retro fit Command - anyone done it.

[gazzab]

I see you can buy instructions for fitting it to my car (W210 320cdi estate 2001). I guess I can get a unit cheap enough - anyone done it? Is it easy?

 

[merc300e]

retrofit command

This may help: http://www.mercupgrades.com/Retrofitting Comand.htm or else: http://benzworld.org/publications/pub.asp?id=201
regards.

 

[gazzab]

gulp - looks scarey!!!! Thanks!
Do any indi garages offer this service eg star garage in Reading? If I can get a unit cheap from germany and then get a reasonable charge from an indie to fit.....?!

 

[ronin47th]

A guy on ebay sells it for £1000 fitted.

 

[gazzab]

a grand sounds steep - ok much much cheaper than merc but it is a 2nd hand unit and the fitting cant be more than 3 hrs for someone experienced. So dont add as good value for me.

 

[jberks]

Get a command for less than a grand? Good luck. A new one is £1500-2500 and repairs are almost impossible to get. Used ones will be listed under rocking horse menure I suspect.

 

[ronin47th]

Get a command for less than a grand? Good luck. A new one is £1500-2500 and repairs are almost impossible to get. Used ones will be listed under rocking horse menure I suspect.

Thats what i thought - £1000 fitted is cheap, with the ecu recode and fitting of GPS antenna, and you also have a point of contact in the event of a failure.
Some people shop at waitrose, others kwiksave............

 

[gazzab]

kwiksave never heard of it. But thanks for the sarcasm.
What I mean is that I have seen the units go for a couple of hundred pounds second hand and the fitting instructions looked like hassle but not so very difficult.

 

[Alfie]

I see you can buy instructions for fitting it to my car (W210 320cdi estate 2001). I guess I can get a unit cheap enough - anyone done it? Is it easy?

Yep, I've done it and it isnt that hard at all. Especially if its in an ML or a CLK (W208). As for getting one for less than a grand, I can supply them for a lot less. Used but fully tested, fully functional and with all the necessary instructions and a PDF manual.

Send me a Private Message if interested.