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Old Jan 15, 2026 | 11:24 PM
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First Benzninja Experience

Used my new Benzninja membership for the first time today and I must say I'm impressed. A couple coding changes were accomplished in mere minutes. This is IMO a world class Mercedes support solution. I'm a happy camper!
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Old Jan 16, 2026 | 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Technoholic
Used my new Benzninja membership for the first time today and I must say I'm impressed. A couple coding changes were accomplished in mere minutes. This is IMO a world class Mercedes support solution. I'm a happy camper!
Good to know, thanks. Im waiting on my equipment from ebay so my 560 is about to get some upgrades too.
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Old Jan 16, 2026 | 10:01 AM
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Good to know, thanks. Im waiting on my equipment from ebay so my 560 is about to get some upgrades too.
You will love it. What changes will you be doing?
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Old Jan 16, 2026 | 10:06 AM
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Still making a list of things that interest me so I'm not positive on them yet. But I'm interested in another 100hp tune, headlight upgrade, ambient lights upgrade, start/stop disable, exhaust flaps, and possibly a couple more. I couldn't find any prices for them though.
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Old Jan 16, 2026 | 10:18 AM
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Ask benzninja and he will send you the price list. I'm very happy with the mods he did and his service is top notch!
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Old Jan 16, 2026 | 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Z06Life
Still making a list of things that interest me so I'm not positive on them yet. But I'm interested in another 100hp tune, headlight upgrade, ambient lights upgrade, start/stop disable, exhaust flaps, and possibly a couple more. I couldn't find any prices for them though.
My suggestions to consider:
gas gauge to gallons is nice…for me it’s easier to mentally calculate range by gallons than percentage
lane change blinks from 3 to 5
Climate Control to off with fan button
Parktronix tones.
I had Peter send link to his price list.
Ask him about it.
prices are in EUROS

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Old Jan 16, 2026 | 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by SSBN629 Seattle
My suggestions to consider:
gas gauge to gallons is nice…for me it’s easier to mentally calculate range by gallons than percentage
lane change blinks from 3 to 5
Climate Control to off with fan button
Parktronix tones.
I had Peter send link to his price list.
Ask him about it.
prices are in EUROS
Funny thing, my climate control already does the fan button off thing. Maybe I have a later production?
I would love parking sensors to be more sensitive. I often rely on line of sight when parking at a curb cause the sensors don't see the curb. I also want the rain sensing wipers to be less sensitive cause they often wipe for no reason. Way too soon on that one. Not sure i need the lane change blinks, i just step on it lol. The mercedes app gives me my gas range when i open it. Its pretty urban where i am so gas is available on most corners. Its overpopulated here to be honest.
laptop charger got here yesterday. The cable thing arrives today and laptop Tuesday I think. So next week maybe I'll be up and running.
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Old Jan 16, 2026 | 01:57 PM
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Funny thing, my climate control already does the fan button off thing. Maybe I have a later production?
I would love parking sensors to be more sensitive. I often rely on line of sight when parking at a curb cause the sensors don't see the curb. I also want the rain sensing wipers to be less sensitive cause they often wipe for no reason. Way too soon on that one. Not sure i need the lane change blinks, i just step on it lol. The mercedes app gives me my gas range when i open it. Its pretty urban where i am so gas is available on most corners. Its overpopulated here to be honest.
laptop charger got here yesterday. The cable thing arrives today and laptop Tuesday I think. So next week maybe I'll be up and running.
The important thing is to have fun getting what you want. I’m not into the performance enhancing mods..just an old guy cruiser.
The cutesy bells and whistles mods are what I’ve done so far.
HAVE FUN!

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