How difficult would it be to retrofit Distronic to a 2008 W216 CL500?

[Silver CL55]

I'd rather not have answers of "pretty difficult" or suchlike, if you don't know, don't answer.

An idea of price/timescale/difficulty would be welcome.

Thanks, C.

 

[V12]

I would call comand for a quote on that if I were you.

 

[Major774]

Should not be that hard.

I have just managed to fit distronic in my W211 E55 from sourcing parts from everywhere lol. Price all in was about £1.3k-£1.4k.

- Installation and parts I got myself.
- Visited Richard at Comand to get the distronic coded in as I do not know how to do that part hehe.
- Visted Mercedes for the distronic alignment
- Tested it on the motorway with a huge smile, worth every penny for me as I always wanted distronic

 

[Silver CL55]

Thanks.
Do you have a write up on the install?

C.

Should not be that hard.

I have just managed to fit distronic in my W211 E55 from sourcing parts from everywhere lol. Price all in was about £1.3k-£1.4k.

- Installation and parts I got myself.
- Visited Richard at Comand to get the distronic coded in as I do not know how to do that part hehe.
- Visted Mercedes for the distronic alignment
- Tested it on the motorway with a huge smile, worth every penny for me as I always wanted distronic

 

[Major774]

I was going to do one but got lazy hehe.

I will just help as and when people shout.

As long as you know how to remove some interior parts you will be fine. There is a guide online for a UK SL distronic install. I used that to give me some guidance... I will see if I can find that.

Message Richard at Comand, he will be able to guide you with the part numbers and all the required parts for your car. Once you have that list, you can either source the parts on eBay Germany or buy direct from Mercedes. One of my parts I got from the US.

 

[C43AMG]

On the 216 it would be Distronic +

 

[Major774]

Even better

 

[richard]

Send me the VIN. All the cost here is in the control units ! Sometimes you can pick up used units of course !

I can't recall if Distronic+ was there for all W216, but whatever would have been factory fitted can be added normally

Cheers

Richard

 

[Silver CL55]

Email sent Richard.

Send me the VIN. All the cost here is in the control units ! Sometimes you can pick up used units of course !

I can't recall if Distronic+ was there for all W216, but whatever would have been factory fitted can be added normally

Cheers

Richard

 

[RULES]

What about W221? Is it possible to instal distronic?
Can someone let me know the all parts number what i need ?
I've sent email to richard as well
Cheers