Garyk

Hello everyone. I dont want to go with an Hid Kit. To expensive right now. I was just wondering, What kind of bulbs should I get? I know there are really crappy ones such as those eurolite ones. But I dont want to go with those. They make your housing a really nasty blue color and dont give good output. I do want the blueish-purplish light. But if I cant get that I wouldnt mind going with pure white light. What do you guys suggest????

saturnstyl

Blue bulbs will only reduce your available light compared to clear bulbs.
A higher wattage bulb may melt wiring, connectors, and the housing itself.
I also find aftermarket bulbs do not last very long for whatever reason....

Garyk

Thanks alot saturn so what do you recommend. Anything except a kit that produces a light blue color. I hate the look of those eurolite or whatever bulbs. And that blue wouldnt suit my exterior color. Its Desert Metalic (sort of like a champagne color). I want something purplish-dark bluish. Is that possible or will my headlight have only one color output since its not a projector ? What do you suggest?

saturnstyl

I don't know what to recommend. I assume since you didn't say, and you have a champagne colored ML without projector headlamps that you have a 2001 model year ML. Try switching housings to a 2002 or later.... Also try having the headlamps aimed properly.

Garyk

Yes your right I do. Its a 2001 ml430, I was going to get the 320 but they are really slow. But switching to 2002 headlights. How much would it cost to do that?

LOCHS 2

or ebay. The dealer will charge you $2400 for bi-xenon but PP has them for less then $1500. I don't know how much halogen projectors cost but they do a much better job of lighting the road then your stock housings. Unfortunately There isn't an easy[read cheap] answer as with your stock wiring you have to go with a max wattage and no matter what bulb you get it won't be noticeably brighter and not even close to the 2002 headlights.

To me, HID is worth the price for safety and the added bling bling. Let's face it--It's a Mercedes so nothing comes cheap!

Another option is to get fog lights. I have the Hella xenon micro DEs which are $700 at tirerack. They are amazingly bright!

Garyk

K thanks alot guys, I really appreciate the Help. Dam I love this site

m500

Get a pair of SilverStar H7s. It the brightest DOT approve bulb to halogen. Check it out at manufacturer's website. Its the brightest DOT approve bulb second to HID.
http://www.sylvania.com/ConsumerProd...ce/Silverstar/

Riffyb

Sorry to bring an old thread up but can these

http://www.tirerack.com/accessories/...o_de_xenon.jsp

be retrofitted into my fogs on my ML 2000? its the circle fogs i mean anything can be retro fitted but will this fit flush into that housing? any ideas?

MJ50

if u want to just change the bulb, get PIAA bulbs...
if u don't have projector headlamps, i'd rather save and get clear projector headlamps and HID kit....

Nick@JleviSW

Consider our Predator Xenix bulbs which are simple xenon colored halogen replacements that swap out your stock yellow halogens for whiter versions.

http://jlevistreetwerks.com/store/pr...bcfc9346541e4b

fizzle

i would go with silverstars and not buy any of that other crap that "claims" to be brighter or as bright as HID.

Riffyb

thats exactly what i want to do. the only this is which projector to get and also will this be an easy install with the plugs that the car has now?

Yazovets!

PIAA Extreme White Plus.

These are 4000K bulbs which honestly offer superior lighting, but are not xenon-wannabes.

Cal

+1. Silverstars are the best, and PIAAs are also very good. Skip everything else.

Ryanr317

We have silverstars on my mom's ML retrofitted with the projector headlights. They are pretty bright and white, not quite as bright as HID, but that's not expected. I'd go with those as they look the closest. A lot of other bulbs out there make it very easy to tell that your just running a blue tinted halogen bulb. The silverstars a pure white from my observation. Just make sure you have them focused correctly.