W211 AMG Discuss the W211 AMG's such as the E55 and the E63

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Old Feb 24, 2016 | 02:44 PM
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04 E55 AMG
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Post an example of you thinking outside the box to tackle a problem on these cars.




Steering kept turning so got creative and foot power!
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Old Feb 24, 2016 | 04:18 PM
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No pics unfortunately, but, I could not find LEDs that will work well with the CANBUS; they all flickered. Tried every resistor known to man but to no avail.

So.....I got innovative:
I installed the LED, then wired in a stock bulb into the circuit down the line and hid it out of sight. Never had a blinking LED since
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Old Feb 24, 2016 | 05:33 PM
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No pics unfortunately, but, I could not find LEDs that will work well with the CANBUS; they all flickered. Tried every resistor known to man but to no avail.

So.....I got innovative:
I installed the LED, then wired in a stock bulb into the circuit down the line and hid it out of sight. Never had a blinking LED since
Haha that's an awesome fix! Did you wrap the bulb up in something or just tucked it away underneath?
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Old Feb 24, 2016 | 09:29 PM
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Haha that's an awesome fix! Did you wrap the bulb up in something or just tucked it away underneath?
Just tucked it away. Secured it so its not resting on anything where the hot bulb may be problematic and thats it! Took no more than a minute and I can use the regular LEDs without all the canbus bs.
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