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Old Mar 27, 2009 | 09:53 PM
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Paddleshift Help!!!!!

Looking for some help. I just got a custom steering wheel made for my Cl65 and I added the Paddle shifters to it. When I removed my stock wheel to install this one I noticed the colors of the original shift button wires are different then the wire colors on the paddles. Are these wires specific to which side they go on like a positive & negative or does it not matter. I need to change the connectors from my stock wheel to the new wheel as they are a different size. Any help would be greatly appreciated

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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by 1badassbenz
Looking for some help. I just got a custom steering wheel made for my Cl65 and I added the Paddle shifters to it. When I removed my stock wheel to install this one I noticed the colors of the original shift button wires are different then the wire colors on the paddles. Are these wires specific to which side they go on like a positive & negative or does it not matter. I need to change the connectors from my stock wheel to the new wheel as they are a different size. Any help would be greatly appreciated

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Try contacting Sunil at Motorwerks in Houston (I think it's mwhouston.com). He has the paddle-shifters all worked out, if I'm not mistaken.
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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 02:59 PM
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There's not a lot of point having paddles/buttons on a automatic, I rarely
used mine. What happened to the air bag?
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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by sound 8
There's not a lot of point having paddles/buttons on a automatic, I rarely
used mine. What happened to the air bag?
No your right there is no real point in having them but the buttons are stock on the car and I preffered the paddles over the buttons so that is why I did it. I still retained the stock airbag. I will post some pics of it for you to see.
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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 11:32 PM
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Here are the pics I said I would post of the custom wheel I had done for my CL65.
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Here are the pics I said I would post of the custom wheel I had done for my CL65.
That looks awesome!!!!

Do you mind me asking where you got it done and how much it came out to?
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Originally Posted by 1badassbenz
Here are the pics I said I would post of the custom wheel I had done for my CL65.
Looks great, in fact it looks very similar to the sports wheel on my SL63,
which has a lovely feel!!
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Originally Posted by aleksandar1099
That looks awesome!!!!

Do you mind me asking where you got it done and how much it came out to?
Thanks. I got it done overseas it took about 2 months and it cost $1800.00 plus my core. All they do is rework the stock steering wheel. They did a great job and the leather they use is amazing. I was going to add some alcantra to the top and bottom but decided not to I thought it might be a bit too much for Benz.
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