First round of Mods on the CLK
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209/W210 Estate /W211 modded by MBENZNL
First round of Mods on the CLK
Just added a Raised Thumb ALCANTARA / Leather steering wheel to my sons 2007 209 WITH Paddle shift....on the late cars it CAN Be Done!
Btw The CLK did NOT have Paddle shift before the change
http://www.eums.net/car/wheel-up-shift.jpg
Then added a set of Xeons...and the AMG Smoked Tails...and a Nav...
Thanks to Steve @www.MBENZNL.com
Btw The CLK did NOT have Paddle shift before the change
http://www.eums.net/car/wheel-up-shift.jpg
Then added a set of Xeons...and the AMG Smoked Tails...and a Nav...
Thanks to Steve @www.MBENZNL.com
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Just added a Raised Thumb ALCANTARA / Leather steering wheel to my sons 2007 209 WITH Paddle shift....on the late cars it CAN Be Done!
Btw The CLK did NOT have Paddle shift before the change
http://www.eums.net/car/wheel-up-shift.jpg
Thanks to Steve @www.MBENZNL.com
Btw The CLK did NOT have Paddle shift before the change
http://www.eums.net/car/wheel-up-shift.jpg
Thanks to Steve @www.MBENZNL.com
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209/W210 Estate /W211 modded by MBENZNL
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209/W210 Estate /W211 modded by MBENZNL
Here ya go..I Had the Best Time New years day..spent several hours in the DTM on the Jay Leno Drive.....That thing is UNREAL! Jay was in the Atom..He said Wow I dont have one of them...yet
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Just added a Raised Thumb ALCANTARA / Leather steering wheel to my sons 2007 209 WITH Paddle shift....on the late cars it CAN Be Done!
Btw The CLK did NOT have Paddle shift before the change
http://www.eums.net/car/wheel-up-shift.jpg
Then added a set of Xeons...and the AMG Smoked Tails...and a Nav...
Thanks to Steve @www.MBENZNL.com
Btw The CLK did NOT have Paddle shift before the change
http://www.eums.net/car/wheel-up-shift.jpg
Then added a set of Xeons...and the AMG Smoked Tails...and a Nav...
Thanks to Steve @www.MBENZNL.com
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I think what is misconstrue is that most would think "late 209s" could mean late model in most cases, well, that is why it was confusing for me, because a late model would reference a 03-04 W209’s…
If there was a way to get it, I would def. be interested.
If there was a way to get it, I would def. be interested.
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ya i was thinking the same thing by the term "late model"......i know some have done this in the 03-04 e55's.......any difference in that?
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1 The Contacts for the steering wheel are on a ring that uses resistance
for all the functions on the multifunction steering wheel...
2 The Transmission control unit does NOT have the updated software for the paddle shift
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The hardest part would be retrofitting the paddle hardware into an older style wheel. Even if the new paddles used something other than micro switches (which I doubt) it would be easy to convert. I see no reason it can't be done.
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Maybe I wasn't clear in my previous post. The transmission in my car (04 CLK 500) already supports a tiptronic mode - I can move the console selector left or right to down or upshift. What I was saying is to extend that capability to shift selectors on the steering wheel by means of wiring two switches in parallel - those switches being the "paddles" - so when you depress the paddle it closes the circuit as if you moved the shift selector left or right.
The hardest part would be retrofitting the paddle hardware into an older style wheel. Even if the new paddles used something other than micro switches (which I doubt) it would be easy to convert. I see no reason it can't be done.
The hardest part would be retrofitting the paddle hardware into an older style wheel. Even if the new paddles used something other than micro switches (which I doubt) it would be easy to convert. I see no reason it can't be done.