jcnash

Dude I cant care to be bothered and I dont think its worth my time to get into arguing with you and trying to explain stuff to you that you just refuse to even try to understand...so whatever!

jcnash

Nice...hard to believe but the ebay ones are probably the best solution for this..LOL.

Ive decided to stick to the no error ebay ones as well.

infected

Just received the new W203 Racing Dash LED lighs from XCI Motorsport.
The lights are REALLY bright but unfortunately these will not fit the CL203 without a little work. There is an extended edge on the housing for the Coupe so if you don't want the gap in b/w the light and your trunk then you will have to cut the stock housing and retrofit it with the Racing Dash housing.
I don't want to do any cutting before I have a second set of license plate light housings from MB. Once I do then I can fit them with the Racing Dash lights and get rid of the extra space.
I'm still running hoen in the Coupe for now and the Racing Dash lights are in the W203. Very easy install, just plug and play!

blackmercs

City parking light LED whats yr recommendation? Care to share?

cheers

fanaduck

I own a 2005 C230 Kompressor Sedan. I just replaced all the interior lights, door lights (under the two front doors), and two license plate lights with ridiculously super bright white LEDs all for about $50 ($65 if you include shipping). I got them at SuperbrightLEDs.com, the license plate lights were error free because they had resistors and drivers already built into them (they're like $6 a piece). Figured i'd let ya'll know so that way you don't pay $30 a piece off of ebay or some gargbage. I'll post pics if you want them, but they are seriously the brightest LED i've ever installed in any of my cars. Just my $0.02

jcnash

I would love some pics....and also a link if possible to the page containing the exact LED's you bought.

Much appreciated.

jcnash

Theres a whole other thread with all the info on this topic.

Do a thread search for "city lights". Its called City lights - all you need to know blah blah....

fanaduck

ALL THE INFO I'M PROVIDING IS LOACTED ON THE SUPERBRIGHTLEDS.COM WEBSITE:

This is the link to find out what number designator each bulb is (i.e. license plate light is a 6418) http://www.sylvania.com/ConsumerProd...lacementGuide/

Then go to the cross reference table provided on the site, or click on this link http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b...bulb_cross.htm

Then find the exact bulbs you need on this link, the license plate lights that I got are actually $14.95 ea but they are super bright. They are located on the link towards the bottom of the page and are labled as High Power 6-LED Festoon bulb (get the 37mm cool white LED).
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b...51&product=CAR

ENJOY!

*I'll try and et some pics at night up for you guys as well

jcnash

That says nothing about being error free or 5W consumption. It just says 12VDC. It still needs load balancing resistors.

fanaduck

I know it doesnt but it has it, i'll try and post pics tonight. I have them installed with no errors. They have the resistor on the back along with a small driver

Raw_Shark

Just FYI I picked those up about a week ago after seeing your post. They look great, no errors or anything.

blackmercs

Hi, thanks for the link, however i couldnt find the one that i want which is W5WB parking light. Any idea what is the model nos from superbrightleds?

thanks

fanaduck

The parking light is a 2825, the cross reference lists it as a "WLED". About 3/4 the way down the page you should see the different WLED lights

B189s

Are those prices for a pair of LEDs?

aznpic301

What size were the bulbs that you installed for the lincence plate with the error free resistors?

I just placed an order for bulbs too, thanks.

blackmercs

hi thanks for the reply. Please confirm is it the link below for W5WB? as i couldnt find the model nos 2825 fm their website. If not, can u cut and past the link here.

http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b...2F74-xHP3.html

thanks

jcnash

let me know how the superbright led's work out for you guys.

blackmercs

I wrote to them and this is their reply!!!

I'm sorry but "W5WB" doesn't cross reference any of our bulbs.

Check the base type and dimensions of your bulbs, then see if we
offer the bulbs in our Car Bulb or Other Bulb categories. Use the
"more info" buttons on these pages to see dimensional drawings and
compare with your bulbs.

Also, please read our Car Bulb Notes page. It contains very
important information that you should know before changing over to
LED bulbs.

None of our car bulbs have built in load resistors.

jcnash

Yeh I was pretty certain of this! Kinda surprised the other member claimed they didnt produce any errors.

TemjinX2

i bought the ebay 6418 smd leds with load resistors and heat sinks on the resistors. So far, there pretty bright...similar to the is250 license plate leds, no errors. They were around $30 shipped.

ruthlessplayer

Hey -- are these the Error Free LED license plate lights which will work for C230 Coupe/ Ml350? 6418 bulb?

http://cgi.ebay.ca/No-Error-LED-Lice...item4cecf6da59

Cheers.

infected

HOEN has introduced their dLED V2 license plate lights but have only tested to work on Porsche at the moment. I have a set on the way and will keep everyone updated on whether the new design will last longer than their previous version.

jcnash

No way to verify...

The seller seems to claim that they are error free and theres a pic of the lights on a C class. Its hit or miss with these ebay lights...

jcnash

Awesome...this might be the end to my license plate light woes.

Fingers crossed.

infected

I hope so too.
The problem with the V1 was heat. The new version has the circuits built into the metal tabs which dissipates heat on the metal contacts versus directly onto the board to aid in keeping the leds cool.