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[- Danny Boy -]

Is it worth it though? When the iPad has a headphone jack.

[jonyb4]

and how to you get songs to it? is it a cellular model? be pointless if not as you'd not have internet

and if it is cellular, you'll have to pay a monthly bill, so why not just stick your phone in a dock on the dashboard?

be cheaper too

[dontpannic]

It's still removable so you can put songs on it the normal way. You can tether it to your phone and use your phones data allowance, or at a push, considering that bassboy runs his own company and runs a decent Merc I think he can afford the £10 a month for an iPad data plan...

Phone in a dock is not a suitable alternative, you then have to have a head unit to interface with, more dashboard trinkets in the phone holder, adding to that the screen is too small.

Danny - the headphone socket just induces noise into the system - Bluetooth running at full bitrate offers a much better sound quality with no analogue noise.

The iPad is a perfect car dashboard. Bluetooth ODBII readers, inbuilt GPS, data connection for Spotify etc, free traffic updates...

[jonyb4]

is it actually legal to use whilst driving?

same for my docked phone? ive always stopped using it around a police car

[trecoll]

As long as it is showing vehicle data (OBDII) or is for the radio or navigation then it's fine.

If it's showing a film, it has to be out of the drivers line of sight.




Phone is completely different. You can't touch that. At all.

[- Danny Boy -]

Yeah if the police see you even touch your phone in the slightest while driving these days, they can do you for it. My mates mum had hers rigged up to her in car bluetooth and she slid her finger across the screen to answer the call and make it play through the stereo (because the answer button for it on the receiver wasn't working) and now she's got points on her licence and has to go to court lol

[dontpannic]

Yeah, I don't use the phone when driving. It's docked so I can see any messages or calls that come in and I can use the button on the steering wheel controls to answer the phone or summon Siri to reply to a text if its urgent enough.

Would be tempted by an iPad Mini install in the future though, after I've got my home audio system out of the way.

[bassboy]

The audio is currently on hold until I sort a few bits out...but it is working

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqFY7TCfO1o - not sure if the link will work as YouTube are moaning about copyright!

Next up I wanted to freshen up the bodywork a bit...a friend of mine wanted to use my car as his wedding car, and I HATED the amount of swirls all over the car etc...so I decided to wet sand the car





Unfortunately I didnt get too many pics of the paintwork before hand...but below are the ones I did get












You will have to tune in tomorrow to see the results

[jonyb4]

crap... think i could use this treatment!

[bassboy]

Is it worth it though? When the iPad has a headphone jack.

Of course its worth it...as said below the jack can induce noise into the system...not only that, but you also have to consider space constraints....most dashes arent big enough to allow an iPad AND a lightening connect AND a headphone jack...

The possibilities are endless with this now...I can happily stand outside the car and control my entire system via my phone or iPad...

I can also view OBD2 information, use google maps, play angry birds, play slide shows etc

The main reason for doing this, is just to show what we can do...

[bassboy]

and how to you get songs to it? is it a cellular model? be pointless if not as you'd not have internet

and if it is cellular, you'll have to pay a monthly bill, so why not just stick your phone in a dock on the dashboard?

be cheaper too

Its not a cellular model but again I can tether off a phone so thats no problem.

And even if I dont tether, you can load it up with songs, videos, pictures etc on itunes from a computer so there is no issue whatsoever...

I am actually added a wifi hard drive to the car to add 1Tb of storage which will hold all my music, pictures, slideshows, videos etc...no need for a net connection at all then!

[bassboy]

I only managed to get the bonnet and the roof done as I ran out of time...but heres the results

As said, before it was like this all over












Wing shot - Before


During


After






And ready for the wedding










Randoms

[jonyb4]

wow, whats the process for this?

[bassboy]

Sneaky pics of the wheels 9 x 20 and 10.5 x 20, 235/35 on the front and 255/35 on the rear...this is subject to change to 235/30 and 255/30 when they need changing...for a reason I shall disclose later lol





For those who follow us on instagram (teamspb) and facebook (teamspb), keep quiet LOL! You get a special insight as to what we are upto!!

[bassboy]

wow, whats the process for this?

I went through the following process;

Wash car
Clay car - not needed lol
Sand with 2000 grit paper
Sand with 2500 grit paper
Sand with 3000 grit paper
Machine polish with wool pad and Megs Ultra cut
Machine polish with medium pad and Megs ultra finish
Machine polish with finishing pad and Gtechniq P1

Thats as far as I got so far...so far the bonnet took me 6 hours and the roof 4 hours!

Ontop of the above, I want to add a layer of Wolfs Chemicals Hard Body and possibly a wax or sealant!!

