Maxima617

Hey guys im new to Mercedes, just bought my first last night, Mars Red C300! Very exited but i need help on HID conversion for the stock halogens and also which LED 's to buy for the exterior lighting! Thanx! u can also check out my other previous car "Maxima617" on google. But i want to get these lights asap

Richard2011

H7 DDM HID kit w/ their error cancellors. That's the cheapest and most common way done on here. I've put a 6000K DDM kit on mine, and it looks great. The light pattern isn't great, but it's definitely an improvement over the halogens.

Maxima617

thanks ii was looking at that, how about for the eyelids? and the fogs on the bottom, i wanted to convert those to HID's aswell =]

Richard2011

Eyelids take 194 bulbs. You can put LEDs in the eyelids, but they need to have built in resisters. Same goes for the side markers if you decide to get clear or smoked ones.

I'm assuming you have the sport, so the fogs are also H7.

Maxima617

Wow thanx Soo much i will now look and order them, yes i do have the sport. i wanna just mod the lights and thats it for no lol, has anybody changed the miror turn signals yet? i just hate the stock yellow lights, i cant stand them!

Richard2011

You can't change the mirror turn signals.

Maxima617

thanx for the heads upl,, i wont be lookin for that now lol

rodrigoc350

I'm new at mercedes too and i am looking for the x pipe for a c350 2010 i found this on ebay it is magnaflow and it's 2.25" as i read in this forum so is this the good one please someone help me
thanks here's the link
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Magna...item5638dd5c3e

Richard2011

I just saw your maxima. I hope you don't go wild with your C300 like you did with your maxima. lol

Maxima617

haha i know i KNOW! PLans are.. Tints, HIDs, ex. lights and rims in the summer... thats it! MAYBE C63 kit in the future! but thats doubtfull

Royce118

Hey, congrats on your new ride. Well like Richard said, you can go for the DDMtuning hid kits for both the low beam and fogs. Make your you get the error cancelers as well otherwise you would have flickering and error issues. Other than that, for the eyelids you can try out the ones from the link I'm giving you below. You can also switch out the rear license plate light to LEDs from JBSPEED. Try doing a search in the forum and I'm sure you'll be able to find it. Anyway here is the link for the:

http://store.ijdmtoy.com/ShoppingCart.asp?

Maxima617

Thanx for all your help guys! quick question tho, do i need the error cancelers if i get the 55 watt kit? and how about for the fog lights?

Royce118

Yea you'll need the error cancelers even if you go with the 55w kit. Both lows and fog lights need them.

Maxima617

Cant wait to mod my new baby haha! ill deff. post pictures! i was thinkin on buying the 8000K... good or bad idea? i want to have matchinf eye lids aswell

Royce118

Well I would recommend 6000k but its really up to personal preference. It depends on how much light output you are willing to lose as well. Don't think there is anything in the market that matches 8000k hids though.

snarlingchicken

6000k, as Royce said is the better idea in terms of visibility and such, but for appearance and color, my aesthetically ostentatious side would have to go with the 8000k's. I'm not sure if the eyelid bulbs from iJDM that I've been somewhat raving about match 8000k bulbs, but IMO, I think they would do a decent job matching 5000-6000k's.



But honestly, you can't go wrong with either. If you want a more contrasting look, I'd go with 6000k or 5000k low beams and the Ultra Blue Eyelids from iJDM for the more unique look. It may or may not be a bit ricey to some though.

Cairo94507

Sorry, but 8000K look too blue and make cars look like little boy-toy ricers. No offense if you drive one. I would not go any higher in temperature than 6000K maximum.

Maxima617

Yea, i had 10k on my G37 and it loks awesome, but its a pearl white cars and thats the diff. i dont bout a Mars red, but i think imma go with the 6k since i have a pair of 8k and 10k bulbs sumwea, ill can see which looks better