oggle

Which one did you end up ordering? Can you point me to the url? Also, are they really xenons or just whitish bulbs?

Guest0001

I bought "Platinum Series Super White" bulbs for both the fogs and parking lights.

They are not xenons. They are just pure white. It will remove that yellowish look!

The "extreme white" has more of a blue look to it. But it looked too blue so I decided against it. kind of ricer i thought.

I bought it from www.autobarn.com

just search "9006" and you will see list for the fog lights

and search "wedge bulbs" and the list for the parking light would appear.

here I will help you with the part #s too.

the part # is 19606 for the pair of fogs
the part # is 19169 for the pair of parking lights

bensitto

Anyone with an IS300 need a passenger side Xenon Headlamp?
I'm selling one for my friend on E-Bay, Brand New.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33710

GMW

I finally received all the xenon effect bulbs i wanted and the blueish indicator bulbs that flash orange. I have now changed the city lights, highbeams and foglights! I have used the Phillips BlueVision Ultra bulbs for the 5W city lights and HB4 foglight bulbs and I used Bosch Xenon Blue for the high beams H7 bulbs! Please see attached pics. While the bulbs obviously don't look exactly like the xenons they are less yellow and more whiter than the standard bulbs plus they have a slight blueish effect to them! Look cool overall! You can see for yourself!

At first I thought "this is still a bit yellowish" but when I compared it to another car then I saw that these are much whiter. The blueish Osram Diadem, indicator bulbs round off the look!

CitronC230K_03

that is an awesome setup. i really like the city lights and how crisp they look in the headlamps.

Jon200

Nice setup man

GMW

I'm glad you guys like it. Here is another pic with all lights on!

waldis

looks great!!!!

CitronC230K_03

i especially like the last pic you posted. the one with the city lights and fogs looks great as well.,

x-tian-230k

Looks really good man. Do you have the part numbers for those parts and how much did u end up paying for all the lights. I am interested on doing something like that! NIce job.

GMW

Thanks for your positive comments. I think these are as close to Xenon as I can get with minimal expense.

I got the H7 Bosch Xenon blue locally for about US$23. But the Bosch dealer didn't have the HB4, 5W citylight bulbs, or blueish indicator bulbs available so I ordered the Philips Bluevision ultra HB4 foglights and Osram diadem indicator bulbs from www.powerbulbs.com, a U.K. website. They gave me the 5W Phillips city lights for free as well as free shipping to my U.K. address. They also have the H7 but I already bought the Bosch ones so I left that out and they are only on my High Beams as that's the only thing that used the H7 type on Bi-xenons.

They have the prices on their site. Word of advise though! If you do get these bulbs change on side city bulb first and leave the other then look at the difference at night to appreciate. Otherwise during the daytime you might think 'what the hell???' I did the latter at first then calmed down till night time to check out the real difference!

Xeon

ermm..why do u need another light for high beam? i thought thats bixenon?

TipoFloe

Hey guys,

I'm new to this forum and I find many many helpful ideas and information regarding the modification of the C-class.

I have recently acquired a used 2001 C320, and since it does not come with many things that I wish they were included with the car, I wanted to ask some of the common things that are posted on this forum.

1. What does a set of bi-xenon headlamp look like? Do they look like the 2005 models that are posted?

2. What are the european version headlamps? Do they look different?

3. Instead of adding a COMAND on the car, what other options did you guys come up with? I would like to add a navigation unit along with a DVD player. Or if I wanted to add a COMAND unit, what would be my options?

4. Are there any aftermarket CD changers that you can add instead of the OEM changer?

5. I suppose heated seats cannot be added. The car came without them.

6. Who is Steve that everyone is praising about? It looks like he provides most of the parts for the members here. How do I get in touch with him?

Thanks in advance for helping me out.

Harris

I was looking at the UK website but I was unable to find the bulbs for the foglights - HB4??? Where is it???

GMW

Xeon

"ermm..why do u need another light for high beam? i thought thats bixenon?"


On vehicles with Bi-xenon. The xenon projector has both low beam and high beam which is controlled by a shutter. half closed and you just get the low beam light out. Fully open and you get in essence high and low together. However, you still have that additional H7 bulb that comes on when you flash someone and when you have your lights on and flick the high beams on. All in all it illuminates the road very very well. Few months back my Dad followed me at night in his SL and when he flashed his high beams to overtake, it was like daylight in my car!



Harris the HB4 is otherwise known as the 9006! If you read the small writing on your original bulbs it should say HB4 and 9006. Happy shopping!

LaZyC230K

hi, im getting ready to purchase a pair of aftermarket HID head light. How could i fit the ballast? because there's a cap that cover between the bulb and the engine compartment. Or do i need to get a pair of bi-xenon to enable to get an HID for my car? Also i have a 2004 c230 coupe. Thanks very much!!

SUNILP

not sure how you will make that work because the original lamps have black caps that cover the bulb area for protection. I guess you could cut around that to route the wire. I am not quite sure what you mean by getting bixenon to get HID. HID = HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE. The bixenons are HID lamps.

CitronC230K_03

spend the extra $$$ and get the BIX. they look good and are functional as well.

Kev04C320

I wonder how well the bulb is going to shine through the frosted lens? I would probably go the whole nine yards and get the real deal.

CitronC230K_03

i would. check out the classified section of MBWorld. i saw some BIX there for sale and also e-bay.

if i were you i would get them from Steve though.

SUNILP

The original xenon's from benz were frosted lens ones from 2001-2002.

Kev04C320

Just curious, do you know how well do they shine through the lens?

LaZyC230K

yeh,i tried to put a hid in the frosted headlamp and see how well does it shine, it did pretty good but of course not as good as the projector lamp. cuz im only 17 and work only part time. For me, bi-xenon really cost too much. Is it around 2k? i think i'll just put few hundred dollars on the HID. Mayb i'll just have to make a hole on the black cap to get thru the wires. Thank you for your opinion guys.

Kev04C320

Try contact Steve, the Euro parts pimp, you might be surprised how much those lights cost.

x-tian-230k

DUde, there about 1300 dollars from Steve. You will have problems with the computer if you put aftermarket HID's. My buddy put aftermarket HID and everytime he turns on his car he always gets an LEFT/RIGHT headlight error. Different voltage iis used with HID so the computer thinks the head light is out. If you want u should buy the 05 projecter clear lens halogen headlight assemblies...i think i saw them for like 500 dolalrs on ebay...