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NEW Facelifting and retrofit project E550 CAB

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Old Jun 10, 2016 | 11:40 AM
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WOW! So nice!!! Excellent job from the W204 AMG community!!!
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Old Jun 10, 2016 | 10:52 PM
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And......hot damn! Looks great man! Hope you can make that dream come true.......you'd have cars in the lot for sure! That looks awesome
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Old Jun 11, 2016 | 09:03 AM
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Fantastic job!! The car looks amazing. Thanks for sharing.
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Old Jun 12, 2016 | 07:12 PM
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Such a great writeup, hard work put in and a fantastic job done. Truly looks amazing!
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Old Jun 13, 2016 | 12:40 AM
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Excellent work and write up!

Wish we had more posts like this!!

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Old Jun 13, 2016 | 05:03 AM
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The things I do for that perfection.....



Since the ECO button is not needed on my car and the function dont even exsist on my car and I also HATE it I thought a AMG button looks way better even if it also dont work....It looks so much better..



All this had to be done to add the last 2 wood trims to the car...









Finaly DONE!!!!
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Old Jun 13, 2016 | 08:13 AM
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Hi Chris
First : !! i love you work !!
What is your favorite mod? The comand, the headlight or??..

What do you mean" Finaly Done" ??.. are you not going to add rear seat heating?

Best Regards From Denmark

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Old Jun 13, 2016 | 09:12 AM
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Finaly done with the wood trim. Not the car.

My favorite is the front facelift and wheels...But the 2016 comand is AWESOME!!!
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Old Jun 13, 2016 | 04:12 PM
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For the headlamps, how'd you get them to work? I assume programming was involved but what about the wiring? Will the old harness work with the new lamps or do we just need to swap the wire plugs?

Also I would like to personally thank Chris for his help in both this thread AND off thread. I am a complete car noob and literally bombarded him with questions and ordered parts from him before I started my retrofits. I am currently almost finished with my interior(missing cluster installation) pictures below...next I will do the exterior but that will be in a few months since those are quite expensive here in the US. Again, THANK YOU CHRIS.


Looks like I can't upload since the photos are too large and I'm on mobile. Will add before and after photos later

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Old Jun 13, 2016 | 05:11 PM
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You need a cable adapter kit and converter. And alot of programming. Wich s done remotely with team viewer.

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Old Jun 13, 2016 | 07:45 PM
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The programming can be done remotely? I thought you'll need Star diagnostics to do it.
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Old Jun 14, 2016 | 03:30 AM
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Yes. Star Xentry & Vediamo. Done remotely.That is why you need Team Viewer to control on you computer.
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Old Jun 14, 2016 | 03:35 AM
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i meant, dont you have to plug the star xentry into my car? i dont have a star xentry or anything that can plug into my car lol...

i have teamviewer as i use it to help my friends on their computer every now and then but i dont see how teamviewer will help program my car. can you explain further how it'll be done?
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Old Jun 14, 2016 | 03:42 AM
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Yes..That is what I thoght I said. Xentry needs to hook up to the car so I can program it remotely.
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Old Jun 14, 2016 | 05:10 AM
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Hmmm, can you tell me which model of the star xentry to buy?
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Old Jun 14, 2016 | 09:07 AM
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can someone please explain what star diagnostics, xentry, and vediamo are and how they are different from one another? it's all unknown territory to me.

what system does the dealer use?
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Old Jun 14, 2016 | 10:07 AM
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Xentry Star Diagnose is what Mercedes use in their workshops. Vediamo is used by engineers only for coding all ECUs.
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Old Jun 14, 2016 | 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Seraphim
Hmmm, can you tell me which model of the star xentry to buy?

Use C4 with 2016.03 sofware. And Vediamo 5. All over Aliexpress.com
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Old Jun 14, 2016 | 11:31 AM
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Use C4 with 2016.03 sofware. And Vediamo 5. All over Aliexpress.com

Do I buy this one?

https://m.aliexpress.com/item/325521...aff_platform=y

Or should I find one with out the laptop?

Would you happen to have a used one for sale?

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Old Jun 16, 2016 | 02:12 PM
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If I buy the computer above, will I be able to program the cluster myself and not have to take it to dealer?
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Old Jun 17, 2016 | 03:04 AM
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Yes. PM me and I forward you to a good one that I buy from.
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Old Jun 22, 2016 | 10:48 AM
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Old Jun 22, 2016 | 10:52 AM
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Yes. PM me and I forward you to a good one that I buy from.

Chris, can you also PM me the diagnostics system as it may resolve my "dealership programing" issue. I like the idea that you could access it remotely.
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Old Jun 22, 2016 | 11:16 AM
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Old Jun 22, 2016 | 04:05 PM
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Not many cars make me second guess my choice to get a coupe, but yours comes close. Then I remember I live in Houston, TX. Looks good as always. The scenery is great too.
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