Originally Posted by CoolBDPhenom03

I guess that works too

I usually pull extra things apart if I'm not 100% sure what I'm doing. This way just made access to those parts easier, but I guess it's not necessary if you have a good idea of what needs to be done already.

Originally Posted by CoolBDPhenom03

Nice. I wish I had hands-on instruction for other DIY's I've done on my car and my bike.

Originally Posted by balthaser

My SAM finally came back from whipple today. It takes longer than expected, but it's not whipple's fault at all and I'm happy with the result.

Basically, my old taillight had a burnt socket at the passenger side a couple months ago throwing error messages, so I brought it to dealer. There while they fixed the socket they also updated my SAM software to the latest version, which renders it unrecognizable for whipple's development software. So the reprogram seemed to reach the dead end at first. Whipple could easily refuse to keep helping me and send my SAM back. But instead he went out his way putting his own money towards a newest upgrade on the development software to make this thing work. And now my taillights and SAM work as they should and no error message is thrown. This is really class-act. I want to thank him publicly for his great job on my SAM.

Originally Posted by gregalinnn

See this: https://mbworld.org/forums/c63-amg-w...ml#post5203822

Originally Posted by gregalinnn

I like those tail lights someone can tell me where to get?

Originally Posted by Jason B

Ok, and what's the price for the pair of just tails?

Originally Posted by CoolBDPhenom03

Edited the other post with part numbers.

Here's a pic of the push pins and grocery hook so you can see how to remove them. Sorry for the grainy cell phone pic.

Originally Posted by CoolBDPhenom03

Alright folks,

Thanks to some good ole' fashioned elbow grease, I figured it out. Most of this can be done with your bare hands but you will need a 9mm socket wrench to make life easier.

Step 1: Disconnect the battery. I'd suggest wearing gloves, but with the car off you should be okay without. There's one bolt you need to loosen before you pull the cable off.





Step 2: Pull out the trunk lining. There are 3 items you need to remove. 2 are the little push pins that you can remove with your fingernails. There's a center pin that feeds and lock the outer pin. I found that it was easiest to remove the center pin then the outer pin. You also need to remove the grocery hook. No trick, just pull straight out. A flat screwdriver might help here.





Step 3: There is only one bolt in the top left that you really need to remove. If you do step 2 and pull back the lining, you'll see it easily. When you remove this bolt, you can tilt the whole module forward (by forward I mean toward your left, away from the right side of the car). There is a brace on the bottom that the module appears to be attached to...you just need to tilt it far enough and you can slide it out of the bracket.





Step 4: Once step 3 is done, you can easily access everything. There are two black snap locks that secure the SAM. Press those simultaneously and shimmy out the SAM.





Step 5: There's one connector that you can squeeze to remove, but there are 3 more that you can't. Just look at the picture and press where the red arrow points, then pull the grey tab where the blue arrow is and the connector should easily pop out. Everything is color coded so you won't have to remember where it connects.





Best of luck to you, gents. I'll be mailing my SAM out to whipple today for overnight delivery and should get it back by Thursday.

Originally Posted by rb23lb

this grocery hook was a beeatch to get out.... I broke the one on the right side because I pulled with all my might at the node on the other end wouldnt compress to let it through... I tried to squeeze it but it was hard as hell, so I finally just snapped it off....

Anybody got a part # for a new one?

thanks!

Originally Posted by rb23lb

PS- Just checking to make sure this is normal before sending into Whipple once the group buy is ready.... But should I be getting the error message in the Dash that says "check rear right fog lamp" ?

is that the error everybody else gets before having it properly coded?

BTW, I installed AZN LEDs into the sockets in place of the 3 halogen bulbs (2brake 1 reverse)... would that maybe cause it?

Originally Posted by rb23lb

whoah... there is a battery in the rear trunk area as well?

is that just c63 only?

I didnt see one in my C350...

Originally Posted by CoolBDPhenom03

I'll need to get one as well. I didn't break the one to remove the SAM, but I just noticed that my left one is super loose. I'm not sure how else to remove it other than being careful. I included a pic of the full shot of the hook so people could see how it attaches.

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It's not the AZN lights. That's the same code I got. I was getting the message for the right light. The left fog was the one that was always on, but it wasn't triggering any message. The reprogram fixes both.



I think the C63 has the battery in trunk because it's a V8. There is no room in the engine compartment for it.

Originally Posted by rb23lb

- thanks for part #!

- glad to hear you had the same issue before reprogramming and it fixed both

- Should I disconnect my battery in the front then? What is the risk if I do not? Possibly fry the circuit in my SAM?