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Old Feb 10, 2014 | 07:21 PM
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Can someone help identify this box? It is under the right side storage . It looks aftermarket to me. I was going to install a smart top module when I found it. I has one red led in the end plate but no other markings.

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Old Feb 10, 2014 | 09:35 PM
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Old Feb 11, 2014 | 01:01 AM
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Lojack Tracking Transmitter????

Lojack may not label their boxes making them harder to find and disable???
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Old Feb 11, 2014 | 09:44 AM
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Not a LoJack box. No antenna.
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Old Feb 11, 2014 | 10:15 AM
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Could be a version of smart top. Hit the unlock button on the key 3 times and see if the top goes down. Of course, the trunk partition would have to be in the correct position. My smart top doesn't look like that, but that is where it is connected and mounted. Is it wired to the fuse bus?
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Old Feb 11, 2014 | 10:42 AM
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Smart top?

I don't think it's a smart top module. That was my first guess but top did not function remotely. It is tapped into the 12 volt and connected to the Can bus distribution.

I did install the smart top module, works great!
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Old Feb 11, 2014 | 03:02 PM
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looks like smart key starter from Mid City Engineering.
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Old Feb 11, 2014 | 03:12 PM
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V-max module?

How about a Brabus V-max module that removes the speed limiter ? The car has some other Brabus stuff on it, but I don't know where the speed limiter kicks in..I sent the pics to the guys at Mid City Engineering, maybe they will recognize it.
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Originally Posted by caraudio1
How about a Brabus V-max module that removes the speed limiter ? The car has some other Brabus stuff on it, but I don't know where the speed limiter kicks in..I sent the pics to the guys at Mid City Engineering, maybe they will recognize it.
I have no idea what that is, but it is aftermarket.

As for the speed limiter, it shuts things down at 155 mph. That would not be a device to delete the limiter. We delete the limiter through the engine management ECU when we tune them.

btw SL55 guys... if your SL55 is delimited it will do 202 mph. Ask me how I know!
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Old Feb 12, 2014 | 11:56 AM
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I decided to remove it and open it up. It's an older Mid City Engineering radar interface for a K40 radar detector. I don't have a K40 on the car so it's basically useless, oh well.
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