Custom Wide Body, CLK 55 AMG

Executive Automotive Society

The Mercedes Benz CLK 55 AMG has quite the lineage.  Considered something between exotic and luxury this car, as it sits, is amazing.  Now let's add in coilovers, a sound system, wheels and tires, and most importantly a wide body kit and you have a recipe for perfection.  Today we're going to see what it's like to drive this awesome car.  Visit our social media locations and podcast for more automotive news and reviews, supercar discussion, fashion, business and motivation.  For all your high end car needs and event coverage.  For quick look up use our Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/vipprimo  TheSociety Website: https://www.executiveautomotivesociety.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ExecutiveAutomotiveSociety Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/executiveautomotivesociety/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/executiveautomotivesociety Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ExecAutoSociety LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/executive-automotive-society Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/executiveautomotivesociety Daily Motion: https://www.dailymotion.com/executiveautomotivesociety  VIPPrimo YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/vipprimo Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/vipprimo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vipprimo/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vipprimo/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/vipprimo LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vipprimo/ Kick: https://kick.com/vipprimo TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@vipprimo  Podcast: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1BZFhP8GxqhsNWaNpFGTDD Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcast/89022484-40e0-44ec-9af9-49172bd7c9ad/car-side-chat Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/car-side-chat/id1588813691 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy82Y2YxMWJiOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw Anchor: https://anchor.fm/executiveautosociety

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00:00Do you like luxury? Do you like power? Do you like to be unique and aftermarket?

00:06Well today we're gonna go over a vehicle that goes over all those bases all at

00:11one time. It can be considered a vehicle with multiple personalities but it's

00:15able to pull them off all streamline. Today we're gonna go over wide-body

00:20luxury. My name is Primo and I know you know me because you've seen this before

00:30you know what this is but do you know what this is? This is a CLK 55 AMG. To be

00:36honest I can't even imagine why they're letting me drive this thing but here we

00:41are and this thing has everything. Not only is it an AMG so it's a step up from

00:46any other Mercedes out there but this vehicle has suspension work, exhaust work,

00:51a tune and most notably and visibly speaking a wide-body kit that makes it

00:57stand out beyond anything. Add in a set of wheels and a set of tires. This is an

01:02impressive work of art and I can't wait to get behind the wheel of it. So what

01:07we're going to do today and these are the things that we're going to go over

01:10as usual. First it's going to be what it's like to drive it. Then second it's

01:14going to be what's the cost what's associated with making a vehicle like

01:17this and the third thing is is going to be what's the kind of pitfalls that come

01:21with the maintaining a car like this what's a little bit different than other

01:25vehicles and we're going to go all into that so you get ready we're going to get

01:29behind the wheel right now.

01:32Now the first thing I have to say about this car is it feels exactly like an AMG

01:47does. AMG seats are probably the best seats in the industry. I love them to

01:52death. This is not my first time sitting in one and every time I sit in one the

01:56first thing I think is I want these seats in every car I have. AMG is known

02:01for power. It's known for speed. It's known for luxury and it really does have

02:06a really good balance of how balance of luxury and speed should be put together.

02:12So this is going to be a really fun drive and here we go.

02:19Okay the first thing I love about it is the sound. If you can tell already I'm

02:24hoping we're going to get a shot of that too is that the sound is absolutely

02:29meant. It's perfect. It's a nice little drone of power. It wakes you up but it's

02:34not going to kill you. It's not going to make your droning trip long. It's a good

02:38touring car. Now here's a return to a blast from the past because this car

02:42unlike the regular suspension setup on it has a coilover kit so it's lower. So

02:47if you remember anything from the coilover kit section you're going to know

02:50that this is kind of a little bit rougher ride than you're accustomed to

02:54with AMG but it really does give it the aggressive look the aggressive feel

02:58everything that this car really needs. I mean look at this man out in the

03:03beautiful weather today with the top down just cruising along but if I want

03:08to have somebody next to me and I go hey I want the power and I'm going to throw

03:11this puppy down it will give me everything it has to make it happen. So

03:16it's weird it's almost like one of those vehicles that has the balance the

03:20playfulness something and that's the other thing that I really feel it's

03:24dangerous about both AMG and now with a car with coils on it because I've never

03:28felt the two together before. It's a car that really says hey you want to step on

03:33the gas we want to go we don't want to just sit around and it's weird because

03:36you're in a convertible and you're like I'm nice and relaxed but you know what

03:39the temptation is without a doubt something that you just you just have to

03:44do it.

03:51And also this car is equipped with Brembo brakes everything that's just a

03:57fun equipment package for this car is is part of it so you don't just get the

04:03basics you get so much more that is involved with this vehicle so it's such

04:08an enjoyable drive I'm ready to review this thing.

