That's great Shini! Can't wait to get mine, it was shipped on Tuesday. Hope I receive it tomorrow, if yes, I will install it this weekend, but I suspect I won't see it until next week. A big thanks to everyone for sharing their installation experiences...it will definitely make it easier for the rest of us who have not done the installation yet. My wife thinks I'm nuts to be so excited about some silly module, but when she uses the car I can definitely see her showing it off to her friends :-)
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'05 SLK55, Obsidian, Black/Red, airscarf, lighting, premium, and entertainment/nav packages, comfort varioroof module, gas guzzler tax, too :-)
I was actually looking forward to your post and hope that it works for you.. Good job of figuring it out, now I'm waiting for mine, Marcus still has not replied to my emails about payment method. Pics appreciated..
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06' SLK 350, Iridium/Ash all pkgs. 6-spd, 19" DCR and other stuff
I have successfully installed it my It my U.S. version car. Everything works as advertised. I only have to hit the key lock 3 times, you must hold it for one second between hits.
Now for some installation details:
1. Remove the door sill by grabbing it from the inside and lifting up, then outward.
2. Remove the kick plate by popping out the little screw cover in the middle of it then remove the screw using the #20 torque bit. Pull the kick plate from the bottom while tilting it upward.
3. Pull the carpet from under the corner of the dash and fold it under the brake peddle.
4. You will see the CANBUS cover, open it by unlatching the lid.
5. There are 2 CANBUS connectors select the one on your left, or close to the foot well.
6. As per the pdf instructions, remove the CANBUS from the holder, and then remove the cover plate from the connector.
7. Remove the male plug (next to the 2 empty slots) from the connector and insert it in to the female connector of the module wirring.
8. Insert the male plug from the module into the CANBUS slot where the other male plug was removed.
9. Connect the ground wire to the screw close to the foot well, tight it using the nut provided in the kit. Make sure the flat part on nut faces down.
10. In US version cars you must connect the splice to the BIG red wire on top of the harness. The little red wire dose not have any power. The pdf says connect to the little red wire, it is wrong. Place the Big red wire in the rear slot of the splicer, and the little red wire from the module in the front slot. Squeeze with pliers until it locks.
11. Place the module under the Rear CANBUS, the one you did not disconnect, then slide it back under the rear CANBUS cover. This is only place I found that will allow you to close the CANBUS cover without interference.
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Well, just in case, here's my install instructions as well...
Begin by moving the seat all the way back, and then lift the foot-step cover from behind. Place your fingers (both hands) under the panel inside the cover (behind it, i.e. the side inside the cabin), and lift hard. A little brute force is necessary. A lot of creaking noises will be heard. Just firmly pull up and it will be released.
Once it releases, you must pull it towards you (horizontally) so that it is released from it's "catch".
Remember, there are 4 of these (red arrow) tabs. If one falls off, just put it back in and press it down well. The green double arrowed line shows the "catch" I spoke of earlier. When re-installing the cover, you must attach the inside part of it under this plastic strip. Otherwise it will not stay in place. So first push it under this, and then push down hard with the palms of your hands to lock the cover to the 4 tabs. More creaking noises will result. Just push down until it no longer moves. It must be in tight or you might hit it with the door!
Next, take a screwdriver tip (flat headed) and push it into the small opening on the small plastic cover which is found in the location shown in this picture (next to the hood release lever). Remove the plastic cover but don't lose it!
Now use a torx screw size 20 (torx screwdrivers look like little stars on the tip), and unscrew the screw inside. Don't lose it!
Note the green circle, this is important because it shows a plastic piece which surrounds the hood release latch. This piece must be ON TOP OF the side panel when you re-install the panel! Otherwise the panel will wiggle around and make rattling noises when re-installed.
Just to emphasize this, I've mentioned it one more time here. To remove the side panel, just pull down gently on it. There's a few things to remember here, the first one being that the rubbery/cloth strip on the left must be OVER the plastic panel when you re-install it in place. Use the flat tip screw drivers to help it over the panel when you push it back in place.
