AntsE63S

i was on ebay looking around and i came across this. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/W204-...Q5fAccessories
Dont know if they will work but i might buy them to try them out. What you think??

Ron Jr

Won't work. Wiring is not present on the C300.

Glyn M Ruck

Have your car checked out. If it is SA build there is a good chance that the wiring harness will cater for the paddle shifters.

Krytech

How nice would that be, add paddle shifters to US cars for under $130!

It would even be worth taking the time to hack them into our existing triptronic controls, but not if it voids the warranty.

You'd think if it was feasible MBUSA would offer it as an upgrade. Why not try and get more $$$ from every C300/C350 owner here in the states?

duboisi

Behind the Steering Air Bag Cover, there are 2 female connectors ready for the paddle shifters' connectors to plug in. It is plug and play. BUT ONLY QUALIFIED MB MACHANICS SHOULD DO THIS FOR YOU.

Krytech

I think the debate is whether or not the car in the US have the connectors & programming present. It's been verified that W204's in other markets that have paddle shifters available as an option can add these on if they were not ordered with the car. For them they are truly plug-n-play. But for US market, we don't have paddle shifters as an option so therefore our cars are not programmed for them and may or may not have those connectors.

If you search this forum for paddle shifters, there are numerous conversation regarding them.

Also, if you look on ebay at other sellers of these or sellers of C63 steering wheels, many of them say up front that they are NOT plug-n-play for US cars.

TheDarkSide

^^^^ +1.....there is a good thread on this forum of someone who took off the steering wheel to take a look. I believe there was some input from a MB mechanic too and how it will void your warranty on any related parts including electronics and the transmission.