Tuning a Mercedes ML350?? Give me a break people, that's soooo rice. Rice doesn't have to be 15" wheels or cosmetic mods. Rice is also aftermarket performance parts to make a "non-sport car" into a sport car, even if it's minor. Cold air intakes just makes noise......PERIOD. It "may" feel smoother, or more responsive, but for the hassles of installing it and then possibility of codes going off......pffft. Not to mention your gas mileage, you can throw that out the window.
Maybe if your actual intake and fuel system has been upgraded then you can see SOME benefits performance wise.
But again why would you do all that for an ML350?? The thing isn't made for that, so why bother? If you wanted performance you've bought the wrong vehicle.
Tuning a Mercedes ML350?? Give me a break people, that's soooo rice. Rice doesn't have to be 15" wheels or cosmetic mods. Rice is also aftermarket performance parts to make a "non-sport car" into a sport car, even if it's minor. Cold air intakes just makes noise......PERIOD. It "may" feel smoother, or more responsive, but for the hassles of installing it and then possibility of codes going off......pffft. Not to mention your gas mileage, you can throw that out the window.
Maybe if your actual intake and fuel system has been upgraded then you can see SOME benefits performance wise.
But again why would you do all that for an ML350?? The thing isn't made for that, so why bother? If you wanted performance you've bought the wrong vehicle.
Who's tuning an ML350 (obvously not you)? I bought the ML500 because I wanted the extra oomph, however, personally I'm trying to discuss facts here and the "rice" editorial comments really aren't apprciated...anyways they are your subjective opinion and in the end who are you? lol If you've got some 'useful' information to share (whether it be negative or positive expereinces) we'd be more than happy to hear it......
Exactly. If I didn't care about performance, I would have gotten the 350. But did want more getupandgo so I opted for the 500. I find it nice power to have, but want a bit more, is that so bad? As long as I don't have a huge spoiler and lowered, I will continue to look for ways to improve performance.
Tuning a Mercedes ML350?? Give me a break people, that's soooo rice. Rice doesn't have to be 15" wheels or cosmetic mods. Rice is also aftermarket performance parts to make a "non-sport car" into a sport car, even if it's minor. Cold air intakes just makes noise......PERIOD. It "may" feel smoother, or more responsive, but for the hassles of installing it and then possibility of codes going off......pffft. Not to mention your gas mileage, you can throw that out the window.
Maybe if your actual intake and fuel system has been upgraded then you can see SOME benefits performance wise.
But again why would you do all that for an ML350?? The thing isn't made for that, so why bother? If you wanted performance you've bought the wrong vehicle.
I think you need to reconsider your own definition of rice.
I agree with asianml, ricing is not just fixing up cars, every culture does it, it's ur own taste. I've heard for an ml500, if u change the mufflers you'll get some more oomph, a chip is nice too, also if u want crazy power, kleemann makes a supercharger for the motor in the ml500, with different stages. These r a few ideas, i'm sure if u search you'll find some other ideas. Just for those who think an ml350 is not sporty they're wrong the ml350 is loaded with sport and u can make it sporty and some people can't afford the gas or the price of the 500, they can do whatever they want.
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I agree with asianml, ricing is not just fixing up cars, every culture does it, it's ur own taste. I've heard for an ml500, if u change the mufflers you'll get some more oomph, a chip is nice too, also if u want crazy power, kleemann makes a supercharger for the motor in the ml500, with different stages. These r a few ideas, i'm sure if u search you'll find some other ideas. Just for those who think an ml350 is not sporty they're wrong the ml350 is loaded with sport and u can make it sporty and some people can't afford the gas or the price of the 500, they can do whatever they want.
That's great. But the topic here is cold air intake. It's usless, and you get little or no gains for the money, in fact you could get less than satisfactory performance, poor gas mileage is inevitable. And if affording the gas is a problem, then any performance upgrade you make will affect that.
Like I said to each their own. But personally I feel that people are de-valuing the class of a Mercedes Benz by throwing it in to the compact car market by adding cheap performance parts.
OK i hate to add on to this, ur probably right the intake is useless, but the parts we're talking about are only made for mercedes, by a mercedes approved brand, such as klemann, brabus, amg, lorinser, etc. as long as we keep the changes discreet there's no de-valuation, unless dsomeone does something like put flowmaster mufflers, or cheap 2 dollar upgrade. u r right though 3fifty, it is in a way de-valuing a mercedes, but it is still opinion.
That's great. But the topic here is cold air intake. It's usless, and you get little or no gains for the money, in fact you could get less than satisfactory performance, poor gas mileage is inevitable. And if affording the gas is a problem, then any performance upgrade you make will affect that.
Like I said to each their own. But personally I feel that people are de-valuing the class of a Mercedes Benz by throwing it in to the compact car market by adding cheap performance parts.
Could you explain to me why I'd get poorer gas mileage? (I'm actually being serious with this Q)
This is exactly why I posted the Q, to get informed on the stuff like this, performance vs cost, real negatives, potential positives, etc....
"Mods" are subjective, like you said to each their own... maybe I'll want to throw an AMG front bumper on later... ya never know.... ;o)
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