W203/CL203 City Light Thread (LED, HID, bulbs) - All you want to know
07-17-2006, 04:42 PM
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Citron is correct. With the Tera bulbs, you just wire the resistor packs in SEIRES, *NOT IN PARALLEL*!! That means you cut the grey wire, and solder/crimp the resistor in betwen the grey wire that you just cut.
The digrams and drawing above are incorrect, and are not for the Tera bulbs.
The digrams and drawing above are incorrect, and are not for the Tera bulbs.
12-02-2006, 01:37 PM
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they have blue ones you can snap in that are similar in shape.. take the original into any autostore and tell them you want a different bulb that will fit the particular shape as the original. Alot of times they will fit, but not work. You need to arrange with the auto store ahead of time about their return policy. Take it easy on the box and everyone will be happy. Try out the bulbs in the parking lot, and if they work, great, if not return them for a different set. Repeat untill you find working bulbs. Good luck!
12-02-2006, 04:13 PM
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just get LED's for the city lights there wedge bulbs right? I was doing some research aswell and i came across these websites..
http://jlevistreetwerks.com/store/pr...0cddcf3b457f15
http://www.tuneshops.org/index.cfm?m...&article_id=71
http://jlevistreetwerks.com/store/pr...0cddcf3b457f15
http://www.tuneshops.org/index.cfm?m...&article_id=71
12-02-2006, 04:29 PM
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The city lights or Parking lights are 194 or 168 either one will work. I have Eurolite bulbs they are white with a hint of blue. They arent that bright during the day, but at night they look good. You should be able to get them at a local tunner shop, I know autozone/pepboys dosent carry them...
12-28-2006, 06:43 PM
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Installing LED bulbs (city lights 194 W5W)
Guys, I just installed LEDS for my city lights. I used 2 25ohm 25w resistors for my city lights.
the LEDS are not standard leds. they are single polarized 12v LEDS, and they are F-ing brighter than 5 standard LEDS.(i have both)
Here are a few pics of the LED citys. Gonna take pics of how I attached the resistors once daylight hits again.
The load resistors/equalizers do get pretty hott. So I used a few pieces of wire and the elasticity of the wires FROM the resistors to basically hang them in the middle of nowhere. so it stays away from the plastics. and nothing melts. they look amazing in person. Stillkickin just saw them a few mins ago.
the LEDS are not standard leds. they are single polarized 12v LEDS, and they are F-ing brighter than 5 standard LEDS.(i have both)
Here are a few pics of the LED citys. Gonna take pics of how I attached the resistors once daylight hits again.
The load resistors/equalizers do get pretty hott. So I used a few pieces of wire and the elasticity of the wires FROM the resistors to basically hang them in the middle of nowhere. so it stays away from the plastics. and nothing melts. they look amazing in person. Stillkickin just saw them a few mins ago.
. now if only you had bix!
where did you get them from?? i wanna get those too
12-28-2006, 10:13 PM
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12-28-2006, 11:10 PM
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yes I bought the resistors from there. I bought the 25ohm 25w resistors. their instructions online suck. its like...two words.
so installtion wise, I took out the www.mbworld.org search function. and found an old post that doug had made.
12-28-2006, 11:45 PM
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advans.. that looks sick... what do you have in your fogs? i have 6000K hids but i need to clean out the yellow, so im thinkin going the same route you did with your leds and fogs. looks really good
12-29-2006, 12:01 AM
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I'm still gathering up information on either 6000k or 8000k piaa tera led fogs.
Still thinking what I can do to have it feed enough current.
12-29-2006, 12:19 AM
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Nice work Advans.
I had these a few years back when I still had my standard 'frosty' lights, it does add nice little touch to the standard lights. The cameras color correction is making it look more blue than they really are. I didn't transfer them over to the new housings...it seemed a little too gimmicky with the BIX lighting.
BTW, you don't need resistors, just use a second set of 194 sockets. They can be scotch locked on the wires, and hidden away nicely. They are cheap, easy to install, and give off far less heat than the load equalizers.
I had these a few years back when I still had my standard 'frosty' lights, it does add nice little touch to the standard lights. The cameras color correction is making it look more blue than they really are. I didn't transfer them over to the new housings...it seemed a little too gimmicky with the BIX lighting.
BTW, you don't need resistors, just use a second set of 194 sockets. They can be scotch locked on the wires, and hidden away nicely. They are cheap, easy to install, and give off far less heat than the load equalizers.
12-29-2006, 12:54 AM
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Nice work Advans.
I had these a few years back when I still had my standard 'frosty' lights, it does add nice little touch to the standard lights. The cameras color correction is making it look more blue than they really are. I didn't transfer them over to the new housings...it seemed a little too gimmicky with the BIX lighting.
BTW, you don't need resistors, just use a second set of 194 sockets. They can be scotch locked on the wires, and hidden away nicely. They are cheap, easy to install, and give off far less heat than the load equalizers.
I had these a few years back when I still had my standard 'frosty' lights, it does add nice little touch to the standard lights. The cameras color correction is making it look more blue than they really are. I didn't transfer them over to the new housings...it seemed a little too gimmicky with the BIX lighting.
BTW, you don't need resistors, just use a second set of 194 sockets. They can be scotch locked on the wires, and hidden away nicely. They are cheap, easy to install, and give off far less heat than the load equalizers.
I thought about a second set of 194 sockets, but the load equalizers were not really expensive anyways. after a 1/2 hr drive, the load equalizers seem to be "warm" but not really "burning hott" as said in the older threads.
the camera's color correction made this blue. its fairly purpley-white.
until I find a cheap set of 05 halogens or cheap cheap bix. the headlight part is pretty much done.
12-29-2006, 11:33 AM
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Mine 2005 C230 Kompressor, Dad's 2005 ML350
These do look very nice in person, BBUUTTT bro why did you get 25W resistor when you only need 5...the standard bulb there is 5 watts.
12-29-2006, 11:40 AM
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I thought about a second set of 194 sockets, but the load equalizers were not really expensive anyways. after a 1/2 hr drive, the load equalizers seem to be "warm" but not really "burning hott" as said in the older threads.
the camera's color correction made this blue. its fairly purpley-white.
until I find a cheap set of 05 halogens or cheap cheap bix. the headlight part is pretty much done.
the camera's color correction made this blue. its fairly purpley-white.
until I find a cheap set of 05 halogens or cheap cheap bix. the headlight part is pretty much done.
