Looking For: 2012-2014 C63 W204 Cluster (US Spec in MPH)
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Looking For: 2012-2014 C63 W204 Cluster (US Spec in MPH)
As title states, if anyone has a 2012-2014 C63 Cluster for sale, please PM me.
I am trying to sell my Canadian-spec C63 Black Series to someone in the US and apparently one of the items that will need to be changed to pass the border is the cluster (due to the brake light being different).
thanks!
I am trying to sell my Canadian-spec C63 Black Series to someone in the US and apparently one of the items that will need to be changed to pass the border is the cluster (due to the brake light being different).
thanks!
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You should not need to switch and program the entire cluster, the brake is just on the overlay with a light bulb behind it, you just would need to get a used cluster and pull the needles off and pull the overlay fuel temp gauge pod and put it on your car, that would also fix the fuel/temp gauge also to be F instead of C - way easier than reprogramming a cluster if that is even possible and ending up with a potential tamper dot for mileage.
I did one about 20 years ago (owned it and moved to the US) so car was already in the US as I owned it in Canada and drove it here, so no boarder hassle. Process was very simple, just had to get the letter from the manufacturer stating it complied with US safety and emissions and then took it for an inspection in Boston - they looked at a couple things, didn't care it was in KPH and didn't seem to look at anything like the word brake on the gauges, they looked at the letter and a couple stickers under the hood that said stuff about emissions and that was it.
I did one about 20 years ago (owned it and moved to the US) so car was already in the US as I owned it in Canada and drove it here, so no boarder hassle. Process was very simple, just had to get the letter from the manufacturer stating it complied with US safety and emissions and then took it for an inspection in Boston - they looked at a couple things, didn't care it was in KPH and didn't seem to look at anything like the word brake on the gauges, they looked at the letter and a couple stickers under the hood that said stuff about emissions and that was it.
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Joined: Sep 2014
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C63 AMG Coupe, BMW 335xi Frozen Silver
You should not need to switch and program the entire cluster, the brake is just on the overlay with a light bulb behind it, you just would need to get a used cluster and pull the needles off and pull the overlay fuel temp gauge pod and put it on your car, that would also fix the fuel/temp gauge also to be F instead of C - way easier than reprogramming a cluster if that is even possible and ending up with a potential tamper dot for mileage.
I did one about 20 years ago (owned it and moved to the US) so car was already in the US as I owned it in Canada and drove it here, so no boarder hassle. Process was very simple, just had to get the letter from the manufacturer stating it complied with US safety and emissions and then took it for an inspection in Boston - they looked at a couple things, didn't care it was in KPH and didn't seem to look at anything like the word brake on the gauges, they looked at the letter and a couple stickers under the hood that said stuff about emissions and that was it.
I did one about 20 years ago (owned it and moved to the US) so car was already in the US as I owned it in Canada and drove it here, so no boarder hassle. Process was very simple, just had to get the letter from the manufacturer stating it complied with US safety and emissions and then took it for an inspection in Boston - they looked at a couple things, didn't care it was in KPH and didn't seem to look at anything like the word brake on the gauges, they looked at the letter and a couple stickers under the hood that said stuff about emissions and that was it.
The light situation seems to be a new requirement as of May 2020
