BeNzPuShA69

Ok, i have been happy with my 05 C230 SS for the past few months but am getting a little bit bored. For my birthday i got a cl style grill and bought a flat hood emblem recently. The only thing my car is missing is the xenon lights, should i just buy the bulbs? keep in mind the car is a lease. I hate the ugly yellowish lights near the grill... anyway also i was thinking of getting a navi/dvd combo screen to livin up the interior, any suggestions??

CitronC230K_03

NO! buy the real BIX. it will make a huge difference in the look. remember you can always take them out and sell them when your lease is up. same with COMAND!

treat yourself and your car right, go OEM!

BeNzPuShA69

where to get these new little toys? lol

respdoc

Xenon lights ?? Navigation ??

Don't think that has ever been thought of before out of the thousands of posts on the forum..wait...maybe once....

Heres the link..

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/posting.php

CitronC230K_03

the one and only Steve.

steve@mbenznl.com

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TurboChicken

First of all, no dont buy "bulbs", there is no fillament in xenons bulbs, you need a different ballast. check the forums for the conversion kit or the full bi-xenon assembly. Last of all BUY THE CAR BEFORE YOU SPEND MONEY ON IT. If you want good lights and dont want to spend money, buy the SilverStar lights from silvania.

drexappeal

Just to clarify to make sure you understand:

Bi-Xenon = HID
What You Have = Halogen

For the C Class halogen, you could replace the lights with a HID look bulb (i.e. Hyper white/Blue/purple, etc...) and it will make your lights look similar to HID's, but will not be.

For the C Class Bi-Xenon, these are HID lights. You cannot transfer the bulb from an HID unit to a Halogen unit. The bulb in the HID doesn't have a filament like the halogen bulb. The HID bulb (for the simplest of explanations) basically is gas filled and there is a spark/explosion that ignites the light to turn on. The reason the housing is considered bi-xenon vs. regular xenon is because of the utility purposes of the housing. These are projector housings and the Bi-xenon refers to the reflector lens that changes the angle of the light in the headlights (when going from high beam to low beam). There is also a halogen High beam in the housing that works in conjunction with the HID high beam. So basically, the C Class Bi-xenon HID has HID high and low beams (which transmit light from the same bulb, not seperate bulbs).

I hope that's not too confusing. Now, you said you are on a lease. Is it a lease to buy or are you trading in the vehicle at the end of the lease? If you are trading in the car after the lease, I wouldn't suggest converting to bi-xenon. It wouldn't be worth the hassle. If you have the money to burn and money is no object, then by all means go for it.

Just realize that if you do convert the housings to bi-xenon, you'll have to get the dealership to activate the coding. I'm not an expert on that, but there are MANY posts that have been made about that.

Good luck on what you decide to do.

CitronC230K_03

i disagree. installing and removing the BiX are not that hard. installing will require Xenon=Present to be set on the cars computer. but taking out these lights and putting back in the orignal is not that much of a hassle. plus you can sell them if you turn the car back in. just my $0.02.

BeNzPuShA69

first of all ... sorry that i dont have the time to search through all these damn forums and wanted a clear answer, didnt know you would cry about it. Anyways, i leased the car in such a rush because i am a 17 year old idiot that was dying to have his car before his birthday. Now im stuck with no navi/dvd. and no xenons .... I dont really want to buy the car after the lease so i wanted to buy the bulbs and the conversions or whatever, i knew the difference all along i have been to stores to check prices. But realized that ebay had the best prices for these bulbs, but the guy at mercedes said that the bulbs could burn into the headlight and you will never be able to get them out.

CitronC230K_03

dude, install the BiX and the COMAND. then you can sell them when you return the car and reinstall the originals. if you need to have it, there is a way and you will be able to enjoy the BiX and COMAND. plus its not like you are going to notice like an aftermarket stereo would be.

no one is crying btw!

vadim

Well, it is your problem - you are too lazy to do a 30-minute search, yet you believe that other members of these "damn forums" are here to serve you? Stuff it up your butt, buddy!

BeNzPuShA69

listen retard... your waisting your own time, people with an extra five minutes are free to answer. your making it a problem, nobody else minds, idiot

drexappeal

Citron, you definitely have a good point. Just depends on time constraints and money, but like I was saying, if a person can afford it and has the time, it's definitely worth the money and the time.

I'm literally too damn lazy to do that ish...LOL...hahaha. Did all kinds of conversions when I had my MX-6 and am at the age (27) that after working the entire week for 60 hours +, working on the car for the day (on a weekedn) is just too much work...LOL...That's why I ordered the car with the BIX (plus the fact that the stupid "stealership" told me that they couldn't put on the BIX if the car didn't already have it).

