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Interior light question

Old Nov 17, 2019 | 02:13 AM
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Interior light question

Greetings,
I have a 2015 C400, I wanna my car’s interior looks better so I’m wondering if I could add the interior light. Do I have to do it by MB dealer (programming thing)or I can install some aftermarket by myself?
I am not sure if the dealer can do it or not.
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Old Nov 17, 2019 | 03:03 AM
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Interior light? I'd have thought that all cars have an interior light.
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Old Nov 17, 2019 | 07:26 AM
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im guessing you mean you don't have the 3 color ambient light?
many topics here about installing this if you lack the option from factory
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Old Nov 17, 2019 | 12:33 PM
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While it is possible to retrofit your car with ambient lighting the dealer will not do it. Neither will they do the coding and enabling the new features in the car's menu.

You can do the installation yourself or take it to a shop. For the coding part you'll definately have to find a shop. No worries though, there are places that do it everywhere, in almost every country.
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Old Nov 17, 2019 | 07:58 PM
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There are many different sellers of the ambient lighting for this car. I went from no ambient lighting and installed the 3 color lighting by myself. A 64 color came out and I ordered and installed that too. Coding is done by a little ODB2 plug device.
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Old Nov 17, 2019 | 09:55 PM
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Hanson- you wouldn’t be in the nyc area would ya ?
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Old Nov 18, 2019 | 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Cilo C Class
Hanson- you wouldn’t be in the nyc area would ya ?
I’m in the San Francisco Bay Area but I’m happy to help if you have any question.
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Old Nov 18, 2019 | 06:08 PM
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Hanson- - would love to do the ambient mod- I’m just not that brave to try it - but hey thanks for offering.

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Old Nov 18, 2019 | 09:52 PM
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How did you do the coding thing? I am also not really good at the wiring things...
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Old Nov 18, 2019 | 10:00 PM
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I found the 3 color ambient light on Amazon and it says comes with a programmer. Now I am start to thinking about 64 color.... but there is a one star customer reviews, I am not sure should I have it or not.
Here is the link:
Amazon Amazon
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Old Dec 13, 2021 | 10:48 AM
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Hi

Originally Posted by HansonXD
There are many different sellers of the ambient lighting for this car. I went from no ambient lighting and installed the 3 color lighting by myself. A 64 color came out and I ordered and installed that too. Coding is done by a little ODB2 plug device.
what type of OBD2 device do you need?
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