phat209

Howdy Fellows,

I am trying to fit a cls63 paddle shift steering into my CLS 55. Everything works great except for the paddles. They do not do anything. Audio, volume etc works with lights coming on at night. Has anybody tried this? Here is a pic of the said steering.



Any ideas would be great. According to the tech handling the car, there are 2 wires not going anywhere.

Regards,

Dev

tgoss

You are going to need to retro fit the button module (taken from the inside) of you shifter buttons from the old steering wheel and modify them to fit inside the paddles. There's a DIY of the W211 AMG forum in the DIY sticky.

The wiring harnesses are different so this is what's going to have to be done unfortunately.

Hope that helps.

phat209

tgoss, thank you for pointing me in the right direction. i looked up https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/...installed.html
and will get the techs to try out swapping the original 55 shift module into the 63 steering when i'm off to my dive trip.

///AMG4EVER

I'm not sure where your location is but there is an easier way. The steering wheel from the 07's (CLS63s) came with paddles and it is plug and play. Maybe you can return the parts and go that route...

It took me 10 minutes to swap mine.



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phat209

Amgforever, cheers but i find the pre 08/09 wheels very dated. I am pleased with the new wheel and am hoping techs here figure it out.

badm

I'm doing the same thing 55 030 package wheel to a 63 030 wheel paddle shifters, my shop does it all the time and no problems or major mods , like u said plug and play , dated thing with 07-09 wheel a matter of taste ... Badm

Rust bucket

Thank you for confirming that this will work, is the airbag the same?

///AMG4EVER

Yeap, same airbag. You can even look for the compatible models: 07s E63, 07s CLK63, 08 CLK BS and I think the 07s SL55 rocked the same style airbag.

As far as the dated look, people did this mod 5 years ago... You wanted "any ideas", this is one.

You can pick one of these SWs for $300-$400 and swap it yourself in 30 minutes if you don't know what you are doing.

A newer style SW requires a new airbag and someone to retrofit the shifting modules from the old SW to the new one. If you are paying someone to do it for you, that's at least 5 times more.

Budget aside, your new OEM wheel looks great and I hope you get it working.

franniestopdat

where can I buy the 07 steering wheel with paddle shift?

Rust bucket

Thanks for the info i was told it was a lot of custom work and connector changes involved, i was about to abandon this idea until i saw your post

badm

Well , you can Buy one from DCT motorsport for about $876 or so or from Age/Styling from England, for $773 ,, the same CLS 63 030 performance package ,,.. Both great deals over dealer , at $1,344.00 .... Badm

phat209

I bought the wheel off http://amg-studio.ru/shop/CID_198.html
speak to Alex as he speaks english and shipping was without hassle to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

nir

i am trying to retrofit this on my sl55. could you tell me what year your car is and if you know whether it will fir a 2003 sl55. I am on the sl55 forum, but you can reach me by email at toledanoi@yahoo.com. If you have the wheel off, maybe you can send me picture of the back and i can tell whether it will fit - thank you, and the wheel looks great!

xpl0sive

is it possible to make this wheel work in a CLS55?

nir

That is very funny - that is exactly what i am trying to do on l55. Here is the link so far with input
https://mbworld.org/forums/sl55-amg-...-fit-sl55.html

miamibest

Hey AMG4EVER, if its not a hassle can you tell me how you switched yours out? I have an 06 and just got a 07 steering wheel.

Thanks.

02S430

start with removing the + from the battery, there is two torx screws on the back of the steering wheel on either side. cant remember the size off hand that will loosen the airbag. then once thats off disconnect the wire to the airbag, steering wheel is held on with a T10mm bolt. its on tight use a long socket wrench for leverage and hold the steering wheel tight. to install follow reverse order and dont forget to reattach the battery.

ap10046

Hi guys, old thread resurrection, but any update to this retrofit?
Nobody seems to know if this will work or not...