04:13Okay so what's this thing like to drive? Wow this is I mean it is it's an AMG

04:23like I said it's one of the best sitting vehicles it's funny because when you sit

04:27in it you kind of sink into the seats everything kind of rolls into place and

04:32you feel like you're not driving a car so much as driving a glove that fits you

04:36perfectly that's exactly what an AMG does. Now this vehicle is going to take

04:41it to another level because with the coils with all the performance work done

04:45to it it's going to take it to a more raw and visceral area that you really

04:50don't feel unless you're in some kind of performance vehicle and that's

04:53something that I really like about this vehicle is if you want to take this down

04:56to the beach drop the top just roll around sounding amazing with this

05:00exhaust or if you just want to go out and go for a cruise if you want to race

05:05somebody if you want to do anything this car is going to do it for you and it's

05:09going to catch attention because it's not like any other vehicle the the only

05:14thing that I have really that is if you want to be critical about it is obvious

05:18with the coil over suspensions we've discussed coals before coals are a

05:23little bit rougher to drive than normal vehicles with their normal suspensions

05:27but that's the thing is is this thing really handled it really well I'd still

05:31give the suspension really high marks for what it did he didn't feel like I

05:35was getting beat around I really felt good about it so for some of you it

05:39might be a little bit too rough might be a little bit too stiff so that's

05:42something you might want to think about if you were doing something similar to

05:45this with a vehicle like this you don't want to cut any corners and that's if

05:50there's anything that I can say to anybody do it all and do it right and

05:54then you end up with something like this this package is complete from stem to

05:58stern okay so how much is something like this going to cost well there's nothing

06:02cheap about this car this car brand-new went for $80,000 chances are you could

06:07get one for around $20,000 but again the quality of the vehicle you want to do

06:12some research on them know exactly what you're getting into it's an AMG they're

06:16very unique they're very rare for the body kit itself the base body kit for

06:21the wide body setup is around $10,000 if you want to put everything together with

06:26it it's probably around $12,000 now that's just the body kit alone that's

06:30not counting doing the paint work that's not counting doing all the fitment and

06:33the other things that are going to be involved in this this is not a cheap job

06:37so if this is something that you're looking on getting into in the future

06:40make sure that you know everything up front that's where we have places like

06:45Far East custom to come to and say hey by the way what is this going to cost me

06:49where should I get the kit where should I do the work there's a lot of stuff out

06:54there that's going to try to sell you something do not go cheap it is just not

06:58it's going to it's going to come back at you later on and it's not going to be

07:02what you want to do so right up front go with the good stuff call up a reputable

07:06place like Far East and say hey by the way this is what I'm planning on doing

07:10and I need somebody good to do it the rims and tires on this is you're

07:15probably going to spend up to $4,000 on this if not more depending on how you

07:20have the setup with it so all said and done we're almost at $20,000 just on

07:25making it look the way it is and then you're going to want to do exhaust work

07:29you're going to want to do tuning there's a lot of other stuff involved in

07:32it so again this is something that if you're going to get into it you might

07:35want to have a budget ahead of time you might want to have some deep pockets

07:39this is not one of those things we're just going to throw some money in a

07:42bucket and and it's going to come out it's going to be perfect so I just want

07:45to warn you up front that's what you're going to deal with but if you want to

07:49look at this good and drive something this nice you're going to have to

07:54actually pay the bill so there's that all right so what are some of the

07:58pitfalls what are some of the upkeep things that are associated with this

08:01well that's kind of the easy part once you get things together you're going to

08:05want to keep it clean you're going to want to do your oil changes obviously

08:09anything with Mercedes is usually more expensive because you have to have

08:13synthetic oil they're going to do a little bit more work than probably your

08:17normal place will do but in the same respect if you've owned a Mercedes

08:20before the maintenance will be about the same now the beauty of this is being the

08:25car that it is being a beautiful car if you're going to own it plan to clean it

08:30plan to upkeep with it we spent an hour and a half just to do this shoot on a

08:36car that literally I thought was pretty good the way it looked but that's the

08:41thing is is if you own this car you're going to want to fall in love with it

08:44and you're going to want to keep up with it so obviously cleaning supplies may be

08:48something that you invest in but it's completely up to you and how you do it

08:52but again again just appreciate that you have a wide-body CLK 55 AMG come on

08:57guys

09:06okay guys thanks that's it for what it's like to drive I want to thank Far East

09:10Customs for letting me drive this beautiful vehicle it was everything was

09:15cracked up to be I really did enjoy it a lot and again it's a vehicle that I

09:20would suggest if you have the money to put into it it definitely was an

09:24eye-catcher and the feeling of being able to just slam that throttle or just

09:29cruise around it was perfect for it so it was a really enjoyable experience it

09:33was everything was nice about it I hope you guys enjoyed it too remember to like

09:38and subscribe don't forget there's some videos over here and there's a subscribe

09:42button there so I don't want you to miss out on anything that we have coming down

09:45the road thank you guys for tuning in and we want to thank this CLK 55 and

09:49Far East Customs for showing us what it's like to drive

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