hopup

Hi there..

I was wondering if anybody installed the Illuminated door sills on their w203?

Is it possible to install it ourselves?

Price, etc??

thanks very much

hopup

mbtech208

I wish I could help you out more. The only thing I've heard about the illuminated door sills was that it's not a job for an amateur. I haven't done them myself, but I've heard from several people who have done them on ML's that they are rather involved, and include having to splice into the factory wire harness. Not to mention they are very expensive, at least for the ML, I'm not sure about the C-class. As soon as I personally install a set, I'll let you know how it was. But they're not very popular options, simply because of the price.

hopup

Alright, thnx very much..

wow, sounds like it's really difficult to install..

but how much did you get you set for? are you planning to install it at a dealer?

mbtech208

They shouldn't be that difficult to install, provided you know what you're looking for and how to take various things apart. The suggested retail price of the door sills is $400, plus labor. With labor, you're looking at probably an additional $250, easy, maybe more.

Richard

If you do this then do this as per manafacturer instructions (and get the MB dealer to print you the instructions from WIS relating to both installing the sills and installing the wiring loom for the sills when you buy the sills from him). However, its quite complicated because theres quite a lot of stuff to remove, including the rear signal-aquisition-module (which is where the loom ends up connecting to and using a spare fuse location), so i'd imagine there is a few hours labour to install.

moreracm

I just purchase a set of illuminated door sills (off ebay) for my C320 and they didn't come with any instructions on how to install them. Can someone let me know how to install them.

greg230

are they oem, or aftermarket???

i hear the oem ones are a real ***** to install yourself, since the relay thing for the lights is not wired to the sill. if its oem, get a dealer to install it.... might be the safest way.

greg

moreracm

I thought I was purchasing OEM illuminated door sills but when I opened the box I found out they are after market. So that exclude me from getting the dealer to install them.

greg230

you are SOL

file some nasty feedback, and then ask around at local shops see if you can find someone to install them

greg

Mach430

Maybe you're better off returning them and buying new ones from the dealer. You can probably work out a deal where they'll either sell or install them for cheap(er).

Lynn

My understanking of the aftermarket illuminated sills is that the positive wire should be attached to the positive terminal of the door switch and the negative wire can be connected of any convenient ground. That may be wrong, but I think I read that on and auction post at E-Bay.

onie

Eurotuner magazine latest issue has an article on how to install Brabus C-class illuminated door sills.

Fuzzo

you might try posting this on mbnz.org as well. I swear I saw some one go into lenghty discussion on how to do this.. give it a shot.. you have nothing to loose... i did hear that it's quite a task..

hokusbenz

did anyone get the optional lighted doorsills for the c coupe? if so what color? pics?

hokusbenz

did no one get this option? i have never seen it mentioned here

toki999

i'd had got this option


if it was like 200 bucks..kekekkk

yvette

I had the first ones installed at Smythe MB in San Jose Calif. They are beautiful blue!!! In day you cant see them at all ...But a night...So so Classy. Get them.....my favorit thing on the car! I did'nt tell my husband and I thought he was going to kill me....but when he saw it he said it was classy and it just made a statement and loved it! His parents were impressed !!! Go for it !!

adi

Yvette,
How much total for part and labor?? and how much time they need for installation?
thx

adi

hokusbenz

do you have any pics yvette? i would love to see.

yvette

It cost eight hundred dollars.Cost 400 parts 400 labor. This was the first one installed and they said they quoted me to low. I made them stick on the price!! Had it in writing on the computer! You can buy the parts on e bay for 200.00 . Shops told me too many different stories. 2hr-6hrs. So since mine was the first c coupe at this dealers if was not easy for them. Got the car actually to find one side was not lit. They fixed it! Too much I know...but as I called all the dealers in my area they were 4 hundred dollars more.If I were made as you men then I would of done it myself. I can decorate beautifuly, sew etc. Even painted cars with my dad...but I had to pay!!
Ok...my car gets back today and I will attempt to take a picture with my digidal and try to figure out how to post!!! Truly....It looks so great!! You can't see any light during the day.

ryson

Here's a pic of lighted blue sills on a CLK

ryson

another pic of same sill

Fernando

Where can I get thes? On Ebay what do look under? Looks Great

ryson

I got my illuminated sills on Ebay for $200 (aftermarket) and installed them myself. Do a search for "Illuminated Door Sills". Sometimes you just have to wait a few days before the seller posts one up. I've heard you can get other colors such as red and green... but haven't seen them around. Just Blue. But Blue is the best anyway.

kineda

I'd like to use the lighting from those sills and then make my own custom logo sill.