KIRA

so i been searching for the web and found two kind of light bulb that fit W203, and recently I found a thread that saying someone installed the PIAA like and someone installed the Silver Star, what the difference between them? i know the PIAA is twice expensive.

advans

to tell you the truth, I went thru both sets of bulbs, both Silverstar and PIAA turn yellowish after a while.... I suggest you get some STREETGLOW h7s, thery 19.99 from cardomain.com/store

theyre xenon gas charged, i used them for 1 year and the lights are still white white white! besides, all 3 of them, PIAA, Silverstar and Streetglow give out 4000k color output!

PsssTkiD

i've used Silverstar. it looks regular to me.. so now im running PIAA. it's a lil bit better in my eyes and u can see the blue tip, makes it cool!.. hehe..

artur023

get hids

Outland

I agree. Otherwise this is just the battle of the bulb queens.

CitronC230K_03

yup!

Buellwinkle

I got the HID/Xenon lights for $260, not much harder than just replacing the bulbs and the light output is amazing, don't know why I didn't do it sooner.

CitronC230K_03

Buell, did you retrofit an aftermarket kit on?

Buellwinkle

I put in an H7 HID kit wich includes HID/Xenon bulbs, ignitor and ballast. It was simple enough to install, just had to drill a small hole to mount the ballast. The bulb just goes in like the factory bulb except the wires are permanently on the back instead of a plug like the halogens. Don't get blue coated halogen bulbs, I've tried that and they are dimmer than stock and not worth it.

BabyBenz6spd

Nice Job......did you have to deal with the dash computer "bulb error" since you change from halogen bulb to HID?


P.S. I have Silverstar Head and Fog at the moment, and the color is great. I recommand to anyone for cheap bulb upgrade

DACHIGGA

I recommend HID kit. Don't cheap out on crappy bulbs.

xxbenzc230kxx

the hid kit he has are the ones are just plug and play.. NO NEED of ressetting of the ECU to "xenon" present... i have a set and no need ot ressetting to xenon present

BabyBenz6spd

Thanks, So...If I go on Ebay or a store and buy a say......Philips HID kit to install on my 05 C230 SS, I wouldn't have to reset anything in the car's computer? I guess I just don't know which kits are "plug'n play".

DACHIGGA

That still depends on the kit, even if it is plug and play you might need to set the car to xenon present.

klasse_sports

This is what you should buy. http://www.mbklasse.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11610