Sjohnny

Wsup guys, I've searched the forums a couple times and the other Benz website and still nothing.. >_<
I'm sure one of you guys have done this already..
But anyways. For the longest time I've been wanting to change out my interior lighting preferably to a white or blue like. (5-6K)

If you guys can help me with a few things..
Do you guys know any reputable websites who sell quality LED interior lights who won't throw an error code?!

Also all the bulbs I'll need and their bulbs numbers..
I want to change out all the front & rear lights (dome/map), including all reading lights, and floor lights, along with door lights(courtesy), trunk lights, & license plate

Btw, I own a 2007 S550 if that helps

Thanks in advance for those who reply!

theunderlord

http://iJDMTOY.com/

Not sure on your sizes, but many here have bought from them.

Cartronics

We have complete kits of extremely high quality units that covers all the interior lamps. Plus you can get them for the cost of shipping IF you can do before and after shots for our site. Contact us via our website if you are interested (not a PM here). Put LED in the subject line.

tonykharper

Sjohnny,

I have been trying to update to LEDs as well. I ordered my LEDs from Ebay
item
INTERIOR LED CAR LIGHT BULBS FULL SET Mercedes S-Class W221Item Id:110821073105

Installing these lights is not as easy as one would think. Perhaps we can help each other.

Have you done your tail lights and License plate lights yet? That is a real night mare.

Tony

Sjohnny

Tony,

How many bulbs did the set come with?
I looked around my car and counted about 22 lights that I needed to replace.

2 x License
2 x Back Up (reverse)
4 x Courtesy/Step (i'm not sure if these are above the floor mats or are on the door sills)
2 x Trunk
4 x Vanity Mirrors (front/rear & L/R)
4 x Dome Lights (front/rear & L/R)
4 x Map Lights (front/rear & L/R)

Also, just to make sure, the map lights are the same as the reading lights, right ?

Johnny

tonykharper

There is 18 total bulbs in the kit.

I haven't got started on the interior lights yet.

Still recovering from doing the license plate lights. The license plate lights (two ea.) are not part of the kit.

Tony

Sjohnny

Hey,

Still hesitant on purchasing those LED lights for the S Class W221; Another alternative could be:
http://www.hidxenonlights.com/merced...ment-kit-p-659

Meanwhile, I was thinking of getting some license plate lights too.
http://store.ijdmtoy.com/Mercedes-S-...e-led-c-s3.htm

Has anyone had experience with these before ?

Johnny

Cartronics

If you are interested in taking good photographs, you can get these for FREE for a very short amount of time.... if you are interested.

CTDK

Dont put led's in your reverse light, you wont be able to see **** at night

phatisfy

There's 1 bulb under each door, 1 bulb under each foot rest,1 in the glove compartment,1 under the center arm rest,2 for the license plate light. And all of them uses the same bulbs (wedge bulb 128). Anything interior you don't need special bulbs aka canbus-free' or error free' bulbs. But you will need them for the exterior such as side markers,license plate,mirror puddle lights etc. I didn't change out the my my lights,dome lights etc yet so don't know what bulbs those take? Can someone confirm what those take?

E36c_AMG

I would also like to change interior lighting to led....im gonna follow this thread!Hopefully someone of the led lamps sellers will see this thread .....

V12toHybrid

what do you mean? would this blind the reverse camera?

Sjohnny

Tony,

I was following your other thread about your dome lights.
I was wondering, where did you get your LED dome lights from? I've been searching all over, and no place seems to have the correct bulb size (2776x or 6486x).

Also, does anyone know where to get 12184 error-free LED lights for reverse/back up?

Johnny

edit: anyone following this thread, here's a way to install the License Plate lights.
http://store.ijdmtoy.com/Mercedes-W2...-DIY-a/198.htm

tonykharper

EBAY Item number: Id:110821073105

Thanks for posting the link to the DIY guide. Wish I had seen it before I installed my licenses plate LEDs. I'm still not sure I could have gotten that trim off without breaking something. I ended up breaking out the old light housings and installing the new ones. Needless to say I'm not much of a mechanic.

