Aftermarket HID Conversion Kits & required setting XENON=PRESENT thread
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Originally Posted by caliboy
Hey guys,
I have a question....... Has anyone bought this Hid conversion kit and if you did, do you recommend it. I am thinking of getting the 6000k kit for my 05 c230ss. I want the closest thing to mercedes Oem Hid look. However, I also like the blue look, but I don't want it to look chessy. What do you guys recommend. 8000k?
For $315 bucks, can't beat that. >>>>>check it out http://xenonking.com/
Is this legit?
Also after I install it, do I definitely have to take it to the MB dealer to have the xenon setting put in? Or will it work without doing this?
I have a question....... Has anyone bought this Hid conversion kit and if you did, do you recommend it. I am thinking of getting the 6000k kit for my 05 c230ss. I want the closest thing to mercedes Oem Hid look. However, I also like the blue look, but I don't want it to look chessy. What do you guys recommend. 8000k?
For $315 bucks, can't beat that. >>>>>check it out http://xenonking.com/
Is this legit?
Also after I install it, do I definitely have to take it to the MB dealer to have the xenon setting put in? Or will it work without doing this?
OEM is 4300K.
Check out 6000K Ultinons
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Originally Posted by caliboy
Uh so in laymen's terms lol! you don't lose the High beam lights because of this low beam /high beam H7 characteristic? However, that is from an E55, what about these aftermarket kits listed above? Will it act the same way as your car did if you use the correct H7 low with the right HID kit?
Sorry if i totally twisted your words, I think i just twisted myself there lol!
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presumed that it contained a Low filament as well as High filament
circuit. This is incorrect.
whether you are using HID, H7, E55 bixenons....the switching logic
remains the same. they are all, in effect, single filament...single
intensity bulbs. it's even simplier than some might originally believe.
the E55 bixenon is, electrically speaking, a single beam. it just
appears to be two because it is crippled in LOW and full strength
in HIGH.
you don't lose any part of the high beam through such a swap. the only
way this can occur is if someone crafted a supplemental wiring harness
and altered the control of the original light switching logic. this would be
unusual...but with aftermarket, anything is possible.
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2006 C230 Sport BLK-on-BLK
Mccullochs are AMAZING! I installed them and they seriously amazing.
The install is pretty easy, Less than a hour and halfs work and the install is clean....they include EVERYTHING you need for the nice clean install. Its just a pain to put the bulb in then assembly. Thats it, the light output is absolutly astonishing, they are brighter than my friends 04 acura tl hids(the stock ones we always see). I just didnt want to but the bix and spend 1200 and then return the car when my 3yrs is up and some lucky idiot has my work and money just "because". So i just got these lights and its a done deal. Seriously, they are so bright i actually can see @ nite now....they light up the entire road and then some.
Mcculloch is so good from xenonking, that ive already ordered my fogs. =)
If you need help w the install fell free to pm me. or aim is better =AMWCIA
The install is pretty easy, Less than a hour and halfs work and the install is clean....they include EVERYTHING you need for the nice clean install. Its just a pain to put the bulb in then assembly. Thats it, the light output is absolutly astonishing, they are brighter than my friends 04 acura tl hids(the stock ones we always see). I just didnt want to but the bix and spend 1200 and then return the car when my 3yrs is up and some lucky idiot has my work and money just "because". So i just got these lights and its a done deal. Seriously, they are so bright i actually can see @ nite now....they light up the entire road and then some.
Mcculloch is so good from xenonking, that ive already ordered my fogs. =)
If you need help w the install fell free to pm me. or aim is better =AMWCIA
#754
HELP - Installing HID Kit on C270 CDI
Hello,
I'm trying to install an HID conversion kit on my wife's C270 CDI. Just picked them up from visionbulbs.com, and I have them mounted and running. They look great and work perfectly fine when I turn the dip beam and ignition lights on, but the second that I start the car, the dip beam switches off and then the ballast seemes to be trying to ignite the bulbs back (they flicker).
They keep repeating this then the dash display says I have n/s and o/s dipped bulbs faulty.
