Retrofitting CLS 63 Steering into CLS 55. Paddles dont work. Any Ideas?
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Retrofitting CLS 63 Steering into CLS 55. Paddles dont work. Any Ideas?
Howdy Fellows,
I am trying to fit a cls63 paddle shift steering into my CLS 55. Everything works great except for the paddles. They do not do anything. Audio, volume etc works with lights coming on at night. Has anybody tried this? Here is a pic of the said steering.
Any ideas would be great. According to the tech handling the car, there are 2 wires not going anywhere.
Regards,
Dev
I am trying to fit a cls63 paddle shift steering into my CLS 55. Everything works great except for the paddles. They do not do anything. Audio, volume etc works with lights coming on at night. Has anybody tried this? Here is a pic of the said steering.
Any ideas would be great. According to the tech handling the car, there are 2 wires not going anywhere.
Regards,
Dev
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Howdy Fellows,
I am trying to fit a cls63 paddle shift steering into my CLS 55. Everything works great except for the paddles. They do not do anything. Audio, volume etc works with lights coming on at night. Has anybody tried this? Here is a pic of the said steering.
Any ideas would be great. According to the tech handling the car, there are 2 wires not going anywhere.
Regards,
Dev
I am trying to fit a cls63 paddle shift steering into my CLS 55. Everything works great except for the paddles. They do not do anything. Audio, volume etc works with lights coming on at night. Has anybody tried this? Here is a pic of the said steering.
Any ideas would be great. According to the tech handling the car, there are 2 wires not going anywhere.
Regards,
Dev
The wiring harnesses are different so this is what's going to have to be done unfortunately.
Hope that helps.
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tgoss, thank you for pointing me in the right direction. i looked up https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/...installed.html
and will get the techs to try out swapping the original 55 shift module into the 63 steering when i'm off to my dive trip.
and will get the techs to try out swapping the original 55 shift module into the 63 steering when i'm off to my dive trip.
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I'm not sure where your location is but there is an easier way. The steering wheel from the 07's (CLS63s) came with paddles and it is plug and play. Maybe you can return the parts and go that route...
It took me 10 minutes to swap mine.
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CLS55 steering wheel switch
I'm doing the same thing 55 030 package wheel to a 63 030 wheel paddle shifters, my shop does it all the time and no problems or major mods , like u said plug and play , dated thing with 07-09 wheel a matter of taste ... Badm
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I'm not sure where your location is but there is an easier way. The steering wheel from the 07's (CLS63s) came with paddles and it is plug and play. Maybe you can return the parts and go that route...
It took me 10 minutes to swap mine.
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As far as the dated look, people did this mod 5 years ago... You wanted "any ideas", this is one.
You can pick one of these SWs for $300-$400 and swap it yourself in 30 minutes if you don't know what you are doing.
A newer style SW requires a new airbag and someone to retrofit the shifting modules from the old SW to the new one. If you are paying someone to do it for you, that's at least 5 times more.
Budget aside, your new OEM wheel looks great and I hope you get it working.
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Yeap, same airbag. You can even look for the compatible models: 07s E63, 07s CLK63, 08 CLK BS and I think the 07s SL55 rocked the same style airbag.
As far as the dated look, people did this mod 5 years ago... You wanted "any ideas", this is one.
You can pick one of these SWs for $300-$400 and swap it yourself in 30 minutes if you don't know what you are doing.
A newer style SW requires a new airbag and someone to retrofit the shifting modules from the old SW to the new one. If you are paying someone to do it for you, that's at least 5 times more.
Budget aside, your new OEM wheel looks great and I hope you get it working.
As far as the dated look, people did this mod 5 years ago... You wanted "any ideas", this is one.
You can pick one of these SWs for $300-$400 and swap it yourself in 30 minutes if you don't know what you are doing.
A newer style SW requires a new airbag and someone to retrofit the shifting modules from the old SW to the new one. If you are paying someone to do it for you, that's at least 5 times more.
Budget aside, your new OEM wheel looks great and I hope you get it working.
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Well , you can Buy one from DCT motorsport for about $876 or so or from Age/Styling from England, for $773 ,, the same CLS 63 030 performance package ,,.. Both great deals over dealer , at $1,344.00 .... Badm
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I bought the wheel off http://amg-studio.ru/shop/CID_198.html
speak to Alex as he speaks english and shipping was without hassle to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
speak to Alex as he speaks english and shipping was without hassle to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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i am trying to retrofit this on my sl55. could you tell me what year your car is and if you know whether it will fir a 2003 sl55. I am on the sl55 forum, but you can reach me by email at toledanoi@yahoo.com. If you have the wheel off, maybe you can send me picture of the back and i can tell whether it will fit - thank you, and the wheel looks great!
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That is very funny - that is exactly what i am trying to do on l55. Here is the link so far with input
https://mbworld.org/forums/sl55-amg-...-fit-sl55.html
https://mbworld.org/forums/sl55-amg-...-fit-sl55.html
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I'm not sure where your location is but there is an easier way. The steering wheel from the 07's (CLS63s) came with paddles and it is plug and play. Maybe you can return the parts and go that route...
It took me 10 minutes to swap mine.
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It took me 10 minutes to swap mine.
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start with removing the + from the battery, there is two torx screws on the back of the steering wheel on either side. cant remember the size off hand that will loosen the airbag. then once thats off disconnect the wire to the airbag, steering wheel is held on with a T10mm bolt. its on tight use a long socket wrench for leverage and hold the steering wheel tight. to install follow reverse order and dont forget to reattach the battery.
