dyno

mine was nolabel but ... it s a 55 !

mbenz1

I saw a 2009 on the street for the first time yesterday and the rear turn signal arrows were red instead of yellow? US - Red arrows, Europe - Yellow arrows?

dyno

AFAIK this has always been the main difference between Euro and US specs
+ the side marker we don't have.

.. if the turn is red, it should be red in older models, too !

this is the reason why I asked to know what's the part # for you
.. all parts are produced in europe.

mbenz1

The turn signals are yellow on my 2007. All the pics I have seen for the '09 arrows are yellow, so I was kind of surprised. I just had to follow him on the freeway until he turned and braked so I could see them all.

maximus2006

Here are North American part # for 2009 LED tail lights

A219 820 0664

A219 820 0964

dyno

...maybe you asked for one amber and one red turn llight

Marcopolo

I have the 2008 CLS which has LED on the top. Would the swap work or do I still need to add resistors (how much resistance) or swap the SAM module?

BTW how much is a new SAM

dyno

I wrote here
http://https://mbworld.org/forums/3221278-post13.html

how many parts I had to buy and try at the dealership .. even more cables than showed.
For your model the problem is the same ... I save you this money.
As you can see I finally got the technician able to do it .. if interested you can have your bolt on new original tail lights and condition is fair.

Marcopolo

Thanks for you reply Dyno. What did you technician exactly had to do to make it work?

Regards
Marco

dyno

Marcopolo, .. looking for a secret switch to be turned on-off ? .. still to walk for long

should be like that, I 'd have said it.
After one month trials at the dealership, this last guys worked on it one week

sorry .. I wasn't there all the time and when it was finally finished I didn't dare ask to make a DIY


btw, where you from .. maybe close to me enough ?

MJ50

wow, all LED tail light...
don't think i ever saw such tails in US...

Marcopolo

Dyno,

I am in the USA but originally from the Netherlands (the country with the better football players ).

I know exactly what the problem is, but since I am not an electrical engineer, I need to know whether I just need a load resistors to trick the SAM or also relays.

I am both dumb and lazy so that is why I ask.

Marco

dyno

me too nearly dumb and lazy
that's why I decided to let it do to whom which is not
best ,
marco

biketom69

Hello everybody, my first post here... I'm own one of these beautiful CLS that would look even better with the new tail lights

@ dyno

excelent job!!!

Just to make sure, that I understood you right:
There are two ways to get to new LED tail lights working on models produced before 03/2008

1. Install your modification, but NO new cabels (wire harness) , NO new SAM... you hopefully sell that modification to us...
Parts needed: LED tail lights 2x, your modification 2x
2. Install new wire harness, install new SAM... = cost much higher because of SAM, very time consuming to install because of new cabels
Parts needed: Wire harness 2x, SAM 2x, LED tail lights 2x

Question:
Is there a difference when retrofitting a model produced before 06/2006 (little facelift) or after 06/2006?


Thanks,
Tom

rarfinancial

I have had these lights in my garage for a few months now I have an
07 CLS63, where can I send the lights to get them done? thanks Dyno lights look great

dyno

first thing, I can't answer you tech question cause i m not the technician.
on my direct experience I can say that way 2 does NOT work.

as I wrote in an earlier post, I agreed with him, should anybody of you had an interest, to supply both lights ready prepared to be only plugged to the original car socket at 3x the price of 1 light.

dyno

you should send them to me ..maybe it s less convenient as if you had not already bought them bacause you ll have to pay two times the postage
.. in any case it s better than have them sitting

Oxygen

Those look amazing... unbelievable what a difference that makes..

Thumbs up for a job well done!

dyno

thanks guys for compliments

... I'll add soon a further NEW MOD ... a thing that remained in my mind the first time I saw it here
https://mbworld.org/forums/3012121-post21.html

next weel will arrive
.. my audio installer is a bit angry because I told him that maybe it will be necessary toadapt the resonance box construction to this new thing ...

mcma1

http://www.mercedes-benz-parts.co.uk...blue_1447.html

carmania11

Excellent work Keep on posting.

mcma1

i think i am going to order these on monday although i think the install cost could be high so will have to dig for someone who has done it DIY

dyno

I didn't explain correctly: no prob to find the original part, obviously !
I meant that I couldn't find an aftermarket part with exactly the same look as the original one.

ps: your link shows the brushed steel version but I don't like it .. I think that finish is more for a GL version or maybe an SLK, but not for CLS

ps:
.. I see that in the new SL there is no more the Blue light. it is WHITE.
do you know if it is the same also for SL63 AMG ?

dyno

thanks,
but about LEDs there s nothing more to do
I have only a plan for trying to install led lamps on front lights (we call it city light, don't know how in english ..)

to say the truth there is also another small toy that I already bought time ago
.. but I feel a bit of shame to ask my installer to do this childish thing
further , I would like it installed into the fog lights
like this




.. and I know it is quite impossible to have both the fog light working and this strobo thing inside

Must finish now the Audio install !

cls55

dyno
what happened with the TUNE.
thanks