TemjinX2

just spend $25..get a hid harness. Connect the harness to the ballasts and the other end to the car battery. Then connect the trigger to your side marker using wire taps.

For $25 and $1 worth of wire taps..you fixed your hid issue. You will still have the head light error but your hids will work and should no longer flicker.

Also keep in mind..yes hid use less amps then halogens on average, but they almost use double the amps during start up. You do running the risk of damaging your oem head light harness, since it was not designed to run that many amps.

This is why i always recommend to people to use a separate harness if your car was not originally equipped with HIDS.

Also keep in mind most aftermarket hid ballasts use a lot more amps then oem ballasts.

Here's the link to the harness.

http://store.theretrofitsource.com/p...25466de0d8baec

good luck..

Mercedes has too many sensors for useless things..anyone know if you can disable all the light sensors through star?

lionheart153

Update still no luck all the dealships are ****en a holes
going back to stoon to get my usual mechanic to fix it for me

C230 Sport Coup

Hey Guys,
My passenger side Bix started flickering the other day...
yes, Xenon is set to present.

What does it mean?

I'm going to switch the bulbs side to side, but from what I've read, it's unlikely it's the bulb.

So is the likely culprit the igniter or the ballast?

I could see the ballast mounted on the side of the unit when I installed it,
but where the igniter?

Help!

Which Gen ballast do these cars use? I see "Gen 3" Gen 4 on ebay....

TemjinX2

its more likely a bad ballast or bad ground. If your car came with HIDS then its not likely the grounds.

Most new ballasts have the ballast and ignitor intergrated together. Its more cost effective, uses less amps and produces less heat. I believe the old bosch ballasts used in e46 bmw's and old mercedes had the ballast and ignitor separate.

pic of a bosch ballast. The block box is the ignitor and the gray box is the ballast.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Merce...spagenameZWDVW

Pic of matsu****a (panasonic) ballasts. Same used on lexus and infinite, the ignitor is in the ballast.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/INFIN...spagenameZWDVW


if your cars under warranty have them replace the ballast.

C230 Sport Coup

OK, so I took a look...how do I remove the bulbs?
I got the socket off the back, but don't see exactly how the bulb comes out.

C230 Sport Coup

Anyone have an Alldata or WIS account to pull this up?
If so, please do, and post or email to me please....

dtb-p-b-82.10/376d

It's in regards to Xenon sockets...it says to look this up in the EPC.

TemjinX2

usually oem bulbs don't go bad, just color shift. Usually there two ways there held. One is there held with a metal clip similar to a paper clip bent in the form of V. The second, usually found on bmw's is a black plastic washer that holds the bulb in place to the projector. You have to push in black washer and turn it counter clock wise. The washer should come out and you should be able to remove the bulb.

Remember not to touch the bulb with any part of your skin or you just ruined the bulb.

motioneffects

whats your email?

Saprissa

please post it here for all to reference.
No sense in posting up the bulletin reference # and then no info in the thread.

KillerPancake

Where are the OEM ballast and igniter located? I have looked all over and come to the conclusion that they must be neatly and inaccessibly tucked into the headlight assembly?

Has anyone managed to retrofit the OEM system with aftermarket ballasts and igniters or integrated units? If so, what would be involved in this?

KP

splinter

Carlos, to do so poses members with an intellectual property conundrum.

As part of MBW’s TOU one agrees, “…not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or to post copyrighted material without permission of its owner.”

It’s been done on occasion when there is a compelling thread in which sharing it may potentially benefit or enlighten the populous, by others and me. I rationalize it by comparing it to loaning a magazine I’ve paid for with a friend.

Don't know if they're hot about it or not?

Saprissa

my bad.... thanks for the save John !!

don't want to get anyone in trouble.

OK.... how about just posting what the problem is, and then the solution...
all in paraphrased format for us cavemen to understand !!

saer1one

just wondering, what kind of capasitors..? brand..? power..? ohms, watts if any..? im thinking of gettin H.I.D.s for my fogs, just want to be ready..

aecasasus

+1. A bit of information won't hurt anyone and won't make anyone liable for a lawsuit. It's just like word of mouth(which we all around the world pass around).

Buellwinkle

Still taking the approach that the dealers service advisors owe you something vs. the honey appoach, to each his own. A typical independant MB mechanic does not have a Star Diagnostic computer to reset this option for you. Steve is coming to the U.S. in October, he can do it for you but you'll have to drive to a city he will be at. Have you considered blue tinted halogen bulbs?

C24owner

I got mine from Steve.

Email him at: s_krabbenborg@hotmail.com

Glyn M Ruck

Last month was CPS month - this month seems to be BiX month!!!!!!!!!!!

Glyn M Ruck

Excellent thread - last month was CPS month - this month seems to be BiX month!!!!!!!!!!!!

C230 Sport Coup

Well, I'm just trying to avoid trying to create new threads.....

Glyn M Ruck

Fair complaint - That's where Carlos & others are great & give you a pic of the part with it's number on the packaging.

Glyn M Ruck

BiX on my 2003 perfect - never a problem - yet!

C24owner

Never heard of that

C230 Sport Coup

Supposedly, there's an igniter that mounts on the back of the bulb.
Unplug the old one, plug in the new one.

C24owner

Sounds easy enough. Wish I could help you with that, but this is the first time I've heard of it.

motioneffects

YGM