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W203/CL203 City Light Thread (LED, HID, bulbs) - All you want to know

Old Mar 26, 2007 | 11:11 PM
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this should be interestig...
dont hurt yourself with this mod bud.

i can't wait to see the out come of this.

you work? mind if i ask where? i want to know what place to add to my "must avoid" list.
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Old Mar 26, 2007 | 11:16 PM
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Originally Posted by 14cue
this should be interestig...
dont hurt yourself with this mod bud.

i can't wait to see the out come of this.

you work? mind if i ask where? i want to know what place to add to my "must avoid" list.
what are you talking about?
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Old Mar 27, 2007 | 02:18 AM
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Originally Posted by 14cue
this should be interestig...
dont hurt yourself with this mod bud.

i can't wait to see the out come of this.

you work? mind if i ask where? i want to know what place to add to my "must avoid" list.
LOL
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Old Mar 27, 2007 | 02:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Fai+H777
LOL
can you really blame me?
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Old May 31, 2007 | 06:54 PM
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CITY/STANDING light change

read the manual


I changed my low beams no prob...I can remove and replace the high beams...for the life of me i can not remove the city/standing light....

manual says to pull it out..it won't budge and i am reluctant to pull with any force as I do not want to damage the wires...am I missing something?

(BTW...I did RTFM and search the threads...new here but not new forums..so please don't flame my ???)
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Old May 31, 2007 | 06:55 PM
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just turn and pull
shouldn't be hard at all
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Old May 31, 2007 | 08:29 PM
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Just pull hard. I had to pull by the wires and thought it might damage it, but they're pretty rugged.
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Old May 31, 2007 | 09:22 PM
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twist it a bit, it should come out, its the easiest bulb to remove
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Old May 31, 2007 | 09:34 PM
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slightly off topic... what bulbs do you guys recommend for city lights? (to make it whiter)... im looking to change my city lights and foglights now that they're clear

thanks!
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Old May 31, 2007 | 10:25 PM
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Old May 31, 2007 | 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by advans
I use LEDs
i KNOW you do! i want to make some... but have been too lazy to research how. if you made a friendly DIY i would probably do it for both daylights and fogs.

but i hear rumors of someone doing angel eyes so im going to wait until that pops up and see how it turns out...
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Old May 31, 2007 | 10:52 PM
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Its kinda difficult to grab, I just used some pliers and gripped it very gently and pull perfectly straight towards the engine, it will come right out...
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Old Jun 1, 2007 | 09:44 AM
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Thank You for the contructive input I am going to give the pliers a try..then I will tug on the wires...but I really think that could get expensive if I pull to hard.....THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HELP!
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Old Jun 1, 2007 | 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by midnight kompre
slightly off topic... what bulbs do you guys recommend for city lights? (to make it whiter)... im looking to change my city lights and foglights now that they're clear

thanks!
i'm using polarg bulbs...
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Old Jun 1, 2007 | 03:33 PM
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Got them out with the help of some needle nosed pliers...sucks to have the hands of a 6'4" man in such a tight area...
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Old Jun 1, 2007 | 03:37 PM
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i'm using polarg bulbs...
for city or fog? or both?... 9006 are fogs, but what type are the city lights?

thanks!
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Old Jun 1, 2007 | 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by midnight kompre
for city or fog? or both?... 9006 are fogs, but what type are the city lights?

thanks!
for city and high beam...
i think they are 194..
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Old Jun 1, 2007 | 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by MJ50
for city and high beam...
i think they are 194..
have any pics?

I put in some "hyper-white" bulbs from the local pep-boys....not so thrilled with the look......doesn't match the silverstars....which themselves are a bit of a dissapointment.
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Old Jun 1, 2007 | 04:16 PM
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Hello, does anyone know about putting digital equipment in MB in order to replace the old factory installed analog phones? Not only did it cost me about $700.00 for the equipment but an additional $300.00 for a new phone. I think I may have gotten ripped off big time. Thanks for your thoughts.
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Old Jun 1, 2007 | 04:21 PM
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Hello, does anyone know about putting digital equipment in MB in order to replace the old factory installed analog phones? Not only did it cost me about $700.00 for the equipment but an additional $300.00 for a new phone. I think I may have gotten ripped off big time. Thanks for your thoughts.
search the forum first.. and if and only if no success... THEN start a NEW thread instead of hijacking this one...
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Old Jun 1, 2007 | 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by MJ50
for city and high beam...
i think they are 194..
i thought city lights are 168
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Old Jun 1, 2007 | 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by MRK
have any pics?

I put in some "hyper-white" bulbs from the local pep-boys....not so thrilled with the look......doesn't match the silverstars....which themselves are a bit of a dissapointment.
i'm using PIAA extreme whites city lights (168 I think) with 6000K D2S bulbs and 6000K HID fogs (9006)
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have any pics?

I put in some "hyper-white" bulbs from the local pep-boys....not so thrilled with the look......doesn't match the silverstars....which themselves are a bit of a dissapointment.
here ya go...
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i thought city lights are 168
i think both 168 and 194 fit...
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