CLS550 w/Mercedes LED Star
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CLS550 w/Mercedes LED Star
This is installed into a Lorinser grille and was not the simple plug & play installation I'd hoped. The Mercedes cylinder that houses their star logo did not simply twist into place as it would on an OEM grille. I had to take it to a custom shop where they added 2 support backing brackets.
We did add a remote controlled LED control box (on/off/dimmer) and wired it to the side amber repeaters.
The stars lighting is very passive and looks terrific IMO. It is shown at its brightest in the photos. With the dimmer I can temper it even further.
Of course to each his own, but I'm loving it!
I also got the RENNtech upgrade done today! The car runs smooth and scary fast!
Next step is to install the full leather AMG steering wheel which is on its way from Germany.
We did add a remote controlled LED control box (on/off/dimmer) and wired it to the side amber repeaters.
The stars lighting is very passive and looks terrific IMO. It is shown at its brightest in the photos. With the dimmer I can temper it even further.
Of course to each his own, but I'm loving it!
I also got the RENNtech upgrade done today! The car runs smooth and scary fast!
Next step is to install the full leather AMG steering wheel which is on its way from Germany.
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Looks good. Can you share how you did the wiring? I'm going to fit this into my C55 with a CLK grill. Want to be able to have it come on with parking lights as well I heard wiring is tricky on it.
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Unfortunately I don't have pics as I had it installed at a custom shop. I looked under the hood and it is extremely difficult to get to anything without having a lift. So while it is a very simple wiring project, I had difficulty navigating under the hood and opted to let a pro do it.
I bought the LED on Ebay for $390. The install was $220. A Mercedes dealer would charge about double that for both....and they would only wire it according to MB specs. Meaning you would not have the option of having the star turned on while driving. The Oracle wireless remote control I also purchased on Ebay.
The star kit comes with a wiring harness with wires of different lengths, one of which clips into a shorter wire run that comes out from the star housing. Since we had no intention of doing a traditional setup which requires running the wiring to the back of the car, we snapped the harness and star together and cut the wiring at the other end. This leaves you with ample wiring to reach your power sources up front. All other harness wiring was discarded.
The remote box was placed above the tire well, on the passenger side. Unless the vehicle is in a flood, the box is in a safe location. We tapped into the amber side repeaters/blinkers for power. The star is only powered when the amber lights are turned on either using 'auto' or manually.
Hope that helped.
I bought the LED on Ebay for $390. The install was $220. A Mercedes dealer would charge about double that for both....and they would only wire it according to MB specs. Meaning you would not have the option of having the star turned on while driving. The Oracle wireless remote control I also purchased on Ebay.
The star kit comes with a wiring harness with wires of different lengths, one of which clips into a shorter wire run that comes out from the star housing. Since we had no intention of doing a traditional setup which requires running the wiring to the back of the car, we snapped the harness and star together and cut the wiring at the other end. This leaves you with ample wiring to reach your power sources up front. All other harness wiring was discarded.
The remote box was placed above the tire well, on the passenger side. Unless the vehicle is in a flood, the box is in a safe location. We tapped into the amber side repeaters/blinkers for power. The star is only powered when the amber lights are turned on either using 'auto' or manually.
Hope that helped.
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Unfortunately I don't have pics as I had it installed at a custom shop. I looked under the hood and it is extremely difficult to get to anything without having a lift. So while it is a very simple wiring project, I had difficulty navigating under the hood and opted to let a pro do it.
I bought the LED on Ebay for $390. The install was $220. A Mercedes dealer would charge about double that for both....and they would only wire it according to MB specs. Meaning you would not have the option of having the star turned on while driving. The Oracle wireless remote control I also purchased on Ebay.
The star kit comes with a wiring harness with wires of different lengths, one of which clips into a shorter wire run that comes out from the star housing. Since we had no intention of doing a traditional setup which requires running the wiring to the back of the car, we snapped the harness and star together and cut the wiring at the other end. This leaves you with ample wiring to reach your power sources up front. All other harness wiring was discarded.
The remote box was placed above the tire well, on the passenger side. Unless the vehicle is in a flood, the box is in a safe location. We tapped into the amber side repeaters/blinkers for power. The star is only powered when the amber lights are turned on either using 'auto' or manually.
Hope that helped.
I bought the LED on Ebay for $390. The install was $220. A Mercedes dealer would charge about double that for both....and they would only wire it according to MB specs. Meaning you would not have the option of having the star turned on while driving. The Oracle wireless remote control I also purchased on Ebay.
The star kit comes with a wiring harness with wires of different lengths, one of which clips into a shorter wire run that comes out from the star housing. Since we had no intention of doing a traditional setup which requires running the wiring to the back of the car, we snapped the harness and star together and cut the wiring at the other end. This leaves you with ample wiring to reach your power sources up front. All other harness wiring was discarded.
The remote box was placed above the tire well, on the passenger side. Unless the vehicle is in a flood, the box is in a safe location. We tapped into the amber side repeaters/blinkers for power. The star is only powered when the amber lights are turned on either using 'auto' or manually.
Hope that helped.
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Small world! I was visiting my son & his family. Was that you ahead of me heading south on Coral Ridge Drive?
Or did we cross paths at the 'stop' sign after the guard shack? I saw 2 sweet 63's that day in Heron Ridge.
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I'm new to Merc products and just picked up the new ML63 with performance pkg. and love it! On top of that my Merc dealership down the road are an awesome bunch of people. My wife spotted a new CLS63 amgS black on black and liked it. She's not a speed queen but really liked the way it looked. Besides the AMG perf. mods, is their any exterior differences that separates the CLS550 from CLS63 S ?
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