Stay away from those!!. I bought them and they look REALLY Cheap!!! ten times worst than the stock plastic ones. I never installed them. Flushed $25 down the toilet.

 

Thanks for the heads-up. The installation instructions make it sound so easy to remove the plastic pins. I can't even budge mine so I don't want to take a chance to break something else.

 

Were they even Aluminum? I was thinking about ordering those too. Thanks for the heads up.


Has anyone tried these?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Merce...ayphotohosting

 

Yes, they are aluminum with a chrome-like finish (that seems like it is going to peel off very quickly). However, they are completely hollow and very light, which make them feel really cheap

 

It would be nice to get some of these will the Mercedes-Benz star on them. It would be nice to get a good quality set of these.

Dan

 

Do you mean something like these?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MERCEDES-CHROM...QQcmdZViewItem

 

Yes these would be nice if I knew it was a quality product.

 

Could be worth email'ing the seller to find out more info

 

I was thinking about getting a set of custom Aluminum ones made, maybe a bit shorter then the OEM ones and rounded at the top.

If this is possible, are other people interested? I will post more info when I find out.

 

I would be interested, provided:
- When locked, they set into the top of the door so when I rest my arm on the door (window open) I don't get poked by the pin.
- adequate instructions are included vis removal and install

thanks

 

i'd advise against getting any door pin that sits flush on the door when locked. If your power goes out for any reason (e.g., loose battery cable), you lose power to your vehicle, including the power door locks. Imagine getting stuck inside your vehicle and having no way to manually open the door.

 

Can anyone please confirm if the existing door pins do in fact screw off? I read another post that said you have to take the door panels off to remove the existing pins. I tried twisting mine, but I don't want to force it and break them.

I think it is quite tacky to have door pins. On my first trip to a fast food window my arm gets to get poked.

I am digging the thought of flush mounted ones when locked. I am not really too worried about getting locked in my vehicle with a dead battery. I mean...what are the odds?

 

You have 5 options,

1. Replace you battery every 6 months, so it won't die on you for sure.
2. Open your sunroof manually and climb out from the roof.
3. Get your back seat down and open your trunk with emergency release.
4. Call your MB roadside assistant from your cell.
5. Break your window.

Don't you know that if you're inside, pull your door handle once will unlock the door and second time to open? This is also applied to all the European car as well.

 

lol that was funny. Maybe its different with his car.

 

The rear ones pull off by just twisting and pulling up. For some reason or another the front ones do not. Not really sure why they are different. If you have to remove the door panels that will be a pain, but I will investigate.

Also another thing I noticed when I pulled the back one off the part that attaches to the pin still sticks up a bit so a flush mount (without a lot of mods) will not work.

 

Are you saying that in order to has it flush, the part that attached to the pin needs to be cut shorter?

 

Anyone considered getting rid of the dreaded lock pins once and for all?

Think about it. The pins are totally useless!! You dont need to pull on them to unlock the door, just pull the handle and the door will unlock, pull again and it will open. The car will lock itself after 10 mph, so no need to push down the pins either. On top of that you have lock/unlock buttons on each of the front doors. So, instead of changing the pins, maybe a nicely fitted aluminum cap to cover the hole where the pin used to be is a better option. What do you think?

 

Yep, I will post a picture when I get a chance.

 

Please do!

 

Here are 2 pictures with the rear door pin removed. One locked and one unlocked.

Just noticed an issue. If we get doorpins that are lower then when the doors are locked people cannot unlock the doors so might be an issue in an accident. But then again if you want to use it as "child locks" it would work! And also pulling the rear door handles 2x does not unlock it.

 

Can we see the final product ?

 

+1

 

Didn't Peter Griffin get stuck in his car when he locked his keys out?

 

just arrived...

 

Those CF ones look interesting - but post some pix installed please (up and down).

The thing is, when down there is no CF to see right.