Note also the red line and two green circles. The left-most circle shows a part where the side panel will get stuck on the top panel (the one outlined with red). To be able to pull down the side panel, you must wiggle it around and push it towards the left a bit so that it releases from the red bit.
The right-most green circle shows a part where the red panel has a small plastic wedge which fits inside the carpet. I've re-emphasized this in the final photo, and you must remember two things:
1) when opening the carpet, you will need to unlock it from the wedge.
2) when re-installing the carpet, place the wedge back inside the carpet so that the carpet doesn't bulge out.
Ok, place your fingers inbetween the carpet and the side and just pull up. Pull up hard and unlodge it from the wedge mentioned earlier. Whilst pulling up and away on the carpet, pull up on the large plastic cover, first by unlatching the 4 plastic clips, and then pull it open.
What I did next was I took the box that my module came in, and placed it between the side wall and the carpet while I did the installation. This worked great for me and lets me access all the cables just fine (remember to empty the box first... yes, I know, I'm trying to be "complete" with my explanation ).
There's two large connector bits inside. Begin by simply lifting the one farther away from the seat.
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New car: 2004 SLK 55 AMG, Iridium silver.
Additional: Chrome door lock pins, K&N Performance Filters, Piecha roof control module
Sold: 1998 SLK 230K, Linarite blue.
Brabus: Front spoiler, side skirts, rear apron, exhaust, gear shift + hand brake, 17" Monoblock IV, hubcaps/wheel locks, Aluminium doorlock pins, polished safety roll bars, Brabus logo
Digit-Power: 30bhp + 50nm torque
Additional: Chrome side indicator frames, Chrome SRS badges, CLK grill, Lorinser Wing, Rieger headlight covers
Turn it around, and press the tabs on each side to release the special cover.
With the cover removed, it will be possible to remove the cable plugs. You must remove the correct cable plug, and if you twisted the connector around, it should be the one on the right hand side, next to two empty slots. Just pull down and it will come off.
What you must do now is take your new module, and take the two cables with plastic bits on the end. One of them is a cable plug like the one you just removed. So plug in this cable plug (it has a yellow and blue cable running from it) into the connector hole where we removed the previous cable plug. And take the previously removed cable plug, and plug it into the connector on the other set of cables (green and white).
You can now re-attach the cover onto the connector, twist it around, and push it back into the recess where we removed it from. You should still have a red, and a brown cable coming from the module which hasn't been attached to anything else yet.
Now look around at the jumble of cables inside and you should find a few cables that are red. One of them is a very fat cable and it should be completely red. Do not touch this cable, instead look around and you should find another completely red cable which is a little thinner (but also a little bit more thick then the red cable which comes out of your new module).
You will need to use the crimp (blue thing) so the metal teeth of the crimp bite into the red power cable which you'll use, as well as the power cable of the module, like this:
Once attached, the end result should look like this:
Now, using the proper tool, screw the earth (brown) cable into one of the screws on the body of the car. Fasten it in place with the lug nut and M4 cap which is provided. The earth cable must be well fastened in place so that the contact is complete. If it correctly touches the screw, the red and green light on the module should light up. If the leds do not light up, find another place to fasten the cable to, or scrape at the screw before attaching the earth cable so that proper contact can be created (the screw seems to be coated with a little paint or protective product that seems to cause a bad contact otherwise).
Now fit the module into place by wedging it between the cables. I found the best place to be right on front of the cable connector in the direction of the pedals. It fits there quite well, but it's a tight fit. I also hooked the earth cable around the plastic wedge/wall so that it doesn't get squashed (and cut) when I close the cover to the cable passage.
Close the cover, and place the carpet back into place. Remember to place the tab so that it hooks up well with the carpet (mentioned this earlier), I've marked the tab edges with green and the slit in the carpet with a red circle.
Ok, time to wrap it all up. Place the side panel back in place, push down the foot-step cover and turn on your car. Now press the "end call" button on the steering wheel for 3 seconds, and the indicator lights will light up once, if you just turned the module off, or twice, if you turned it on.
U.S. Version Successfully Installed 
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