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Old Apr 3, 2026 | 11:46 AM
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R190 CarPlay and interior upgrade

After the audio upgrade I definitely wanted CarPlay with touch, a phone holder as well as replacing the chrome interior - here are the results. Oh yes the steering wheel was also replaced 😉





For a video showing the touch feature: IMG_0144.MOV

The CarPlay module was bought from - https://www.naviplus.com.au/online-s...lay-p423423307
The steering wheel is a A1904600703 3D16 (Dinamica with red stitching)
The phoneholder was bought from here Mercedes GT Phone Mount – Arc3DWorks and then modified for a magnetic charger

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Old Apr 4, 2026 | 05:36 PM
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That's very cool. What a shame it won't work with the newer units. Thanks for posting that. I'm sure a lot of people will be interested.
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Old Jun 11, 2026 | 05:15 PM
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I may have your cars twin in Texas. 2 questions; I want to add a front camera to the integrated rear camera system - have you looked in to that? Where did you get the black rings around the vents?

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I may have your cars twin in Texas. 2 questions; I want to add a front camera to the integrated rear camera system - have you looked in to that? Where did you get the black rings around the vents?

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Hi,

The CarPlay harness had rear & front cam inputs for aftermarket cams, but nothing I used. Could be worth checking with the supplier how to use them.

All 4 vents are one unit, that comes in 5 different versions, I had chrome (H70) and switched to Carbon matt (H77)

/Kai





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Originally Posted by qcskaeb
After the audio upgrade I definitely wanted CarPlay with touch, a phone holder as well as replacing the chrome interior - here are the results. Oh yes the steering wheel was also replaced 😉





The phoneholder was bought from here Mercedes GT Phone Mount – Arc3DWorks and then modified for a magnetic charger



can you talk about how the phone mount was modified for magnetic charger??
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From the mount I just removed the actual "phoneholder" part so I got a flat surface. On the charger I removed the "airvent"-holder, again to get a flat surface. For the actual mounting adhesiv is used together with one screw through the holder. A nut had to be placed incide the charger. I have done this on all my cars.

Here from my SLC


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nicely done. and thank you for sharing
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