This only happens once the engine is started.
Is it something with the cars computer?
Does anyone know a way around this?
Any help would be much appreciated!
I'm trying to install an HID conversion kit on my wife's C270 CDI. Just picked them up from visionbulbs.com, and I have them mounted and running. They look great and work perfectly fine when I turn the dip beam and ignition lights on, but the second that I start the car, the dip beam switches off and then the ballast seemes to be trying to ignite the bulbs back (they flicker).
They keep repeating this then the dash display says I have n/s and o/s dipped bulbs faulty.
This only happens once the engine is started.
Is it something with the cars computer?
Does anyone know a way around this?
Any help would be much appreciated!
#755
you need to go to dealer to have the computer update the Xenon="present". some dealer will NOT do it for you, some mercedes dealer will do it for half hour labor.My frriend work for Mercedes, he did it for me for $15 !
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Originally Posted by trust203
you need to go to dealer to have the computer update the Xenon="present". some dealer will NOT do it for you, some mercedes dealer will do it for half hour labor.My frriend work for Mercedes, he did it for me for $15 !
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Originally Posted by ron_brick
Are you certain that it is just a setting in the computer that needs to be changed/updated?
Dion.
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Originally Posted by DACHIGGA
Yes, lots of ppl have done this before, this is because the bulb out feature cheacks for a certain current draw on the bulbs, since you switched to a xenon kit, you draw less power and therefore through a bulb out message, part of the bulb out feature is to disable the "faultly' light, so when the computer detects a fualt, it will not give power to the light.
Dion.
Dion.
#760
Originally Posted by Untouchable08
i did without going to dealership....i got the kit worked fine. im selling some if anyone wants a pair for 320.
I got mine from www.visionbulbs.com for $260, and they even gave me free shipping!
Thanks though.
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Originally Posted by ron_brick
No thanks.
I got mine from www.visionbulbs.com for $260, and they even gave me free shipping!
Thanks though.
I got mine from www.visionbulbs.com for $260, and they even gave me free shipping!
Thanks though.
No problem i had bought one from there and it did not work same problem you had, so i had a friedn who has the converter and such which tells the somputer there are no problems but good luck!
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Originally Posted by WaveyKat
call this guy he have the HId kits u can install without getting the computer in the car reset to Xenon=persent
CarLAB Motorsports 650 641 0194 / 408 718 2986 Darwin
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Originally Posted by RedKen06C230
where can i buy hid's for my 06 c230... wanted the bi xeon's but i would of had to order a car... any ideas?? ![naughty](https://mbworld.org/forums/images/smilies/naughty.gif)
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EBAY, theres Bi-x sometimes and H7 HIDS, just lookkk
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Originally Posted by RedKen06C230
anyone???
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8000K (not a really good picture by the way cuz of the old headligts and plus i took it in the day time....)
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12000K (Headlight and fog lights)
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P.S - Can someone tell me how i can take pic of the headlight without turning out like this?
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PlZ help...thanx!
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Originally Posted by jtC320
P.S - Can someone tell me how i can take pic of the headlight without turning out like this?
PlZ help...thanx!
![](http://x38.xanga.com/9d5893645473021798038/z15512144.jpg)
PlZ help...thanx!
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'02 C240 + '03 ML320
Take a look at this thread. I bought the housings and an Mtec 6000K kit (same seller had 8K also). There is debate on going this way but so far I am happy with the results.
https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w203/129030-projectors-auction.html
https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w203/129030-projectors-auction.html
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Search the forum! There has been tons of threads on this topic.
I heard that 6k are the best though lighting wise cause if you go any more it produces less light. Not 100% sure though...
I heard that 6k are the best though lighting wise cause if you go any more it produces less light. Not 100% sure though...
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I know of a distributor that sells them for $320 and theres no need to go to the dealer and they will be shipped out within 24 hours of payment....they re good stuff
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Originally Posted by amdeutsch
Photoshop. 12000 are blue. ![hammer](https://mbworld.org/forums/images/smilies/bonk.gif)
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