AF6OR

Finished the install yesterday and took some pics. Followed the instruction information here and worked great!!! Except I didnt take the bumper off. I find it much easier than taking it off. Tools used dremel and soldering gun.
Apologize for the iphone pics.

Thanks,
Mike

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Domm

Great job. How long did it take you from start to finish?

AF6OR

Thanks it probably took me about 4 hours as I took my time cutting the bumper and soldering the caps. I ended up using the side marker for power source but i will change it later and tap into the fuse box that will get power once ignition is on.

snowmuch

nice work there. which tool did you use for the solidering part? im looking to do this very soon. the prts aeellre on the way XD

blue00r6

Nice job! looks great - btw, Are you wheels oem or reps?

AF6OR

Thanks Blue! I wanted to say thanks to you and the instructions you and Jimmy provided. It sure helped a lot!

Anyway, the wheels are OEM C63 AMG's


Mike

AF6OR

I soldered the caps on the parking lamp wires where I tapped into both sides. Although, I will be changing that someday to power up to ignition on.....Blue has the diagram on his previous post.


Mike

papashango

I wanna do this SOOOO bad but I am worried about cutting my bumper and all that. I would deff have to get it done from some shop but the sad thing is I don't even know which shop I would go to locally to have something like this done.


How much did ALL the parts cost you? Where did you get the LED from?

Thanks

AF6OR

To be honest I was a little freaked out cutting the bumper at first and must have gone through the instructions numerous times just to make sure.

Here is a quick tip - I did not remove the bumper at all when I did both sides but remember measure twice and cut once :-) point is you dont want to cut anything in front or can be seen in front of the bumper or would extended beyond what the mesh covers.

Cut 1/4 inch around the fog lamps and never look back :-) you need to remove the fog light mounting points and the surrounding area. Use a dremel tool with a cutting wheel and the round bits for around the corners. Test fit the back plastic mount into the opening. The way that it goes is the lip of the mount goes in between the fog lamp opening. Once that your satisfied with the positioning take it out and mount the LED and chrome bezel. Position it again inside. After that the final outer mesh will mount to the back plastic housing where you mounted the LED's sandwiching the bumper from the inside and out.

Do not forget to run your wires long enough to reach where you will tap into which is the side marker lamps in my case and had to take it out again lol!

As far as wiring the LED's I went away with small molex pin connectors put a shirnk tube heated it with a heat gun. Aslo soldered it for secure connection prior to shrink tubing. Lastly, I used a weather sealant on the connectors for the LED and sealing it complete just to make sure water or moisture will not get in there.

Cost - Well, I ordered my parts through BMA and picked it up locally the same day but costed me 200 more as I paid 609 and did not want to wait and order it online. It acutally helped me visualise what needs to be done seeing the parts on hand and forced me to do it since its starring at me waiting for me to install them LOL....

Goodluck on your install.....yes, you can do it :-) with the instructions that Blue and JImmy provided that should help you .....it did for me :-)


Mike

Here are a couple of snaps for the back connectors on the LED before using the heat gun

rb23lb

what are the part #s you used?

are there differences between the 2011 parts, the 2012 parts, and the 2013 parts?

or are all the DRLs the same parts on the C class in all 3 years???

AF6OR

Update - i ended up running a relay after all! I tried running various capacitors and it flickered even not as much or often but still could not stand it lol. Ran a relay just like Jimmy's post and this time i wired the switching leg of the relay on the fuse block in the trunk and connected to fuse block 71. LED switches once i put the key in position 1. At least i dont have to turn on the parking lamps to activate the LEDs

mir_m

Hi can you please explain how to do this as mine also flicker, pics would be great thank you

AF6OR

PM me if interested.

1450 with tires local pick up Orange County. Mint condition.


Thanks,
Mike