[jonyb4]

a deal of effort there, but considering it looks asthough its been re-lacquered id say its worth it!

[bassboy]

Proper pics...

























[img[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/bassboy/Merc%20CLS/Wheels/DSC06478_zpsfadc95fa.jpg[/img]

[bassboy]

Got lows??


LOL!

[jonyb4]

[bassboy]

Some AMG 8pot brakes for the front, and 4pots for the rears!

These have been painted rather badly by the previous owner...for now ill be painting them silver...if they dont turn out so bad, ill keep them, otherwise ill powder coat them at some point...

I ordered some AMG decals from eBay in a carbon lettering...they turned up and looked great! A simple discrete mod!

The 8pots are off most of the AMG ranges and are interchangeable....these have come off an SL. 8 Pads in total for the front calipers! This should mean some AWESOME stopping power!

Some of you may remember my 6pot AMGs on the Focus...well they look tiny in comparison!





Heres the manky new brakes! They even came with OEM Mercedes pads, virtually brand new!








Stripping the paint


The discs are Pagid 360mm x 34mm drilled on the front, and 330mm x 26mm on the rear...the originals were 312mm x 28mm on the front and 300mm x 22mm on the rear! I swear by these discs and they seem to out perform the likes of EBC, Brembo, ATE etc that I have tried in the past!

[jonyb4]

nice.. who the F painted them?!

[bassboy]

nice.. who the F painted them?!

I knew they would need repainting...but I didnt know they would be that bad LOL!

God knows what the previous owner was thinking!!!

[jonyb4]

lazy baxtered literally did them o the car and covered the AMG in tape

maybe on a fiesta, but not an expensive merc lol

[bassboy]

They came off a SL55/65 as well

He even got paint on the pads lol...so ill just pretend I have red rated performance pads lol...a new style of pad that im testing out LOL!!!

[bassboy]

Time to upgrade the brakes!!

The standard rear setup - 300mm x 22mm discs and single pot calipers, the new AMG setup - 330mm x 26mm discs and 4-pot calipers with OEM Merc pads!



Dirty rear arch lining




strut


Time for a clean!


Old vs New




























Test fitting the rims...bit of a teaser!

[bassboy]

Onto the fronts! Now these were not as straight forward as the rears! Alot of work involved! 1 thing I didnt mention is the brake fluid was changed as well to DOT 5.1 throughout the whole braking system!







14inch discs!










You can see the AMG Carbon decals properly


[imghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/bassboy/Merc%20CLS/Brakes/DSC06687_zpsdd9811df.jpg[/img]

Oh and yes, the hydros are now on!!!


Thats the lowest setting, and its now laying frame - the bottom of the chassis (the plastic covers), are touching the floor!

[bassboy]

Pictures of the hydro setup in the boot...it all fits in the spare wheel area so no boot space whatsoever is lost...







High setting


Medium height


Low








Laying frame!!!

[jonyb4]

fudgekin pointless to go that low, but medium looks nice

[bassboy]

When the wheels first went on...













Then we spaced the rears out as I wanted a wider stance...think we done well with the spacers! This is with HEAVY camber on the rear...














Just higher than normal driving height (I have it around 15mm lower all round)

[dontpannic]

Fair play, that looks absolutely awesome, love the wheel choice too

[bassboy]

Some more pics

[singlecharge]

Incredible!

[bassboy]

Bit of an update...

The car was at PassionFords nights at Ace Cafe (one of its first outings) and got some GREAT feedback! Namely people could not believe how low and how close the wheels are to the arch on the rear lol! Its always a great feeling when you go to a different make of show and people are taking lots of pics and giving another car lots of attention!

We went on from Ace Cafe to Wembley and took some random photos on my phone (not great)













The next outing for the Merc was Modified Nationals the other week. The car was on the Scene:Status stand in the arena! I was only told 2 days before the event that it will definitely be there so I had to rush and clean the car and get some form of install in the boot!...Regardless....we made it!

[bassboy]

Right, time for some updates...not much has really happened with the car to be honest as im still waiting on some audio bits so I can crack on with that side of the project...

A few weeks ago was Players Classic and DC13 and we went along to both! AWESOME weekend for sure and the drive to Goodwood was certainly interesting! Even mixed it up with some hot hatches on the twistys which even suprised me LOADS! Was good watching the usual hot hatch jap crew blazing it with a 2.5ton Merc right behind them lol!

The car was due a wash...so we had it looking like this;







Some of my best pics throughout the weekend;



































I also took away Best Mercedes of Show at DC13!! Well chuffed!!!




HUGE thanks to all involved!!!

[bassboy]

Need to update this Big time! But while I get the updates in order...some of my best pics of the year!







Be back tomorrow with some more updates!