Bi-X: W203/CL203 OEM Bi-XENON Upgrade, Auto-Levelling & Programming thread
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I think the bix has a plastic lens... I believe all of the headlights are some sort of plastic. I have had frosties, clear headlights, and bix and I've noticed all of them take big hits from rocks and they don't shatter or crack like glass, instead... the plastic deforms a bit? i dunno how to explain it...
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Mine doesn't have the "frosty" (aka. fluted) lenses, but it's also non-Bi-X. I always figured they were glass, but come to think of it, I'm not really sure. I'll have to have a closer look at them this evening and post back.
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I have always wondered and asked probably 4 times about these replacement lenses, are there part #'s (specifically for the coupe) to get replacement clear lenses?
Oh and Tommy, they are plastic
Oh and Tommy, they are plastic
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was about to buy these a few weeks ago.. i dint coz i was afraid in replacing them.. i might leave a little open space to cause fog inside the housing... anyone have tried this?
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I think the bix has a plastic lens... I believe all of the headlights are some sort of plastic. I have had frosties, clear headlights, and bix and I've noticed all of them take big hits from rocks and they don't shatter or crack like glass, instead... the plastic deforms a bit? i dunno how to explain it...
The ability for something to take bit hits and not shatter is called toughness. The tougher a material is, the bigger impact it can take before failing.
ALL modern cars use polycarbonate for the headlight covers.
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If someone is interested I'm selling an OEM bixenon light for W203 Is for a coupe but I'm not know if it is also for the sedan. It's new with no use. If some one is interested make me know
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Word of advice when replacing the frosties:
I'm not sure if it'll happen to this car, but I had a friend who had some frosties on a different car. He replaced them with clear lenses, and the light output he got shining on a wall was a donut. Literally, it was a freaking donut - a circular ring of light with a dark hole on the inside. You can just imagine what this was when shining on a road - pretty much nonexistant.
The frosted lines are what help create your light output based on the reflector design. Without them (and no proof of anyone here trying them), be wary of what your "new" output may be.
I'm not sure if it'll happen to this car, but I had a friend who had some frosties on a different car. He replaced them with clear lenses, and the light output he got shining on a wall was a donut. Literally, it was a freaking donut - a circular ring of light with a dark hole on the inside. You can just imagine what this was when shining on a road - pretty much nonexistant.
The frosted lines are what help create your light output based on the reflector design. Without them (and no proof of anyone here trying them), be wary of what your "new" output may be.
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Apologies for hi jacking the thread...
I have a similar problem... (well at least to a certain degree)
My car '04 C200K had the normal frosted headlights and I then changed to a set of OEM bi-xenons... Had the XENONS=PRESENT thingie done...
The headlights work fine most of the time however, every now and then I have intermittent problems with them:
-One headlight not working... They alternate (L/R)
-One headlight lights up a few seconds later than the other... this usually happens when the right (driver side) headlamp lights first... the left (passenger) lights up a few second later
I also noticed that they seem to work better if I switch my lights on before I start the car... This is a funny one I know and was just wondering if anyone else experienced a similar problem when fitting xenons to a 'non-xenon' car
I have a similar problem... (well at least to a certain degree)
My car '04 C200K had the normal frosted headlights and I then changed to a set of OEM bi-xenons... Had the XENONS=PRESENT thingie done...
The headlights work fine most of the time however, every now and then I have intermittent problems with them:
-One headlight not working... They alternate (L/R)
-One headlight lights up a few seconds later than the other... this usually happens when the right (driver side) headlamp lights first... the left (passenger) lights up a few second later
I also noticed that they seem to work better if I switch my lights on before I start the car... This is a funny one I know and was just wondering if anyone else experienced a similar problem when fitting xenons to a 'non-xenon' car
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i did not have the same problems, but similar....
our car was factory fitted with the bi-xenons... but the problem sounds similar,
it was gone when i replaced one headlight, the one that started first with not working ...
only thing i had to change was the igniter, wich is located inside the headlight... only sorry thing is, the igniter doesn't have a MB-parts number ...
I used the diy from mymbonline.com and took my headlight apart
-> http://mymbonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9027
hope this helps a bit ...
our car was factory fitted with the bi-xenons... but the problem sounds similar,
it was gone when i replaced one headlight, the one that started first with not working ...
only thing i had to change was the igniter, wich is located inside the headlight... only sorry thing is, the igniter doesn't have a MB-parts number ...
I used the diy from mymbonline.com and took my headlight apart
-> http://mymbonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9027
hope this helps a bit ...
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