

Eventually the project done. Wow!

[@SidorovichJr]

190E gentelmans only the mighty 190E is the ultimate MB donor for such a amazing projects, got a 190 5.5 v8 m113 manual and it honestly is a dream come true

[@CuratedCars]

That sounds incredible! How hard was it to fit the M113?!

[@TheSpartanMartin]

I think it looks fine

[@victorleonardol.8832]

Common mistakes to call them black series brakes but they’re not. Black series uses a larger 6 piston caliper and a thicker rotor for even better stopping performance. These are 360x32 while the black series uses 360x36. Otherwise awesome video!

[@ANDERZENAMG]

Yea I think I threw so much benz nerd info at him from talking that day it just got mixed up 😅, they are from a CLK63 AMG base/vert model 🤙🏼

[@RoadsUntraveled]

My mistake! Yes 100% was lost in translation haha

[@RacingHeartMedia]

That c36 amg needs a video by itself ❤

[@RoadsUntraveled]

It'll be out on Tuesday! :D

[@RacingHeartMedia]

@@RoadsUntraveled hell yeah can’t wait 👍🏿

[@raccs600]

this is my dream amg

[@mastermorphine]

FINALLY AFTER YEARS…🏁MERCEDES BENZ🏆

[@6ix13ree]

I also own a 2006 stock 100% c55. This would be awesome to do!

[@JaysBaretta]

how’s it been treating you bro? been looking into getting one they just so rare

[@Birmingham_racing]

I've always liked these but never see many around

[@did.it.myself9022]

Facts, I'm even thinking nobody wants to damage or get rid of, really rare cars, you would be spoiled if you got to spot 2 a year.

[@ynicghost]

Prolly bc the c class vs e class the c body is kinda okay compared to the e class, the e class looks more aggressive

[@roshianderson]

Yay! ❤ love this! It turned out amazing!

[@bigsheamy]

This is amazing

[@luckygluxx]

Wait, this can be done for 2-3k?!? I wanted to do this with my SLK55

[@mbmann3892]

As a fellow c-class owner with a manual trans. How did he get the throw so short?

[@alanbullock8757]

What gear box did you use ?

[@malcolmdean6899]

Cool ride

[@samisvideo]

Interesting build. Improving a Mercedes with BMW parts, love it!

[@raw-amg4396]

A true master piece

[@recrudescense]

Please can someone provide any info about what tyres and rims are those on the C55? Thank you

[@snakoiler]

Been trying to find someone to swap mine to a manual....its whats missing IMO

[@imnotusingmyrealname4566]

It's really weird how even the old AMGs were automatic.

[@malcolmdean6899]

Early clutches could be heavy or notchy in high horsepower applications. Amg went with automatics

[@RoadsUntraveled]

C36/C43 and even these later C55s were definitely not high horsepower in my book but I get what you're saying. I think it was just an issue of target demographic.

[@imnotusingmyrealname4566]

@@RoadsUntraveled is the manual faster than the automatic? because AMG unlike BMW is not about making a driving machine, they just want to make really fast luxury cars

[@ANDERZENAMG]

@@imnotusingmyrealname4566this car is definitely faster now but it’s not stock anymore either so hard to say for sure…. And it also depends on what test to determine faster in what regard. I do know from Dyno tuning on stock form it put down about 20hp more than a typical stock auto would have. So power loss is a bit less through the manual… can I shift faster than the 722.6, probably not lol

[@ricardoferreira2038]

Only in america pendejas, here in europa not so comon

[@ArcanumMortis98]

Damn.. Those M113 engines are awesome. I wish Id have the money to swap one into my manual CL203 C350! But these engines are so damn expensive here in Germany let alone all the extra work to get the TÜV certificate to drive it street legal 😢

[@ALifeWithCars]

This is sick have wanted to do this to my c55. Unfortunately/fortunately it’s for sale I bought a c5 zo6 to accomplish what I wanted out of it. If anyone wants a good jumping off point on a car I have one up. 102k miles owned for 7 years 12,500 price in the us

[@JaysBaretta]

hey bro you got instagram or something i’m interested.

[@JaysBaretta]

hey bro you got instagram or something i’m interested.

[@ravindersinghsandhu8747]

MANUAL TRANSMISSION BENEFITS YOUR LEGS R WORKING YOUR LEGS NOT SLEEP AND YOU R CHANGING GEARS YOUR BRAIN IS ACTIVE AND YOU R ACTIVE YOU GET NOT SLEEP YOU CAN DRIVE LONG WAY WITHOUT SLEEP BUT IN AUTOMOATICS YOU GET SLEEP AND YOUR LEGS ALSO SLEEP AND CANNOT DRIVE AUTOMATIC CAR SO MANUAL CARS ARE REAL CARS AND LEGEND CARS.

[@computergaming7534]

what last manual car from AMG?

[@Dou6.2]

AWESOME

[@Notasheepleandneverwillbe]

I saw a skateboarder wearing a shirt that said save the trees . I wonder if he realizes what his board is made out of 😂

[@garybrown4671]

Sweet.

[@daw7563]

Anderzen youtube link is not working.

[@RoadsUntraveled]

Ah thank you! Will fix.

[@jasonbirch1182]

Cool car. You lost all credibility saying a c36 is the original AMG. OKEY DOKEY youngster. Ever heard of 24hrs of leman? The red pig? Amg has been around since to 60's.

[@ANDERZENAMG]

I mean he did say 'one of' after and plus it is the original production AMG... be nice :)

[@oscarbaruch6984]

Sadly, you killed that C55amg outside... ilike much more mine..

[@eglascom]

Well deserved feature @anderzen !!

[@mrb8158]

Never, just the sound of the C63 beat everything