Thanks man,Unfortunately I have EGS51Originally Posted by nd4spd13
Wow, what a thread. Pagz unreal work. The dedication to go through with all this is astounding, but thank's for actually going through with it all!
I started gathering parts a couple years ago to do an EGS-52 swap on my c43, but stopped when I learned of the trans tunnel modification. I've still got a facelift 210 cluster and black and white 210 steering wheel with controls plus I think 2 extra TCUs sitting around as reminders. Watching it all fleshed out in your pics it seems a lot simpler and also infinitely more daunting. Is the part you cut out of the trans tunnel marked at all? Or is that just where you decided to cut? Is all the raised front portion necessary to transfer, or could one just swap the part directly under the Tip shifter?
Next up should be command and paddle shifters. Paddles are where I originally got the inspiration to do mine.
Now that he's running EGS-52 he has a multitude of TCU tuning options that allow gear holding, downshift throttle-blipping, and faster shifts.
Again fantastic work. Looks prime!, upto 06/00 CLK55 is EGS51, this is an easier installation into C43 than EGS52 I noticed nearly all body modules update with EGS52 along with alot of wiring harnesses,mainly things like common interior light connection points become plugs instead of solder, but also updates to plugs like the engine harness/TB etc. also updates to ESP and sensors. looking back now maybe extra hard work and EGS52 would have been better but I cannot confirm if body modules would have played along.
The tunnel mod is fairly straight forward,you'll need the whole add on,cable trays and insulation to complete the oe finish.
A good quality air die grinder with carbide burr makes lite work of the spot welds, just take it slow to not remove any of the metal you want to retain and make sure your wearing plenty of protection and the car is well masked off with drop sheets,think millions of needles =D.
The hole I cut was traced off the factory hole that was cut from the CLK, when you remove the CLK/C tip add-on use a cut of wheel to remove about 50mm more than you need from the tunnel, then when you grind out the welds to seperate the add on you will be left with a template for the cutout on the C43.
The radio looks same on the CLK55,but it has different part number and has a CAN from cluster to radio to allow the multifunction. you could try install CAN from unpdated cluster to your C43 radio but I have not tried this so cannot garrentee.
I had a good look through a C63 last weekend,so much more of a cockpit and makes me want paddle shifters also, however unless you reprogram your TCU I think might be a bit slow with standard touchshift speeds
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