ranorris2

Do you need your 2012 upgraded tail lights programmed to your 2008 or 2009 C-Class?

I recently upgraded my taillights, but could not find any dealership, independent shop, or person to program them to operate properly. I got tired of searching everywhere and driving around with my rear fog on, brake lights dimmed, and worst of all the annoying error message that popped up every time I turned my car on. I researched what all is needed to program these lights and how to program the lights, bought all the equipment and now I have taillights that operate properly. Since I know there are more people out there that want to upgrade taillights, I am now offering my services to you...

BEFORE:

AFTER:


If you live close to the DFW area you can just come on by and I'll program your lights. If you're to far to drive to me you will have to remove your Rear SAM module and send it to me. NOTE: If you remove your SAM, your car will not operate until the SAM is reinstalled. I have already programmed a few members from this forum, so if you have any doubt they can confirm my work.

Programming one Rear SAM will be $150
Programming for five or more Rear SAM's will be $100 per SAM

Thanks,
Ryan

snowmuch

I believe he said there is additional equipment that need to purchase and I assume its not cheap.

ranorris2

I spent alot of time trying to figure this out, purchased the equipment to program it with...it's not as simple as explaining how to do it.

Brooklyn101

O....didnt know it was like that. I retract my statement.

where can we buy the tail lights to begin with? I live in Houston and might want to get this done with you!

ranorris2

I think most on here get them from parts.com, they run around $400 for both I think. I bought mine off of eBay from the seller eliteautolights for $300. You might PM "got_thang?", I recently programmed his lights, but he is from Houston so maybe he knows someone local.

SheryarYO

just got my SAM back from ranorris2 and everything works perfectly. definitely contact him if you need to reprogram your SAM. did everything that he promised in the time that he said he would.




(led bars are red in real life...i'm not sure why the iphone camera is making them show up as orangeish)

buying the lights from parts.com will come out to just about $400+shipping. i was able to easily sell my old tail lights on this forum for $200+shipping so you can easily make half of your money back if you do that as well.

Brooklyn101

are the C63 tail lights the same for C300? And you got your tial lights from parts.com?

ranorris2

Yes they are the same

benzo-boi

I met with ranorris2 earlier this month. He happend to be in the LA area, and he was kind enough to meet up with me. For those of you guys in doubt of sending him your SAM, let this testimony be a sign of assurance for you! He was able to program my SAM unit in less then 10 minutes. Super courteous and professional! Check out the results below!

Thanks ranorris2! Can't thank you enough!

angeloxnet

it's actually really simple, it takes like 5 minutes.

ranorris2

You are correct, programming the lights does take 5-10 minutes, you could have seen that from the post above yours. I was talking about getting the software and installing it on your computer.

tg1965

an you wil stil need " STAR mercedes hardware"

angeloxnet

There are also virtual machines ready for deployment that you can use to make it easier vrs installing software on a laptop, you can just use VMware workstation

ddogy

Where do I get these taillights anyways? I can't find any on ebay, nor parts.com... Am I supposed to search for the 2011 C300 for these taillights, because 2012 shows no C class... I thought 2011 were the same as the 2008~2010 taillights?

ranorris2

You have to search by part number...

204 820 41 64 / Left Side
204 820 28 64 / Right Side

ddogy

Thank you very much!! so these are the LED with red bar taillight of the facelift w204!

ranorris2

Yes...you can google the part numbers and see they are the 2012-13 tail lights

ddogy

i just recently got 'cursed' with interest in aftermarket mods... to the point where buying a new car would probably be more practical :P

W204Man

Just got my SAM back from ranorris2 and no more errors for me!!! But my 08 c class had the sam replaced with a 2010+ sam. So I bought a 2008 sam and used it and it worked!!! So maybe that will work for other 2010+ c classes.

aMsupp

Is it like an on/off sort of adjustment, or adding/removing code?

snowmuch

Where did you purchased the 08 sam module?

W204Man

About a mouth ago.

snowmuch

Where, not when...

W204Man

Ebay

snowmuch

Can someone please give me the part number for the rear Sam?