Hi Guys.

since iīm new to this forum, i first of all want to say hello to all of you guys.
My name is Daniel, i am 23 years old and from Stuttgart (home of Mercedes Benz ;-) )

Iīm a proud owner of an obsidian black C63 for a while now and was never be
happy with the look of my "old school" mirrors. After a few phonecalls with MB,
i ended up to be contend with my mirrors, since i didnīt want to pay over 2.000 bucks
for simply the look of the "new style" mirrors. I let it rest for a few weeks but
started again to make some phonecalls, but this time with a couple of Friends which
are working in the auto industry. A few days later i took delivery of my new mirrors.
The mirrors arenīt new and got slight signs of usage. But infact that my car isnīt
new either, i really donīt mind.

The best thing about it is that i only paid 629€ shipped to my door (799$!!!). After
i sold my old mirrors itīs quite less :-)

As i was told that the assemply of the mirrors is a plug nīplay job, i tryed it on my
own and it was really that easy. But enough talking letīs get it on.


properly packed in bubble wrap



after removing of the bubble wrap



detail image



"old style" mirror on my car



at first you have to remove the speakercover to get to the three torx screws, the mirror
is screwed on with



just lift it up with your fingers from the outside of your car (you have to roll down the windows)



and simply remove it by pushing it forward (towards your hood)



now you got access to the three torx screws



after that remove the cover of the electronic box in your side door
again lift it up with your fingers...



...an pull it off



after that you got access to the plugs of the side mirror



now just remove the holding screw...



...and unplug the side mirror wires (make sure the electronic of your car is
completly switched off for the entire assembly)



you can simply pull the old side mirror out of itīs mounting



take the new mirror and remove all sort of foam



you need to leave the assembly-foam of your old mirrors in the spot like in the picture below
and just need to get the new mirrors screwed on the same way u unscrewed the old one



now plug in all wires again...



...and remount the electronic and speaker cover



hereīs the result of the first side



final picture after 30 mins of enjoyable labor





After i was done with the installation, i turned the car on and tested the new mirrors.
Everything worked well without problems. Itīs a simple Plug nīPlay job like i was told. Now i
really really really love my car, since i never liked the old style mirrors :-)

If anyone of you is interested in a pair of "new style" mirrors like mine, feel free to pm me.
I can also ask for the "euro spec new style folding mirror" if anyone is interested.
Maybe we can get a groupbuy at an even better price.

best regards from Stuttgart,
Daniel

 

Thank you very much for sharing.

 

Thank You For sharing

And it`s look very nice with new mirror

 

Nice write up

 

Looks good

Are these power folding? or no?

 

Hi Guys,

thank you all for the kind words.

@drawde

Mine arenīt power folding, because i never had this option on my car.
But i can ask for power folding mirrors as well. Since they are euro spec,
the should work on your car without problems.

Just PM me if you want me to ask for the folding mirrors.

Best regards,
Daniel

 

Hi Daniel

Looks great! Thanks for the DIY.

Did you order them from the net? address if possible?

 

EXCELLENT WRITE UP!! Thank you Daniel!

I don't know but am I the only one really liking the '08-'09 mirrors? The new ones are nice but I still really like the previous style.

 

I've never been a fan of our mirrors either. I'm surprised with all the after market supplies no one has made a cool/smaller DTM style mirror. Our cars deserve something more race inspired in design.

Looks great and thanks for the write up!

 

good wirte up

 

nice mirror, nice write up

 

Thanks you again guys

After a couple of you wrote me a pm for prices including shipment (USA) hereīs a quick update.

non-folding mirrors 863$ (670 Euro)
folding mirrors 992$ (770 Euro)

(These prices are calculated with the latest exchange rates. Minor deviation is therefor possible.

Best regards,
Daniel

 

For those of us with 09's with non folding mirrors, will getting these fold? Or do we not have the other hardware necessary for this?

 

Hi,

i talked to a friend of mine who is a MB Tech. He told me that you have to replace the mirrors, the control panel in your driver door and enable the
folding mirror option in your car-software.

Thatīs what i was told and it sounds reasonable to me.

best regards,
Daniel

 

Great writeup. You got lucky that they are in the same color as your car.

 

nice writeup with the pictures.

 

I like it
But I heard from MBNL that we only need the switch to make it to fold, not software update

 

Ok, that would be even better. Looking for a source for this switch at the moment, maybe i can get it for a good price.

best regards,
Daniel

 

Old Mirrors = For SAFETY
New Mirrors = For LOOKS + 0.1 extra Horsepower

 

Are the prices you quoted for both mirrors? If so, I might have to take on this DIY.

 

I like them, 992 isn't bad for folding mirrors compare to 2k+.

 

Are they painted to match, or is it "take what color we can get"?
I hate my 09' mirrors with a passion

 

Awesome write up! Thanks for the pics!

 

And i allready made use of this 0.1 hp gain last night, when i raced a BMW M6 from a stoplight and destroyed it^^ But to be fair, the driver of the M6 wasnīt that good...

Yes, the prices are for both mirrors.

thatīs exactly what i was thinking. I searched the net a lot for these mirrors but never found a price under 2300$.

Once you tell me the color of your car, i can check if the color is available. If the right color is not available, they are willing to grand an 50$ discount
on the mirrors and would allready disassemble them, so you can take the mirrorhousing to your local paint shop and get them painted in the right color.

I was lucky they had exactly the same color available, i was looking for.

 

Nice write-up, and the replacement of mirrors, driver side module (switch unit with fold button) and recoding of car with STAR to activate the folding mirror option sounds accurate based on what I was told a while back by MBenzNL. Pricing seems very good too!