91RS

I need to find some BiX headlights for my new C55. I've found a guy selling some used CLK BiX headlights, but they have broken tabs. He says they're fixed and when I asked him what he used he said "super glue." I offered him $500 and he came back and said $600. What does everything think about this? I guess if I bought them I'd find some badass epoxy or something to put around the tabs for reinforcement, but what is the likely hood of them breaking off again under normal driving conditions? Steve has some new headlights for $1200, which is a good price, but I would like to crack these open and get the housings painted black to match my car and I'm not so sure about doing that on some brand new lights.

samaritrey

that sounds expensive to me but i don't know what clk bix sell for usually. i paid less than that for my set of normal w203 bix in almost perfect condition. i do remember seeing a clk bix sell for like 250 for one and it was in perfect condition but that might have been a fluke. how much do the clk bix sell for on ebay usually?

91RS

I don't know, I can't find any. You got a smokin' deal on yours though buying them seperately. I paid $800 for the BiX I bought for my C230 which seems to be about the going price on a set for those. The set from Steve (mbenzml ?) is a great deal (since they're new and the price includes shipping from the Netherlands) but I really don't have that much money to spend, especially since I haven't sold my C230 BiX yet. These halogen headlights just suck though!

samaritrey

lol yeah i did . i would say do what i did and play the waiting game until a good deal pops up. have you tried posting in the clk section they would know more about the pricing of the clk lights then us. i am always surprised when i see a c55 without bix that is like the first option i would check when buying or ordering one. 600 still sounds expensive for cracked tabs that were not even professionally fixed. i assume you have seen pics are the lens in good shape? and how many tabs are we talking just one or more.

infected

That sounds awfully expensive to me for some reason. I'd stand with $500.

Glyn M Ruck

The tabs can be fixed but don't pay OTT for something that's less than perfect.

advans

hmm, get it.

look what I recently done to MY C55, yes, broken tab facelift CLK bixenons.

B189s

Looking good!

Is it a stock CLK BIX painted in black? Or did you custom the projector ETC?

TemjinX2

well i would at least re attach the tabs with jbweld. I wouldn't really trust super glue for head lights. Maybe for emblems.

advans

BTW,

MB makes a "tab repair kit" for W203s, W211s, I think you can use them, I bought them and used them on my headlights

91RS

I just called my dealer and he said the tab repair kit is $320. Is that how much you paid? I've found a set of face lift BiX but they're missing all the tabs. The other set I found with the broken tabs at least comes with them.

benzito911

chrome bulbs for the signal blikers

benzito911

if the headlights work and are in decent shape buy them! they are hard to come by at anything less than 600

91RS

It looks like I'm going to go with the ones with the repaired tabs. He agreed to $525 shipped.

docsiegs

Hey advans, where did you find the tab repair kit? I failed a state inspection because of a broken tab. Shop said they couldn't adjust my headlight because of it, and the only thing I could do was buy a whole new assembly, which I don't believe after asking around.

The only thing I have been able to find is this repair kit for mounting brackets.