I'm still worried about installing the interior lights. The only way I see to some of them is to pry out the whole fixture and hope I don't mark the headliner or break the fixture.

Tony

Lords47

Johnny,

I bought the license plate lights off eBay a few weeks ago, identical to the link you posted. Kind of a PITA to install, but not overly difficult. The end result is an EXTREMELY bright license plate light with a really appealing color. Definately worth it. For the record, I didn't get any error codes.

As far as LED lighting is concerned, I think the LED license plate lights are about as brazen as I'll get with any installs.

Sjohnny

Lights finally came in today.
So far, I have only attempted to put in one light into the trunk. The LED turns on, but only flashes instead of staying lit.

Does anyone know how to fix this problem?

Freshly

Dont even mess with it. I changed all my interior and exterior bulbs with quality LEDs with built in resistors and it screwed up my car. It took about 4 hours to figure out how to take apart half the roof to access the bulbs in the ambient lighting system and the domes... another few hours to trying to understand things like this: why my 2 front footwell lights refuse work unless they are a different color LED than the back 2 lights, even tho they are exactly the same bulb and wattage, just different color... There are 3 bulbs in my car that did not accept an LED switch and it makes no since. One of the spots is in my drunk where there are 3 lights, all requiring the same size, shape and wattage bulb. The two lights on the sides of the trunk work fine with LEDs but the one on the celling will only work with a halogen bulb.


-I started to get battery issues around the time I installed my lights. Most mornings I get in my car my battery is almost dead and the "WARNING: Electronic consumers switched off" is flashing.
-When I drive my car at night the courtesy/ puddle lights under the doors stay on for the whole trip.
-When I open one of the doors at night, the interior lights turn on for about 2 seconds, then all turn off for about 5, then turn back on again until I close the door.

Im not sure why Mercedes make everything in their cars so unnecessarily complicated. I think Id could just as content content in my life if my car wasn't able to alert me about a burnt out turn signal.
I recommend only replacing a select few lights with LEDs... but it just looks damn good that its almost impossible not to do the rest.

Sjohnny

Nevermind, I realized I needed the error free ones (even though it was interior lighting)

Any ideas on the rear dome/map removal? I managed to pop off both ends of the cover, but it won't budge in the center where the reading emblem and button for the light are.

tonykharper

Sjohnny,

I got mine off just by prying carefully on the side right under the roof handle. There are clips on the sides and one in both ends. The lens is really thin where the map light switch is so be very careful not to pry there. If you work slow and careful it will come out. I've done both of mine.

Now the bad news. The dome light requires festoon type bulbs. None came with my light kit. So I'm waiting for them to be shipped. The map light is a blade type. The rear vanity lights for the mirrors also require festoon bulbs.

Tony

phatisfy

If the car is on. The light in the trunk won't flash. But if the car is off and the trunk is open, then you'll have the flashing problem. Only the bulbs inside the cabin does not require error-free led's.

Sjohnny

I also encountered the blinking problem for the rear footwell lights (under the front seats). I'm just going to return the bulbs I purchased from iJDMTOY and get the error-free ones for the blinking locations.

Hey Tony, since you already replaced the front dome lights, what type of bulb do those use? Do they also use the festoon type bulbs or the wedge bulbs like the other interior lights? Also to verify, the map lights (reading lights) for front and rear use BA9s bulbs, right? I'm not sure what type of lights came with the set you purchased on eBay; I purchased mine off of iJDMTOY instead.

Dr Feltersnatch

i have a problem. i got the bulb holders out from the rear footwell lights (under front seats) and cannot get them to stay back in.. nothing is broken at all that i can tell. help! lol

Sjohnny

Yes, I also had this problem. I just used a piece of electrical tape to keep it in for the time being. Does anyone know any better fixes?

Freshly

there should be 2 metal clips on either side that touch the ends of the bulb. take a screw driver or your finger and bend them in slightly so the bulb will click in place.

Sjohnny

The bulb fits fine in its socket; the problem is that the plastic covers won't click back into its spot under the seats. I had to tape the cover to prevent it from falling out.