Bi-X: W203/CL203 OEM Bi-XENON Upgrade, Auto-Levelling & Programming thread
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W209 - W163
I think i found a place that will help me out in Edison NJ. The guy said he mostl likely can activate my lights, but he said he'd call me back. Still waiting on the call, called him about 5 mintues ago, keeping my fingers crossed!!
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wow... 150 for a 5 minute job heh...including moving the car from the lot to the shop and back to the lot....
you guys ever thought about by passing the SA.. go to the back and ask a tech to do it? Just hook him up or something on the spot?
fk
you guys ever thought about by passing the SA.. go to the back and ask a tech to do it? Just hook him up or something on the spot?
fk
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C230K Coupe/Orion/C4/C5/CD/AMG Spoiler/V60/TeleAid, 2 MGB's
Originally posted by Viktorious
Places That Declined:
Prestige Motors, Inc. Paramus (201) 265-7800
Contemporary Motor Cars, Inc. Little Silver (732) 842-5353
Mercedes-Benz of Morristown Morristown (973) 267-5000
Globe Motor Car Corp. Fairfield (973) 227-3600
Places To Contact:
Intercar, Inc. Newton (973) 383-8300
Mercedes-Benz of Cherry Hill Cherry Hill (856) 663-3200
David Michael Motor Car of Freehold Freehold (732) 462-5300
Mercedes-Benz of Princeton Lawrenceville (800) 797-3216
Millennium Automotive Group Bridgewater (908) 685-0800
Precision Cars of Atlantic City Corp. W. Atlantic City (800) 645-6115
Ray Catena Motor Car Corporation Edison (732) 549-6600 (?)
Benzel-Busch Motor Car Corp. Englewood (800) 493-6514
Joe, I think you and I should try to contact each of these dealers to see if they can help us out. I will print this list out and start calling tomorrow before I leave for Italy. Keep me posted on the forum about your findings and vice versa, someone's gotta be able to do it. EuroPimp aka Steve said that Ray Catena does it because the guy who hosts his stays in NY had his Bi-Xenons done there. Thanks man!
Places That Declined:
Prestige Motors, Inc. Paramus (201) 265-7800
Contemporary Motor Cars, Inc. Little Silver (732) 842-5353
Mercedes-Benz of Morristown Morristown (973) 267-5000
Globe Motor Car Corp. Fairfield (973) 227-3600
Places To Contact:
Intercar, Inc. Newton (973) 383-8300
Mercedes-Benz of Cherry Hill Cherry Hill (856) 663-3200
David Michael Motor Car of Freehold Freehold (732) 462-5300
Mercedes-Benz of Princeton Lawrenceville (800) 797-3216
Millennium Automotive Group Bridgewater (908) 685-0800
Precision Cars of Atlantic City Corp. W. Atlantic City (800) 645-6115
Ray Catena Motor Car Corporation Edison (732) 549-6600 (?)
Benzel-Busch Motor Car Corp. Englewood (800) 493-6514
Joe, I think you and I should try to contact each of these dealers to see if they can help us out. I will print this list out and start calling tomorrow before I leave for Italy. Keep me posted on the forum about your findings and vice versa, someone's gotta be able to do it. EuroPimp aka Steve said that Ray Catena does it because the guy who hosts his stays in NY had his Bi-Xenons done there. Thanks man!
Last edited by Rick; Mar 5, 2004 at 11:18 PM.
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From: Ontario, Canada
Acura EL, C230K, 997 C2
Bi-Xenon / high-beams
Does the xenon projector tilt up when it's on high beam? I notice the light undergoes auto leveling when the car is started up, but I can't tell if the light moves up on high beam or not (without help of someone activating the high beams for me). What makes our lights bi-xenon instead of xenon anyway? I thought bi-xenon meant xenons in driving light and high beam light. I noticed there's a bulb in the same housing as the parking light that comes on on high beam but the colour of that light looks halogen...
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some slow@$$diesels
bi xenons have a regular xenon buls for dimmed light and halogen lightbulb for high beam..In addition bi xenons have a tilting plate in between of the xenon reflector and xenon projector lens that flips down when high beam is activated leaving a bigger opening for the bi xenon light to get out...
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greetingz,
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Auto Leveling
Steve, i am not sure if my bi-xenons auto level.... when i turn it on, i don't see the xenons move up and down.... is there an option in the ECU to activate auto level? also the beam of the light has a patter _______/. one the passenger side, the beam goes out further than the driver side. Is that right?
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Re: Auto Leveling
Originally posted by x-tian-230k
Steve, i am not sure if my bi-xenons auto level.... when i turn it on, i don't see the xenons move up and down.... is there an option in the ECU to activate auto level? also the beam of the light has a patter _______/. one the passenger side, the beam goes out further than the driver side. Is that right?
Steve, i am not sure if my bi-xenons auto level.... when i turn it on, i don't see the xenons move up and down.... is there an option in the ECU to activate auto level? also the beam of the light has a patter _______/. one the passenger side, the beam goes out further than the driver side. Is that right?
___
and yes, xenons should have a ___/ pattern. it's higher on the right so you can see signs and such on the side of the road. and lower on the left so you don't blind oncoming traffic. when you flip on your brights, you'll notice it doesn't have a particular pattern other than full on super cool light brightening up everything. xenons rock.
