Looking to retrofit FL steering wheel
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Looking to retrofit FL steering wheel
So the alcantara on my wheel has worn off pretty bad and i'm looking to replace my steering wheel with a leather one. While i'm at it, I was thinking of just upgrading to the new facelifted steering wheels. Can someone help me out by providing me with the part numbers I need to order to make this happen? Thanks!
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This has come up a few times already, but I don't remember anybody having been able to successfully do this with an OE FL steering wheel. The FL steering wheel is not a direct replacement for the PFL steering wheel. The signals are not compatible, so there are third-party companies that offer retrofit steering wheels complete with a custom module to adapt the FL signals to the PFL compatible signals. There are a couple of considerations, though:
- The AMG Drive Unit as far as I know cannot be retrofitted to the PFL, so if you are looking to control the drive mode settings from the steering wheel then that's a no-go to the best of my knowledge
- The FL steering wheel has the DISTRONIC/CC controls on the wheel itself whereas the PFL has a stalk for that. The controls on the steering wheel to the best of my knowledge will be non-functional and you have to continue to use the stalk to control DISTRONIC/CC
- The touchpads on the FL steering wheel that control the instrument cluster and the COMAND system I believe also won't work quite right.
Last edited by superswiss; Jul 13, 2021 at 08:28 PM.
