t-bone

What is out of the ordinary in this picture?

Caliz_Finest

steering wheel

oggle

Mirror's folded?

t-bone

Yup. Just did it tonight. Got the convex mirrors too.

W210

Please do tell us how, and the cost!

MARK CUMMINS

The Car IS Dirty?

t-bone

Ok you are correct too. No need to rub it in.

It will be clean soon and remain clean once I get my SUPER PIMP two-toned California Car Cover.

moa4r

wait, so where did you get the mirrors?? install info too please??!!!

t-bone

Total cost: $700

This includes the convex mirrors.

Contact steve@mbenznl.com to get it.

The whole installation process takes about an hour. Only the driver side door panel needed to be removed to change the switches.

I'll post more pics later tonight.

moa4r

a little steep, but not bad,,,its definately a cool option--thanks for the info...

t-bone

It will be $100 less if you don't opt for the convex mirrors.

The switch alone costs $200.

It takes Steve a while to reply to e-mail sometimes though so be patient.

He gets 100's of e-mails a day.

moa4r

what is the advantage of these special mirrors?? Is it worth it in your opinion?

t-bone

I thought it was worth it. I will be moving to a place with a smaller garage and will need to park two cars in there. Having the folding mirrors will be great. The best part of this modification is that everything is OEM and easy to do once you know what you need to do. The car is already set up for it. You just need to get the motors and the correct wiring harness.

New switch. The button on the right is the one you push to fold the mirrors. It's one-touch operation. The two on the left control your mirrors.


I'll post more information on the installation in the future. I want to get some better pictures that describe the process in better detail.

In the meantime, here's a picture of the bend when it is folded:

zoink

Cool.... but I can do it manually with my Maxima... no modification needed.. :p

ThemisN

So this wasnt standard? Damn im too used to my fathers S430, that I assumed it would be in there... I guess another mod to add to the list. If these are OEM, dealer could do it?

RedBaron

Does the kit come with the painted case itself too, or all the new components internal. In other words, do I need to paint anything?

thanks in advance...

t-bone

Nope, no need to paint anything. You reuse your existing housing.

Here are pictures of what you remove.

I've circled the screws that you need to remove and also the metal tab you must push in order to remove the painted cover.

t-bone

Here is a picture of the panel that must be removed to access the plugs for the new folding mirror motors.



Here is a picture of the plug for the folding mirrors. You just remove the old one and replace it with the one from the folding mirrors.



The switch in the driver side door panel is removed by removing just three nuts. However, you must first peel back the soft foam padding that lines the door panel to get to the switch.

Here are a couple movies of the mirrors folding. Complete with soundtrack music from Jay Z.

folding 1

folding 2

Josh K

hey, who are the losers in the reflection in the paint?

t-bone

Looks like some dude in a white t-shirt who's into Thundercats.

TammamB

Wow , the new folding mirrors have built in speakers?

Can you change the 'ring tones' man that's dope....


Enjoy,
TB

paul928

Who did the installation of the side mirrors for you? I am ordering them for a CLS 55 and live in the LA area as well. Thanks

vraa

Steve, he's from the Netherlands

MBenzNL

I presume that you are just kidding...but...MB actually DOES have (power folding) W211 mirrors with speakers...

greetingz,

paul928

Is your shop/workplace in the LA area?