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Re: Auto Leveling
Originally posted by x-tian-230k
Steve, i am not sure if my bi-xenons auto level.... when i turn it on, i don't see the xenons move up and down.... is there an option in the ECU to activate auto level? also the beam of the light has a patter _______/. one the passenger side, the beam goes out further than the driver side. Is that right?
Steve, i am not sure if my bi-xenons auto level.... when i turn it on, i don't see the xenons move up and down.... is there an option in the ECU to activate auto level? also the beam of the light has a patter _______/. one the passenger side, the beam goes out further than the driver side. Is that right?
___
and yes, xenons should have a ___/ pattern. it's higher on the right so you can see signs and such on the side of the road. and lower on the left so you don't blind oncoming traffic. when you flip on your brights, you'll notice it doesn't have a particular pattern other than full on super cool light brightening up everything. xenons rock.
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Re: Auto Leveling
Originally posted by x-tian-230k
Steve, i am not sure if my bi-xenons auto level.... when i turn it on, i don't see the xenons move up and down.... is there an option in the ECU to activate auto level? also the beam of the light has a patter _______/. one the passenger side, the beam goes out further than the driver side. Is that right?
Steve, i am not sure if my bi-xenons auto level.... when i turn it on, i don't see the xenons move up and down.... is there an option in the ECU to activate auto level? also the beam of the light has a patter _______/. one the passenger side, the beam goes out further than the driver side. Is that right?
___
and yes, xenons should have a ___/ pattern. it's higher on the right so you can see signs and such on the side of the road. and lower on the left so you don't blind oncoming traffic. when you flip on your brights, you'll notice it doesn't have a particular pattern other than full on super cool light brightening up everything. xenons rock.
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Re: Auto Leveling
Originally posted by x-tian-230k
Steve, i am not sure if my bi-xenons auto level.... when i turn it on, i don't see the xenons move up and down.... is there an option in the ECU to activate auto level? also the beam of the light has a patter _______/. one the passenger side, the beam goes out further than the driver side. Is that right?
Steve, i am not sure if my bi-xenons auto level.... when i turn it on, i don't see the xenons move up and down.... is there an option in the ECU to activate auto level? also the beam of the light has a patter _______/. one the passenger side, the beam goes out further than the driver side. Is that right?
___
and yes, xenons should have a ___/ pattern. it's higher on the right so you can see signs and such on the side of the road. and lower on the left so you don't blind oncoming traffic. when you flip on your brights, you'll notice it doesn't have a particular pattern other than full on super cool light brightening up everything. xenons rock.
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Re: Auto Leveling
Originally posted by x-tian-230k
Steve, i am not sure if my bi-xenons auto level.... when i turn it on, i don't see the xenons move up and down.... is there an option in the ECU to activate auto level? also the beam of the light has a patter _______/. one the passenger side, the beam goes out further than the driver side. Is that right?
Steve, i am not sure if my bi-xenons auto level.... when i turn it on, i don't see the xenons move up and down.... is there an option in the ECU to activate auto level? also the beam of the light has a patter _______/. one the passenger side, the beam goes out further than the driver side. Is that right?
___
and yes, xenons should have a ___/ pattern. it's higher on the right so you can see signs and such on the side of the road. and lower on the left so you don't blind oncoming traffic. when you flip on your brights, you'll notice it doesn't have a particular pattern other than full on super cool light brightening up everything. xenons rock.
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Re: Auto Leveling
Originally posted by x-tian-230k
Steve, i am not sure if my bi-xenons auto level.... when i turn it on, i don't see the xenons move up and down.... is there an option in the ECU to activate auto level? also the beam of the light has a patter _______/. one the passenger side, the beam goes out further than the driver side. Is that right?
Steve, i am not sure if my bi-xenons auto level.... when i turn it on, i don't see the xenons move up and down.... is there an option in the ECU to activate auto level? also the beam of the light has a patter _______/. one the passenger side, the beam goes out further than the driver side. Is that right?
___
and yes, xenons should have a ___/ pattern. it's higher on the right so you can see signs and such on the side of the road. and lower on the left so you don't blind oncoming traffic. when you flip on your brights, you'll notice it doesn't have a particular pattern other than full on super cool light brightening up everything. xenons rock.
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Thanks guys for you help. So how do i know how my xenons are level? DO i need to just park in a garage and turn them on and just see if the line is straight? How does someone one self level these?
Sunman,
Off the subject, how much does it cost for the parktronic and is it hard to install?
Sunman,
Off the subject, how much does it cost for the parktronic and is it hard to install?
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2015 E250D
If you want to do the whole system, it's not very easy. You will have to install the full harness, bumper harness for front and rear, sensors (10 of them) dash display, Control unit, and rear display with buzzer. I installed the rear first and wanted the whole system later on. YOu can ask Steve for all parts and he can get everything. I'm waiting on my parts as well from Steve for the whole system. I just have rear at the moment. If you are doing only rear, I may have some parts you can use. PM me.
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looking for 1 Euro Bi-Xenon for C320
if you have, please drop me an email with pricing:
piccofly@yahoo.com
(my friend is looking for 1 only not the set)
piccofly@yahoo.com
(my friend is looking for 1 only not the set)
