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Originally Posted by MBZ123
When was the most recent service according to the records you were furnished?
How was it obvious the seats were re-dyed?
Please qualify "temp reads normally" and how did it differ in the "other" SDL you looked at?
Finally, where did you get the wheels redone? They look really good.
Thanks,
MBZ123
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Sorry, for some reason I wasn't receiving e-mails on these responses.
Regarding the service, the original owner's son is a mechanic at a local BMW dealer, so he has done the maintenance for the past few years. I don't have actual records of the work that has been done during that time, but have lots of print outs for parts orders placed online. Some things that he has done are obvious...changing the belts, fuel lines, shocks, etc. The original owner used the dealer for service for the first 15 or so years of ownership...all of those records I have.
Seats...there are a couple of areas where it looks like some sort of a spray was used on the seats. On the drivers seat on the metal hinge between the back and seat rest, there is what looks like a zip tie and it has this coating on it. Also, on the front edge of the passenger seat I can almost see what looks like the original finish underneath whatever was sprayed on. The original owner's son did mention that the seats/leather had been reconditioned, however I didn't press him on what that meant.
The temp on this SDL normally reads about 85 and gets up to as high as about 95, but never higher since I've owned it. From what I've read online, that is the normal range. The higher limit that I gave is when the AC is on and I'm sitting at a stop light, or when pulling a load on a highway incline (which we have here in SoCal). The other SDL that I drove sat at around 95 to 100 and got a bit higher than that while I was test driving it with the AC on. As I side note, I'm probably going to replace the green temp sensor on mine with a red temp sensor so that aux fan will kick on and the AC compressor will kick off at slightly lower limits. I have observed the aux fan on low while the AC is on.
I purchased the used wheels from SoCal Mercedes Parts in Orange, CA. They sent the wheels out to a guy that they use all of the time, and that also does wheels for House of Imports (a local MB dealer in Orange County). Yes, I think they look great.