IMPORTANT to C55 owners: Dont **** with ur button shifters!
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Actually I found Kjb55's post and SPR states:
"YOu beat me to it. I just got done with mine at about noon today. It was the biggest pain in the *** I have ever done. I would not do it again honestly! They're wierd to get used to. I swear they grazed my leg when I was turning today. I have driven with them for about 1 hr. now and they're fine. I had to get used to the buttons though also. The feel is soo much better than the buttons but without the m1 program it's moot."
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If thats the case, please read my original post before calling other people's thread retarded. I searched, i followed what Kjb55 did and at about half way i found the modification was too hard for me.
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No, you're post is still retarded because you could not follow directions properly, or in the alternative could not comprehend the low level of skill required which you lack before you attempted.
I based all comments off your original post. Simply because you could not complete the modifcaiton, it is no indication others should or cannot follow suit.
My issue simply laid with using the wrong bit and taking more time as it is what I had on hand, otherwise it IS simple and rather uneventful. I won't bother commenting further.
I based all comments off your original post. Simply because you could not complete the modifcaiton, it is no indication others should or cannot follow suit.
My issue simply laid with using the wrong bit and taking more time as it is what I had on hand, otherwise it IS simple and rather uneventful. I won't bother commenting further.
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No, you're post is still retarded because you could not follow directions properly, or in the alternative could not comprehend the low level of skill required which you lack before you attempted.
I based all comments off your original post. Simply because you could not complete the modifcaiton, it is no indication others should or cannot follow suit.
My issue simply laid with using the wrong bit and taking more time as it is what I had on hand, otherwise it IS simple and rather uneventful. I won't bother commenting further.
I based all comments off your original post. Simply because you could not complete the modifcaiton, it is no indication others should or cannot follow suit.
My issue simply laid with using the wrong bit and taking more time as it is what I had on hand, otherwise it IS simple and rather uneventful. I won't bother commenting further.
According to your comment previously quoted it wasn't easy. Thus instead of sharing tips and tricks with posters you attack them. Way to be a member of this board.
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No, you're post is still retarded because you could not follow directions properly, or in the alternative could not comprehend the low level of skill required which you lack before you attempted.
I based all comments off your original post. Simply because you could not complete the modifcaiton, it is no indication others should or cannot follow suit.
My issue simply laid with using the wrong bit and taking more time as it is what I had on hand, otherwise it IS simple and rather uneventful. I won't bother commenting further.
I based all comments off your original post. Simply because you could not complete the modifcaiton, it is no indication others should or cannot follow suit.
My issue simply laid with using the wrong bit and taking more time as it is what I had on hand, otherwise it IS simple and rather uneventful. I won't bother commenting further.
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So i contacted Neal, and he said although he couldn't order the buttons as seperate items, he could take out the buttons from one of his stock steering wheel and sell them to me.
Thanks, Neal!
Thanks, Neal!
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Why don't or didn't you just contact some of the other members who have done it instead of crying so much and scaring other members????? If you weren't such a baby others and I would have offered to just do it for you...
The reason I have no tolerance for your post is because you're making a big deal out of nothing and giving others misinformation.
What is the main problem that you're having? That you're too apprehensive about going too big and buggering the housing? Use a marker and outline it and then go less than the inner marks. This is half the reason I took so long becase I purposely didn't want to bugger it (using a sanding wheel which took 2x as long). I think my experience in head porting helped but if you read the original e55 post this was clearly stated.
BTW if you have already done some of the dremeling the OEM buttons might not even be retained properly as they pressure fit in there and so you might be forced to actually complete what you started-unless you use an epoxy or something.
If you want some help completing it I'll help you but don't scare others out of attempting it when it's not that big of a deal-
The reason I have no tolerance for your post is because you're making a big deal out of nothing and giving others misinformation.
What is the main problem that you're having? That you're too apprehensive about going too big and buggering the housing? Use a marker and outline it and then go less than the inner marks. This is half the reason I took so long becase I purposely didn't want to bugger it (using a sanding wheel which took 2x as long). I think my experience in head porting helped but if you read the original e55 post this was clearly stated.
BTW if you have already done some of the dremeling the OEM buttons might not even be retained properly as they pressure fit in there and so you might be forced to actually complete what you started-unless you use an epoxy or something.
If you want some help completing it I'll help you but don't scare others out of attempting it when it's not that big of a deal-
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Why don't or didn't you just contact some of the other members who have done it instead of crying so much and scaring other members????? If you weren't such a baby others and I would have offered to just do it for you...
The reason I have no tolerance for your post is because you're making a big deal out of nothing and giving others misinformation.
What is the main problem that you're having? That you're too apprehensive about going too big and buggering the housing? Use a marker and outline it and then go less than the inner marks. This is half the reason I took so long becase I purposely didn't want to bugger it (using a sanding wheel which took 2x as long). I think my experience in head porting helped but if you read the original e55 post this was clearly stated.
BTW if you have already done some of the dremeling the OEM buttons might not even be retained properly as they pressure fit in there and so you might be forced to actually complete what you started-unless you use an epoxy or something.
If you want some help completing it I'll help you but don't scare others out of attempting it when it's not that big of a deal-
The reason I have no tolerance for your post is because you're making a big deal out of nothing and giving others misinformation.
What is the main problem that you're having? That you're too apprehensive about going too big and buggering the housing? Use a marker and outline it and then go less than the inner marks. This is half the reason I took so long becase I purposely didn't want to bugger it (using a sanding wheel which took 2x as long). I think my experience in head porting helped but if you read the original e55 post this was clearly stated.
BTW if you have already done some of the dremeling the OEM buttons might not even be retained properly as they pressure fit in there and so you might be forced to actually complete what you started-unless you use an epoxy or something.
If you want some help completing it I'll help you but don't scare others out of attempting it when it's not that big of a deal-
If you cant give suggestions to my problem i stated in the original post (to order a new set of button shifters), dont respond.
And whats wrong with letting the people whos attempting this mod know about this issue? They should be informed that if they accidently screw up the modification,(i.e. cutting too much of the housing), its not something that can be fixed easily.
Last edited by RW C55; Jan 24, 2008 at 04:17 PM.
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Are you done? I'm not giving others wrong information. My point was, and i repeat again, YOU CANNOT ORDER SHIFTER BUTTONS FROM MB DEALER PARTS DEPARTMENT WITHOUT ORDERING THE ENTIRE STEERING WHEEL
If you cant give suggestions to my problem i stated in the original post (to order a new set of button shifters), dont respond.
And whats wrong with letting the people whos attempting this mod know about this issue? They should be informed that if they accidently screw up the modification,(i.e. cutting too much of the housing), its not something that can be fixed easily.
If you cant give suggestions to my problem i stated in the original post (to order a new set of button shifters), dont respond.
And whats wrong with letting the people whos attempting this mod know about this issue? They should be informed that if they accidently screw up the modification,(i.e. cutting too much of the housing), its not something that can be fixed easily.
Give him a break he's being nicer.
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Ya i know he offered to help. Sorry if i was being a jerk. I know hes not gonna scam me, its just that I'm not gonna send my steering wheel to some one i dont know. Plus, i already put my deposit on VRUS's paddle shifter conversion, so i just gave up doing the OEM retrofit.
SPR i apologize for my childish behavior.
SPR i apologize for my childish behavior.
