mystery905

How do you remove the push pins? Screwdriver and/or pliers?

mystery905

Thanks rlee02135 for the illustrated instructions. I was able to replace my foggy headlights with projectors today in a little more than three hours. You saved me anywhere from $80 - $170 labour!

rsxer63

I believe those are the same ones I bought... I still haven't gotten around to inastalling them though.

lionheart153

does anyone know how many hours labour to remove the headlights to be about? or wat an mb dealer may say it takes?

sinaa

does any one know if a 2005 c230 sedan headlights would fit a 02 c240?i mean the wiring i want to change my foggy lights to clear lenses and found a pair of used oem

mystery905

Yes, that would work.

rosebank

Thanks a lot!!! I'm about to do it^ ^

capt_paul

I have a set of the clear headlights from my 2005 C230 sedan that has only about 5000 mi on them. They are in great condition. These will fit 2001-2007 C-class sedans.

PM me if anyone is interested. Reasonable offers accepted.

jcnash

Im planning to remove my coupe headlights and have them buffed/polished to make them clear as much as possible and to get rid of all the yellow-ness.

Before I dive into it, is the process the same/similar to the DIY listed here (which is terrific btw)?

If there are any threads that contain a DIY for the coupe, please point me int he right direction...if not..what differences should I be aware of?

Thanks.

jcnash

Anybody??

samaritrey

no clue if it is different or not but i assume it is the same because why would they change it. just start taking stuff off and look to see if it is different.

jcnash

They decided to change the headlight mounting location for some reason didnt they??...LOL. Those Germans....

I was hoping to know what to expect before I dove in, but looks like Im just going to have to figure it out.

victorb623

Just changed my headlight to the crystal ones (from frosted). It took me and my friends 4 hrs (we were 3). It was hard. No easy job =)

samaritrey

well next time it will take like 1

mynameiseldin

Do you have to do this if your installing HIDs?

Jerkin

i've pulled the fogs in and out so many times at this point i think 30 minutes and they are both in or out

Jerkin

ours are the same way.. replaced mine yesterday... and i also unscrewed the top of the fender bolts off for the short time as well so it would be easier to pull out the headlights... what a pain haha

c230benzkid

Anyone know if 2007 headlights will fit amd work properly on a 2004 c230 Kompressor??

phister

believe the post facelifted came with a different connector plug than the pre. If you want updated headlights just buy some depo or eagle eye brand projector headlights and add some HID lights. I suggest not buying the ones with the HID already installed, they charge an arm and leg for them, just get the projectors for under 200 and buy some DDM HIDs from on here and if they dont have the error cancellors you can have a shop that has STAR switch your present to xenon or just by some error cancellors from aznoptic.

Jay_Soprano

Props for the thread helped me install my BiX... Thanks! Only took me 50 min to do...

skint

Thanks for your instruction. Here is my result

skint

If you want to sell car and headlights separately

ildd

Putting in DEPO lights today. Took a pic before with the stock frosted, and last night I took a pic of the light output against some trees. Once i'm finished I'll do the same thing.
I'll just edit this post and put them on here...

ncmudbug

I've looked at a few threads on replacing headlamps on w203 but they all seem to describe the pre-facelift cars. I have a '06 C230. I assume that pretty much the only difference is getting to the bolts in the front of the bumper cover. They must be behind the screens in my bumper but I don't know how to take the screens off. Can somebody clue me in to getting the screens off? Are they obvious once you get them off? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

ncmudbug

Bump!

Doesn't anybody know how to take out the screens in the bumper cover to get at the mounting bolts (or can tell me what I'm missing)?

BTW - I hope everybody had a great Christmas!