Although I say this now, just watch when I get my coilovers and all the other "goodies" I intend on getting, hahahaha...Before you know it, I'll be back to my old habits. Prop the car up on the mounts and go to work!...LOL.

vadim

Well... just wait. Keep asking your brilliant questions, and you will see whose problem this is before long. I did not expect any other kind of reply from a lumpenized low-life that TyPeS lIkE tHiS. I can assure you that I will not waste a fraction of a second on you. Enjoy your MB.

drexappeal

Yo! Just relax, kid (I mean that in a nice way, not condescending). Since you're a newbie, it's difficult for a lot of people to look at the same threads over and over again. You just happened to post a thread that has been discussed a lot more than other topics.

So their responses are understandable, but don't be offended. It just comes with #1) you being a newbie and #2) posting a new thread (that's been discussed a lot) before actually doing a search.

Hey, we all make mistakes. Just enjoy the fact that you have a Benzo at 17! Dayum! That's something to discuss and celebrate! I can't hate.

What I was saying about the lease is that if you are gonna be purchasing the vehicle after the lease, DEFINITELY do the BIX! The only thing, IMO, I would hesitate on is if you weren't intending on buying after the lease is finished, however, Citron made a Great point and the BIX would still be worth good money to people if you didn't intend on keeping the car. Just make sure that you keep the OEM halogen lamps.

Well, hope we've given you enough ideas/opinions to make a decision.

BeNzPuShA69

i am relaxed... i have nothing to worry about lol. Some people are just half retarded, and thats unfortunately their good half. Apparently he doesnt know that i dont type like that, that was only 9 letters. Back to the subject at hand -- should i buy the conversion and the hyper blue bulbs to match the color of my car or leave it halogen?

Rotty

I would buy the stock hid. However, if you are going to purchase bulbs I would recommend Sylvania Silverstars, don't buy those crappy blue bulbs. You will be replacing those every 2 weeks

BeNzPuShA69

where is the best place to buy those? like price wise? and by the way mercedes said that if i buy just the bulbs, theres a chance they will melt and never be able to be removed.... which will be a huge problem

Rotty

Mercedes is wrong. They probably meant the japanese blue bulbs that are on the market that are like 100 watts, possible melting your wiring. I am pretty sure your local walmart will have sylvania silverstars, if not, ebay is your best price I am sure.

respdoc

That pretty much sums it up..

drexappeal

Well, the dealership is just trying to find a way out in case it does burn through the bulb harness and melt the plastic surrounding the bulb. So, in essence, they can blame the bulb for something happening and not replace it.

I think getting the clear Halogen housing would definitely be a good option as well. It will be a lot cheaper than the BIX, so if money is an issue then I would definitely do that. I would also go with a hyper-white bulb (i.e. blue bulb), but I would find out a bulb that doesn't necessarily carry as "high" a wattage as some of the "hyper-white" bulbs. I'm not sure what the stock wattage is for the Halogen housings, but basically most bulbs that carry a high wattage, usually are the "maximum capacity". In other words, you can go with a higher wattage bulb just as long as it isn't extremely higher than what the stock wattage is.

inFiniTE LooP

do you realize how much BIX and COMAND are gonna cost you? first decide if you can afford another $1000.00 for the BIX and add to that another $1250.00 for the COMAND. if you can't afford this in the first place, then just buy your bulbs (silverstars or blue bulbs or whatever), and if you are just gonna buy the bulbs you wont need a conversion kit since they wont be xenon/HIDs anyways. however, if you are willing to spend over $2000.00 in extras on a lease and then sell them anyhow, then you might as well do it right and get both OEM from Steve or similar...(although topping steve will be a tough one )

CitronC230K_03

to each his own, but id save for the real deal rather then waste money the first time around.

my XM radio i kick myself in the *** for installing. when that $300 i spent on it could have gone towards the COMAND replacement and MB Sirius install Steve is going to do for me. im saving for that now!

drexappeal

Citron, I can totally understand that! I've done similar things in the past (when I had my MX-6). With this car, it's a different story, cuz I have a lil' bit more money to spend here and there.

Problem is, he's 17, which means that money may or may not be a little bit of a constraint. I know when I was 17, even if I was working, it would still take me a long time (around 1 year) to save up the $1200 to get BIX housings.

Then again, you never know. Hey, if my parents were down to buy it for me, shoot that'd be no question, but who knows if this is the case for him.

CitronC230K_03

true and i can understand that as well. money makes all the difference and who is supplying the money. its all in priorititizing and money and what is more important to you.

do you want the real BiX, the aftermarket Xenons, or the blue PIAA lights that last 4 months?