"Eyelid" bulbs
11-20-2007, 09:37 PM
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"Eyelid" bulbs
I've been trying to open up and see what kind of bulbs the "eyelid" uses. However, I can't seem to pull out the bulbs. Has anyone tried to do this yet? And does anyone know what kind of bulbs it uses? Please share it with us. Thanks
11-20-2007, 10:42 PM
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Peabers - great pictures you've taken of your C. Any chance you could snap a few of the tail lights at night with and without braking? Thanks!
. please post a picture showing the tail lights 
11-20-2007, 10:55 PM
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I really want to replace them with LED bulbs to match the bi-xenons. I've done it to my last car (they were 5W5 wedge bulbs) and it looked great and matched perfectly with the bi-xenons. I'll try to get in the headlight housing this weekend to do some investigating...
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11-21-2007, 12:09 PM
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Did you just install the LED bulbs or do you have to use transistors so that there is no error message?
11-21-2007, 01:07 PM
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Is this any help? (Click on "changing the front bulbs" then look in the "Changing the bulbs in the side lamps and parking lamps" section)
11-21-2007, 02:31 PM
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11-21-2007, 02:34 PM
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Not sure what bulbs are in the US-spec cars, but according to the page from the online owners' manual, European-spec cars use W 5 W BV bulbs. I don't know, but I suspect the "BV" bit means "Blue Vision" which are the whitest type of the ordinary filament bulbs. I stand to be corrected, though.
11-24-2007, 08:58 PM
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For Chi-Benz, who wanted to see the rear lamps:
These are the LEDs, which come standard in Canada. Only available with the Bi-xenon headlamps in the US, AFAIK.
These are the LEDs, which come standard in Canada. Only available with the Bi-xenon headlamps in the US, AFAIK.
