2004 E55 AMG - Black, 113k, Distronic, Eurocharged Pulley & Tune, TX/MS owned

2004 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Description

Hello
I’m selling my 2004 Mercedes E55 AMG, currently located in Starkville, Mississippi 39759. The car’s been adult owned (I’m 34) by an Electrical Engineer that loves and pampers his cars. It hasn’t been raced under my ownership either on the street or at the track. Actually, I don’t think I’ve ever had the accelerator down more than 2/3rds of the way down! I’m the 4th owner and I’ve had it since June 2016. With such a short ownership I guess you could really say you’re buying it from the third owner, except I simplified a few things. Namely, removing a lien the 3rd owner had and getting the title in-hand. Why the short ownership? Not because I didn’t absolutely love the car. I bought this car after I sold my hand built FD3 RX7.
The reason for the RX7 sale, among other things, was to scale back my investment in my car and re-invest in my house. My wife just delivered our second child on October 14th and I’ve got to use ½ of the proceeds of this sale to pay for related expenses + a small home construction project. The other half is going to go into a much cheaper commuter that can simply get me from point A to B. This is strictly a financial move. If I had it my way, I’d keep the car as long as I could. I’ll never get tired of how utterly insane the acceleration is on this beast.
The car spent most of its life in Texas. The most recent owner had the car for ~ 30k miles and was a 15 year Mercedes Master Tech. One of the things that originally drew me to the car when I was searching was the fact that the owner, at the time, was a highly qualified mechanic that obviously cared for the car and the list of things he’s done for the car over the last 25k miles was extensive and effectively covers every common issue with these cars.
I’ve always been told to plan on spending $2k+ on maintenance (outstanding or preventative) when purchasing an E55. With this car, all preventative measures have been taken so it’s really car that’s ready to go without needing to second guess anything.
The other thing that pulled me in on this car is how it’s optioned. Distronic was the option I really wanted to find. I’m not going to say it’s impossibly rare, but I’ve been looking at E55’s for several years now and I haven’t seen many with this option that were in my price range. It’s very well optioned (see below) and the original sticker price (see original sticker in the downloads below) reflects how much the original buyer went all out.
Finally, the icing on the cake is that this car already has a Euro-Charged SC pulley, belt wrap kit, and ECU + TCU tune! The pulley and tunes are primarily about adding HP of course, but I also see it with the belt wrap as a preventative measure since the original OEM pulley doesn’t have such a great track record and the wrap kit cuts down on slips and wear. It was a big bonus for me.
So without further delay, here are the details:
The Car:
2004 Mercedes E55 AMG in Obsidian Black
Distronic
Parktronic
Airmatic
Keyless Go
Rear side blinds and powered rear sunshade
Dynamic, heated, and ventilated napa leather seats
Navigation Voice control
HK Logic 7 sound
113k miles
VIN = WDBUF76J14A495364
Maintenance highlights done within the last 25k miles:
New Main and starter battery
New AC Compressor and system seals
New front right airmatic strut
New airmatic compressor
New Fuel Tank with pump and sending unit
New belts New spark plugs (colder than factory due to smaller super charger pulley)
New engine mounts
New trans. mount
New valve cover gaskets (and chamber reseal)
New IC pump
Trans. flush and service
Recent B service done
Brake flush
Coolant flush
New air filters
New low pressure cooling pump
New upper ball joints
New lower ball joints
Full alignment done 4 months ago with car at current (stock height)
80% rear tires 60% front tires
60% on front and rear brakes
Additions:
Euro-Charged ecu and trans. tuned.
Euro-Charged smaller supercharger pulley
Euro-Charged belt wrap kit
Tinted E63 tailights
Satellite radio (very clean install if I may say so. Uses the aux port from the glovebox)
Bluetooth phone connectivity
SL Class 18” Rare AMG Wheels (18" x 9.5" 33mm offset from what I’ve been told). These are very cool wheels. It’s hard to appreciate them in pictures, but they’re fantastic in person and in excellent shape.
Completely debadged except for the main Mercedes emblems on the front and rear
37% tint all the way around + 70% tint (practically clear) thermal tint on the front windshield. All 3M, all less than a year old.
New Keyless Go Key – When I bought the car, the owner was down to 1 key. Since he worked at a dealership I went ahead and spent $300 on a brand new key which he coded to the car. So now, I have the brand new key and the original key.
Cons:
Rear Bumper Cosmetics – PO’s wife backed into the rear bumper which split a small section (pictured) and caused some paint cracks at the top of the bumper. I bought the car thinking it would be a fantastic candidate for an E63 bumper swap one day!
Driver’s interior b-pillar is a little beat up
Cup holder is currently not working (spring perch broke (common issue))
Driver’s window has a ~2” scratch in the tint that the PO said happened around installation. Additionally, since I’ve owned it, the window support must have caught a chunk of dirt or something hard and it’s created a light scratch in the tint from rolling the window up and down. *Update* After taking the pictures I’m noticing that the picture shows two vertical scratches in the tint. Not just one. I didn’t notice them in person, but the pictures don’t lie. I’d probably retint this window down the road if I kept the car and wanted it looking perfect.
Driver’s Sun visor is stiff (another common issue)
Leather is a little loose on the driver’s side center console arm rest
Cutout in the front bumper mesh for a radar detector / jammer (not really sure since it was from owner 1 or 2).
Pictures of the car under my ownership:

Downloads:
VMI
Carfax
Original Window Sticker
Car is parked in my garage straight from the photo session above. I don't plan on driving it until the sale completes. What you see is what you get.