How to Upgrade a Lighted Star on 2015+ Mercedes C-Class W205

This instruction will show you guide on how to upgrade a lighted star on 2016 Mercedes-Benz C300 W205 C-Class. It’s wired up to turn on every time the car is powered up.

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Procedures:

Remove the old star from the grill

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This is the new lighted star with a gloss black background, twist it onto the grill

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Install the extended wires to the star and then route it behind the headlight

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The black wire is ground wire, ground it to the screw

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Get access to the fuse box by removing the cover which is held on by two screws, then use a test light pen to probe around all the fuses to see which one turns on with the car.

Notice: It must disconnected the car’s battery before pulling the fuse from the fuse box!

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Use a fuse tap connected to the power wire(red wire), plug it back in to where I pulled that blue fuse out which is the second spot.

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Reinstall everything, the star will power on with the car.

Let’s check it looks

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