I'm actually in San Ramon right now lol. If I would have known earlier, I could have dropped them off and saved you on shipping costs.

 

I recently upgraded all my interior lighting with AZN Optics LEDs. The results are fantastic! Front and rear dome lights, rear map lights, left and right footwell, left and right vanity lights, glove compartment, and trunk. I'm very pleased with how everything turned out. Michael was very helpful, providing me with clear instructions and answering all of my questions promptly via PM. Outstanding product and a wonderful person to do business with! Thanks, Michael!!

 

OK, finally got around to installing the HID kit for my low beams.
As it turns out, it was pretty simple and straight forward. It took me a little over an hour but simply because I has a hard time putting the bulb retainer/pressure spring back on the left headlight. Had it not been for that, I probably would have finished it in half the time.

I started to do that but it seemed like I would either tear the rubber grommet, or I would have to cut off the end connectors, pass it through and reconnect; didn't want to do either so I simply notched out a small square on the edge of the 7/8" hole (see attached pic (and i forgot to take pics so I just cropped/edited one of lemzen's picture )), then I slipped the big harness through, slipped the 2 small harnesses after it, slipped the grommet on (and yes, it still covers the small square notch) and connected all the wires.

Hahaa, I actually read somewhere on this forum that the double black *IS* the ground.
So I connected "the black wire from the HID kit" to the "double black connector on the car's bulb harness", and "red wire from the HID kit" to the "single black connector on the car's bulb harness".
Worked fine for me!!! (May be 'cause the polarity on the harness connecting back into the ballast matched that on the harness into the power supply harness??? )

Anyway, thank you lemzen for the direction and help with the install.

And of course, thank you Michael for all your work on getting these lights to us and for all the tips on the install as well.

Also, I read somewhere else on this forum that installing HIDs into the halogen projectors can result in a different beam pattern output and too high of a cut-off... So I took "before" pics of the cutoff (with the halogen bulbs @ 25 feet away from a wall)...

I will also take "after" pics of the cutoff (with HIDs/same distance/same wall) later on tonight and post the before/after comparison.

Then, it'll be on to installing the matching fogs!

 

Are 55w kits still on their way?

 

Good to hear everything worked out. Looking forward to seeing those night pics

Not immediately. After polling the forums, it seems like 90% prefer the safely of 35W kits. My next shipment of HID kits will probably throw in a few 55W though to take care of the remaining 10%.

 

I gotta say thanks again mike for the second great experience ive had with you, i cant wait to get my HID kit!

 

Here you go Michael... Keep in mind that I am not a photography buff and my camera is pretty basic digital model... I think the pics speak for themselves in that while there is some "scatter" (you'll see some of it in the first picture)... It is minimal and it takes away NOTHING from the form and function (color and brightness) of these lights...

I should further qualify the reason why I took these before/after pics. My biggest pet peeve are these guys who's main purpose is to look different yet they are clueless and could care less that they're blinding oncoming drivers. Thankfully, if you look at beam height and beam pattern, it is very close, so it doesn't look like I'm one of them.





Same picture as above just with a different camera setting:



Zoomed out to show the entire width of the beam

 

I should probably add this link to whomever might be interested in understanding in detail, how to measure and/or check their headlights for proper alignment.

How To Aim Headlamps and Auxiliary Lamps

BTW, our headlight lenses are marked with "VOL" so for specific measurements, you would have to follow the criteria in the table titled "U.S. D.O.T. headlamps marked VOL" (page 3).

You'll find that the headlight adjustment screws are white, and are located on the dark grey/black headlight housing, just behind the removable dust cap that covers the bulb. If I

Lastly, and if I'm not mistaken, you'll need a 6mm hex driver bit to make any adjustments, though I wouldn't play with it on my own if I were you!

 

Yeah, unfortunately, the built-in projectors on our C class are good, but not the best at clean cut offs. Alternative will be to retrofit better projectors as several others have done already. Either way, it should be good enough that it won't blind oncoming traffic.

 

one of my wedge bulbs on my license plate went out yesterday... weird thou no error msg just when i was going to go to the car and hit the alarm noticed one was out... i'll check it out to see if it came loose right quick.. let ya know in 10 minutes...

 

ok checked the led and seems it is burned out... i swapped with the other one and the out bulb follows it... thought it was loose at first but yea its out... dunno if it has to do with the heat down in texas or not but the last week has been in the 100's

 

No worries. PM me your address and color and replacement will be shipped out next day.

 

To all Canadian customers, ALL shipment will be delayed until your postal service stops striking. They're not accepting any shipments from US. You can still order, but just keep in mind your shipment will be delayed. However, if you really want, I can ship via FedEx or UPS, but shipping prices will be more expensive.

Sorry for the inconvenience, but out of my control

 

Canadian Shipping is back in process.

All orders shipped. Keep em coming.

Also, AZN Optics will be shut down from July 9th-16th for one week. We will still be taking orders, but won't be able to ship till Monday 18th. All PMs and inquiries will also be answered once we open back up for business. Sorry for the inconvenience.

 

Thanks for all your orders. Keep em coming

 

hey azn...i order 3pair 1pair for licence and 2pair for eyelid...as i said before the colour is diff for the licence it styll the different colour but my eyelid are amazing they r lookin sick ... only problem is my licence plate both bulb not matching one is more brighter than other ... i will take a picture and will send you thanks ... could you please do something about it thanks ...

 

Sure, take pics and send to aznoptics@gmail.com so we can begin warranty process if it was either defective or damaged.

 

hi azn i am tryin to take picture but its so bright because of my camera that you cant even see the actuall colour ... what should i do in that case ... but styll i emailed the picx ... thnaks

 

Quick question:

The LEDs randomly turn ON for a few minutes when the car is off or when I open the car via remote - which has resulted in 2 of them prematurely burning out. Could it be that the LEDs are loose inside the housing?

 

Could be any number of reasons. Shoot pics and send to me at aznoptics@gmail.com and we can warranty it.

 

I think what you're describing is the surround lighting function of the W204 that turns on your eyelids+foglights up front and the parking lights on the tail lights. I keep that setting on too and the LEDs should hold up fine. Maybe the LEDs got pushed in if they burned out. I think if they were lose, it wouldn't be possible for them to heat up as they wouldn't be making contact with the resistors.

Anyways, if you wanna disable it, go to "Settings" on your instrument cluster controls and look up convenience/lighting and disable "Surround Lighting." Just a heads up for the future.

Also, Mike you got anything new coming out in the near future? I feel like doing something to my car as it's been going through an extended dry spell from modding. I think I might order two pairs of LED's so I can swap out some of the interior lights or something this weekend.

 

Ordered 2 pairs while they're on sale

 

I've always assumed that "surround lighting" was for interior lighting, but I'll see if it makes a difference tonight.

Mike, here's how the LEDs look when the car is ON:



^ ^ Notice that one LED is brighter than the other. The defective LED worked well for a few months, but now it never turns completely on. Same thing is happening on the drivers side. One LED is really bright, meanwhile the other is dim.

When the car is off & I lock or open my doors via remote - this happens:





The LEDs stay "half way lit" for a few minutes and then dim out. Sometimes I look out at the car & see the LEDs randomly turning on and off. My headlight setting is always in the OFF mode, unless its dark outside and I am driving.

 

Ordered a set of 194 Wedge LEDs, just installed them as sidemarkers. Looks fantastic, will order more for the eyelids.

 

I take it back. That's certainly not normal. Also, the lighting feature I was talking about turns on the foglights as well so I don't think that's what you're talking about either. I most certainly hope that gets worked out.