MaverickC43

Anyone know if the 2020 c class ambient light can be upgraded ( coded) to get the multicolor animation like the glc has?

Doa

do you have an example of that?

MaverickC43

What r u asking?

W205C43PFL

OP is referring to this: https://www.mbhouse.ca/uploads/produ...lift338233.jpg
Edit: Basically you can select a different ambient light colour for illumination, there is also presets. like Red Sky or something I forgot the names.

W205C43PFL

Perhaps contacting MBHouse and see if they can possibly do it, if not RJAutomotive? Both of them were highly recommended by forum members here. As you know, the GLC facelift have MBUX after all.

MaverickC43

Yes.
Thank you I will be looking around
if I find something I will post it

MaverickC43

Looks like MB HOUSE can recode for that, but waiting to get all the details from them

Cosworth2000

I know the guys are MBHouse. My car was the first car where they learned to code the dash to retrofit my Digital Dash. I would contact them first to find out but it looks like you are far from them as they are located in Canada.

MaverickC43

They could Recode remotely if it’s possible to get on my car

Cosworth2000

Not that I know of. Did you ask them?

MaverickC43

I’ve sent a few emails, I’ll give ‘em a call tomorrow

sids2112

Any luck? I’m also interested and had contacted RJ a year back asking but they said they aren’t doing research on outdated W205 anymore.

MaverickC43

I called their online sales number and they said they can do it remotely.
I also talked to a few guys with some programming exp one is a MB “ master tech”
so will see what he has to say, but I will do remote if they can’t. I’ll keep u all posted

Cosworth2000

Did you order from them? I keep seeing many different types.

1. Where the lights are controlled by the Steering Wheel or Door Controls as seen on Flexx Youtube Channel
2. There is another company I have found in Canada under 4X4 iNav you don't need any coding to be done. You just install it and you cycle through your already 3 colour option and as you cycle it changes the LED colour but you don't see it on the screen like you would in the 2020+ models
3. MB House looks like the LED work perfectly as purchased from MB however only if you have Net 5.5, if not, not sure how theirs will work if you don't have this update.

Can't really trust what is on Aliexpress but I figure they are more inline with what Flexx has installed on his C-Class.

MaverickC43

It’s ordered
I’ll let u know how it goes

Cosworth2000

So I ordered my from 4x4inavi and all I can say is that it looks amazing. Yes, you only cycle through the colours using your stock display as it uses the CAMBUS to hack the system so the car thinks it's normal to cycle through the colours and the module changes the voltage to effect the LEDS.

It was a real pain to do the center and to pull the wire through from one side to the other. I did purchase a pull through which had little claws on the end and that worked perfectly. One thing I have to warn, like others have stated, at night you see the reflection of the lights in your side mirrors or on the window. So that will be something you will have to deal with as a trade off. It's winter here with all the snow so I did little by little and all I have now to do it the 2 front doors but I'm gonna wait until it's warmer since those ones are known to be harder to take off and I don't want to break anything. The back doors weren't easy but I took my time to tie everything up, nice and neat.

MaverickC43

So u we’re adding the the led vents?
Did u do multicolor upgrade too?
I think all the vents work pretty well just a matter of how easy they are to install
im doing the remote coding to get the multicolor animation. If anyone uses MB house, call them don’t email. I will keep u posted on the remote coding
but they have good prices.
Removing the speed limiter is 1/2 the price of others I’ve seen

Cosworth2000

Yes, I got my vents but not the speakers as I think that could be to much light inside the car and already the lights in the vent can be seen in the window now.
Did you install anything yet?

MaverickC43

MaverickC43

Vents
thinking about something to affix to the vents to block the mirror glow
getting the multicolor animation next week

Cosworth2000

Yes.. looks good..

cidtek

Is there such a thing as too much ambient lighting? Some examples I've seen give the car the ambiance of a strip club.

Cosworth2000

Yeah, I didn't install any on the speakers.. It's was to much for me. I think the vents, door and maybe the leg space is good. I also did the back of my seats where if you do it yourselves, it was damn hard.

Keith66

LOL. Yes, there's definitely a fine line here. Mavericks' looks awesome and classy to me. In my opinion, the speaker lights push that line into ricer-boy territory. Just my opinion, if you like it, good for you!


Agreed.

I have my vents, passenger dashboard trim, center console, footwells and under-seats done but still have the doors to install before I can power up everything.

MaverickC43

There’s a bunch of ladies in Chicagoland strip clubs that I would welcome into my AMG.
LOL