rb23lb

Alright, finally posting a few pics of my interior upgrades...

Had to wait FOREVER for the 2012 C63 Performance Package Alcantara and Black Nappa Leather Shift knob and boot to come in from Germany... (Easier install than 2008-2011 knob - improved locking mechanism that secures knob without worrying about breaking the teeth when removing)

Installed the 2008-2011 C63 Performance Package Alcantara Steering wheel and bag myself over a month ago with helpful tips from a few people in this forum

The 4 door sills are the aftermarket style (MUCH cheaper and brighter than OEM and you get 4 instead of 2 of them) and were installed by a local car audio shop with about 2 hours of labor and wired to some module in the door sills that controls the dome light dimmers (they also wired my 2010-2012 style mirrors puddle lights easily to this module so they turn on when unlocking the car - no need to go through headliner to get to the dome dimmer! )

The door sills are not as nice quality as the OEM ones ($800 vs $200 price) but they still look good and people that see em for the first time compliment and are impressed...

Flash off - Alcantara looks natural black color:


Flash on - Alcantara texture causes it to look Grey but it really is a black color that matched interior pretty well:


New wheel and bag with flash on:


New knob and boot with flash on (looks bad and really grey, but without flash it looks much better and is a matching black):


Boot with Flash off:


Front/Rear Illuminated Door Sills:


Front sill close ups:



AZN Optic Eyelids and sidemarker LEDs with black painted xenon housings,oem matte black painted grill, and 2012 side mirrors:


All in all, enjoy driving much more with the solid feel of the sportier, smaller & flatter wheel in my hands...

The Alcantara gives a real nice luxury feel when gripping it and it also has way more grip then smooth leather...

The Door sills look bad *** when you exit or enter the car, I would recommend them if you are bored with your interior...

mir_m

Were did u get the sill from mate
Car looks wicked

rb23lb

thanks man... got the sills from here: http://www.formymercedes.com/mb_resu...20Door%20Sills

Sportstick

Looks great! Some folks think alcantara is a leather, but it's actually a trademarked fabric and has some particular cleaning/maintenance, for example, to deal with build up of dirt/oil from hands over time. Here is some helpful information:

http://int.alcantara.com/#/en/menu/t...ry_maintenance

Enjoy...great steering wheel!

mir_m

Do these sills replace current ones or do they sick on top of original ones
Thanks

dcjwlee

I think you remove the original sills, connect w.e. wiring you need to and then the new cover goes on where the originals were.

I'm pretty sure there is a sticky for it at the top. If not, it's in the DIY sticky.

rb23lb

you rip off the OEM metal sill... it is held by 3M double side tape... be careful not to scracth areas that are outside the sill that wont be covered by the new sill, as it is stuck on there pretty good...

replacement sills go right where the old ones were... a hole has to be drilled under the lip of the upper sill so that the wire can feed into the compartment under the upper sill... dont worry, you wont see it after the top sill is back on..

i had this done by a local car audio shop but this is just my description from watching... make sure u take it to professionals unless you really know what u are doing...

from there, i am not exactly sure how the installer wired it but it definitely is going to the "front dome dimmer" (was what was on my install receipt) without having to be put through the headliner... meaning there must be some control module for this that can be accessed in the door sill...

hitokiri89

You get the paddles to work ?

jimmythegreek

theres no paddles on that wheel if you look carefully, and you cant get them to work without the dynamic handling package installed from the factory. I have the paddles on mine and you can see them from all angles, they stick out on tip quite a bit

AMG_79

Very nice mods....looks really neat & stealthish.

mmike

wow the sills looks great!!

jimmythegreek

Just so peeps know most guys that install these jump power from the courtesy light on the bottom of your doors. If you go into the wiring harness at the bottom of each door hinge u can probe and find which wire controls the light and just add a tap for each sill. Then u need only a ground, the light is already fused by MB for you

altawila

Where did you get the steering wheel? How much?

xolinlevh

Would love to get all those on mine! i thought all the C63 wheels had paddles?

tanktube67

Looks very nice, good job.

mir_m

I drive a c220 and the oem sills look plastic would this still work
Thanks

hyperion667

Cobra619

ditto!

xolinlevh

can you post your cost for each item? wheel, shift, and sills?

wnunez89

I love the sills, I want them lol can you share where you got them? also that wheel is sexy!

PGT

Were you able to get the lights working on the steering wheel? i.e. the backlight on the buttons.

rb23lb

ya lights work fine, plug and play, fits same harness as oem... only the 2012 wheels need a new steering column to get the lights to work... 2008-2011 have no issues...

i can't disclose the wheel and bag price exactly but I bought it from a forum member who gave me a good deal and told me to keep it on the DL

but expect to spend around $1000-$1500 for both wheel and bag... airbag is equally expensive for the C63...

The paddle shifters were deleted and plugged with fabricated rubber plugs to keep the clean look (even though you cant see the holes in the back anyway)

ill try to take some pics of the plugs... but there is no point to pluggin them really as you cant see behind the wheel anyway... i just didnt want to have unfunctional paddles, because I think that is kinda dumb and sloppy...

rb23lb

ya there is a link directly to them I shared earlier in the thread...

PGT

Hmmm. Your first post said you got a 2012 wheel.

edit: NM. old wheel, new shift knob/boot

rb23lb

OEM c63 PP Alcantara and Nappa shift and Alcantara boot was $150 shipped off ebay Germany