BlackNTan

Has anybody tried painting the inside of a clear sidemarker before? I know there are several members here who have put a heat gun (or hairdryer) to headlights or put them in the oven in order to pull the lens off and paint them. Wouldn't this work the same for the sidemarkers? I think I am going to try it this weekend to get a black interior while maintaining the clear lens on the outside. I figure the worst case is I completely mess up a pair of $20 lenses and I can just put the stocks back in for the moment and get a pair of body color ones from Evosport.

Not sure what to do about the bulb though... I am thinking go with an amber stealth look.

yeuchau

if you want the pair of color match ones, I am extra pair that i'll let it go cheap, assuming you have Black.

pm me if you are interested.

ctC230K

mercedes colors: prob 65% black, 30% silver, 5% other!

BlackLiquorish8

i'm interested just PMed you

sexclass

I just got the shipment in from ebay, can anyone please give me instructions on how to install them thanks

C230 Sport Coup

Owners manual has instructions, same as changing the bulb.

bumpnzx3

pop out the old lense's with a flat screw driver and a rag on the paint- pop them out and swap them out.

FrankW

read your owner's manual...or search the forum...

Shake

I wrote up a diy at www.mymbonline.com . Check the C class section there.

zoomie

What do you like better? and why?
Got pics?

kevblah

why didnt u put euro impact strips!!!!
those are the best

JonathanMax

Clear sidemarkers on white, thats for damn sure. haha

ctC230K

^ nice! what about smoked? that would look good too.

FrankW

no sidemarker FTW

ctC230K

dude your car is sick! but no sidemarker fix-it tickets FTL

Blake P

I'd pay your fix-it ticket if you can find a cop who knows there should be an orange marker in the impact strip. I've had them on both my W203's and never had a problem.

kevblah

i dont think any cops know the laws regarding the sidemarkers

FrankW

if they pulled you over that only means you either have one good one and one broken or you have clear marker with regular non-amber bulbs.

no sidemarker = they don't even know there's suppose to be one on our car.

JonathanMax

I would gladly pay the fix-it ticket just to have my car look good for the time being until I would get caught. haha

Mu9enx

i want euro impact strips, but so $$.

ctC230K

lol, wow. ok ok u guys are right. but still i would rather have them for safety! i don't need morons pulling out into me cause they don't see my sidemarkers.

Blake P

Yea, I hear that happens all the time in Europe and everywhere else except the US where ghey sidemarkers aren't required, for that matter!

JonathanMax

LOL

yeuchau

no idea wut u talking about

slammer111

Okay guys,

Tried to start a poll but it looks like there's some kind of glitch in the system or something (or some admin is tinkering with my post while I'm editing it )

I'm pretty torn up over which set of clears to get. Please help me out. If anybody actually owns one of the sets shown, please give me your $0.02 as well. The good, the bad, and the ugly

For the record, I plan on sticking some amber bulbs (5W5, same size as original) into these clears.

Thanks guys.

Clear 1 - ebay Euro-style
Clear 2 - Kayee

Main differences I noticed are a) the bulb area for Clear 2 is textured, and b) the pattern radiates outward like a sun, as opposed to Clear 1.