W124 retro fit electric rear blind on w124 coupe

[bh13coupe]

Has anyone looked at fitting the electric rear blind on a w124 coupe, I have my little boy on board a couple of times a week and the sun is quite bright in the back. it would be nice to fit the electric blind that was available as an option when new and i think it looks very cool. Has anyone looked into this or have experience fitting this? Any wisdom would be most appreciated.

thanks

Paul

 

[pupsi]

Would be pretty easy to do i would imagine.

You would need the rear shelf with the cut out for the rear blind (unless the original ones already have the slot), the switch, and just wiring run from and to.

I think so anyway

 

[andy27168]

Hi,
I recently done this on my W202 C Class, for the complete OEM look you will need the new shelf, switch, blind itself, wiring loom (if still available) or suitable connectors for the switch, blind motor and fuse box connection, on mine I had to replace the carbon fibre trim around the gear shift as this is where the blind switch is mounted on the face lift W202's, you may have a blank switch hole in your existing panel you could use.
But source yourself a blind first as if there anything like the 202 item you will have a hard job to find one and new the W202 item is over a £1000 so the W124 I would imagine is similar in price, so you,ll probably have to try to source a second hand item.

 

[d w124]

Check item nr 170327203419 on ebay.Is everything you need there apart from dash trim.The price might go high though

 

[bh13coupe]

I pasted the number in ebaY and it came up blank, must have been sold

 

[d w124]

Try now

 

[d w124]

A number was missing,but i corrected it

 

[talbir]

You can do this without changing your rear shelf - there is already a cut-out line made and you simply cut that section out...but you would need the covering finishing trim, availble from MB at circa 40 gbp.

You need to remove rear seats, shelf, cut-out shelf, fit blind onto rear bulkhead, two wires need to run from blind to switch (which can be mounted on the gear surround wood, in place of the fader switch)...3 wires need to feed into the switch: +12v, ground and +12V with illumination, so that switch lights up at night.

Very straightforward, but tedious.

cheers
talbir