Mcobinad
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- Your Mercedes
- W219 Designo Black paint, R500 W251, CL600 W216
I managed to lay my hands on a CLS (W219) AMG front bumper. Ordered it and the bumper arrived on monday. I went to Mercedes to order the other components like:
Screen (mesh*3) = £216 + vat
Reinforcement*1 = £34.10 + vat
Bracket*2 = £21.40 + vat
Tell-Tale lamp*2 = £136 + vat
Just as I was about to make the payment for the parts, I asked the salesman if the 'cornering light illumination' option on my CLS would still work with the AMG Tell-Tale lamps (rounded fog-lamps). He wasn't too sure so he asked his colleague. His colleague confirmed that non-AMG CLS as from 2006 can have that cornering illumination option fitted but the AMG models as from 2005 don't. The CLS AMG from 2009/2010 onwards now have this option.
Basically, all they are saying is that if I have the AMG bumper fitted to my CLS, I would lose this 'cornering light illumination option' which is not present on the AMG models as of 2005/2006. Mercedes salesmen atimes say things randomly, things which they are not too sure about. I suspended the payment to clarify this issue. I would not want to lose this option. Can anyone shed some light.
For those who don't know what the 'cornering light illumination' option is. It is an option, at the steer of the steering wheel allows the fog-lamps to light-on to any direction left/right of the car.
Screen (mesh*3) = £216 + vat
Reinforcement*1 = £34.10 + vat
Bracket*2 = £21.40 + vat
Tell-Tale lamp*2 = £136 + vat
Just as I was about to make the payment for the parts, I asked the salesman if the 'cornering light illumination' option on my CLS would still work with the AMG Tell-Tale lamps (rounded fog-lamps). He wasn't too sure so he asked his colleague. His colleague confirmed that non-AMG CLS as from 2006 can have that cornering illumination option fitted but the AMG models as from 2005 don't. The CLS AMG from 2009/2010 onwards now have this option.
Basically, all they are saying is that if I have the AMG bumper fitted to my CLS, I would lose this 'cornering light illumination option' which is not present on the AMG models as of 2005/2006. Mercedes salesmen atimes say things randomly, things which they are not too sure about. I suspended the payment to clarify this issue. I would not want to lose this option. Can anyone shed some light.
For those who don't know what the 'cornering light illumination' option is. It is an option, at the steer of the steering wheel allows the fog-lamps to light-on to any direction left/right of the car.