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not commenting on your work, it is excellent, just all the steps.

@@randychaffin2422 Haha no worries. Was definitely some work, but totally worth it!

Sadly my ownership was short lived. A few weeks after I posted this video, someone pulled out in front of me and the Mercedes was totaled. Wish I had more time with the car, I was really enjoying it and had some plans to fix it up.

Yes I believe it should be. My switch gear is from a 2015 W212 so the wheel should be a direct swap to a car that already has the updated switch gear.

Not really enough to notice. It is just a tad more sluggish off the line to get the bigger tires moving, but once moving I don't notice much difference.

@@bucksgarage Thanks for the comment. I have a 2014 E250 Bluetec (diesel) so my car is already sluggish off the line, maybe going from 17" wheels to 19" or 20" might not be a good idea, although I'd like some nicer wheels on it (17" just too small I think).

@@abel8727 17 is pretty small. Stock on my car was 18", there are a lot of OEM Merc wheels out there on the used market. Maybe an OEM 18 would give a look you like better without hurting the performance.

Can you tell me exactly where that is located?

@@JoseVazquez-qp1zm Open your back door or both back doors and under the middle of the floor boards underneath the car you have a round rubber plug. I got mine out with my finger or lay down and have a screwdriver ready. But if you drive through higher water put them back in after you drain your floor boards. If a person doesnt take those drain plugs out after water leaks on their floor boards they will rust through

My car doesn't have headlight washers. All of the bumpers have the cut out for them, but no washers on my car, just the covers on the bumper.

@@bucksgarage that’s strange to have bumper cutout for washer but no washer. Anyway, do you think washer can be triggered via facelift steering column? I’m thinking of upgrading one. Thanks!

No that won't work. I bought a column off ebay that ended up being from a GLE and it didn't work, the car threw all kinds of errors and wouldn't start. Had to get one specific to the E-class.

@@bucksgaragedid you figure out why lane keep assist (vibration) didn’t work?

@@santagautam115 Nope, for some reason it just won't talk to the new steering wheel for that function, everything else works fine. Heard from others that they had the same issue.

@@bucksgarage okay got it. Thanks! The column you have is from facelift right? Why did you get that? Doesn’t the one you had on your car sync with that steering wheel?

Just the stock HIDs

Been great for me. I bought it with 95k miles on it and it needed new struts/shocks all around. Did that, and now it has 135k on it and no real issues. I did have a turbo pressure valve go bad, but it was a $15 part and a 2 minute fix.

I also am going to 20s not going staged. I was wondering if you think a 43 offset is enough?

My car is still at stock height, no lowering done. You can lower the front a bit by bending the ride height sensors down a little. I was happy with the look of the 20's at stock height so I haven't messed with it.

Yes, the CarPlay is wireless.

No tune yet at this point. Have heard good things about the Renntech tune but it is spendy, there are lots of options out there, but I haven't done any tuning yet.

Thanks for watching, times flies!

That would be 3% or 0.8" difference in tire diameter. Might be fine with the 4Matic, might not be. Personally, I'd prefer to be closer in diameter to make sure there are no issues with the 4Matic.

Let us know how the tune works out!

@@bucksgarage Just installed it this morning. Holy s**t! In casual driving, there's little difference other than throttle tip-in and general feel seem to be even smoother than stock, surprisingly. But, wow, stab the accelerator and hang on! Pulls like the world's quickest freight train. As the old ad phrase goes: "Try it. You'll like it." Or in my case, love it. Renntech's claimed numbers, which I now believe completely, are: Factory Claim Stock: 402HP and 443 ft-lbs Actual Tested Stock: 435HP and 508 ft-lbs Renntech's Upgrade: 540HP and 705 ft-lbs Not inexpensive, but worth every penny and more! I am one very happy camper. 😁👍

@@portaltwo Awesome! I need new motor mounts and need to address an oil leak. But once everything is back in good shape, the tune is next on my list!

@@portaltwo Just saw the Renntech is $2,500, what made you go with that over some of the cheaper tune options?

@@bucksgarage Reputation, primarily. Hartmut Feyhl was 12 years with AMG before starting this company and by all accounts Renntech still has a semi-official working relationship with both AMG and Mercedes-Benz. I read many reviews and testimonials and they are almost universally good. I can understand anyone on a tight budget balking at the premium price, but hey, these are premium vehicles. Personally, while price always matters of course, I'm willing (within reason) to pay extra for proven quality and reliability. Now that I've tried it myself, I can vouch for the results. As to whether the cost-benefit equation makes sense, that's up to each individual. I'll be interested to see what product you end up choosing and how it works out!

I know! Unfortunately it needs motor mounts right now so it definitely doesn't need more power until I get that fixed.

Nope, no issues with call quality. It uses the OEM mic for the phone calls so sounds the same as when I was using the OEM BT setup.

@@bucksgarage love it that you are still replying here!

@@jacobvogeley2621 Wish I had more time to get back to making videos. Maybe one of these days!

I didn't have the compressor pigtail in all the way. Clicked it in the last bit and it worked fine.

Yes I believe the CLS is pretty similar. Good luck, hope your repair goes smoothly!

Check out my channel, I have a full video on the steering wheel and how to do the upgrade.

Yep, you just use the maps app in your phone to input everything and it comes up on the screen automatically, no need to search with the wheel. Or you can just ask Siri to do it for you with the speech button on the steering wheel.

@@bucksgarage brilliant, thanks for the hasty reply. Think I’ll pull the trigger on this now as I was worried about having to type without a touchscreen.

@@jordandoyle1995 One of the best upgrades I have done to the car. Really modernizes it and having it work with the OEM screen makes for a really clean install, functions and looks like it came from the factory. Been really happy with it!

Glad you found it helpful!

Check out my full video on the wheel specs and tires. th-cam.com/video/gZQMmzAmPAo/w-d-xo.html

Haven't had any issues with shifting. It does sit a small amount lower in the RPM at a given speed, but not enough to make much difference.