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Old 08-22-2012, 10:47 PM
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Originally Posted by jimmythegreek
u just use an air saw or a dremel tool. the plastic is soft and cuts easily. Its all hidden by the DRL bezel so no worries just dont go too far
And if I wanted to wire my into the sidemarker what tools would I need for that?
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So one good sign. This morning I disabled the DRL in my instrument cluster and the "check fog light" error does not come on when turning/signaling. Next I will try setting the switch to "A" to see if that will give me the error like it did when the DRL option was enabled.
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Question to those have installed them. I'm currently doing this project well I did last but did not finish (dremel getting loud) lol and wifey is complaining.

Are the backing plastic mount suppose to mount inside and sandwich the bumper with the outer mesh grill?

Also got 35v 47uf caps and 35v 100 uf just in case. RadioShack did not have any 25v caps.

Also for the caps is there a positive and negative?

Thanks in advance!

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Just want to say thanks to Blue/Jimmy and of course the forum. I followed the instructions to the tee and worked out great!!!

Only thing I didnt do is taking the bumper off. Its actually not bad. I took the fogs off first and cut away with the dremel. The diagram that blue is priceless and could not have done without it (-;


Will post pics later.

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Old 08-31-2012, 05:30 PM
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Can anyone help me??

Ive got a MB C250 with the AMG sports package.

Are these the correct parts for my vehicle? Bear in mind that is a C250 and there is not option for my model. Just C300 and C350. I chose C300 sport in every part.





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Old 09-03-2012, 02:40 PM
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I got the lights installed, they looks really good. Currently I have it hooked up to my fog light wire. I still need a capacitor. I have couple questions tho

- if I wanted to do the fog light method. The capacitor goes into the trimmer plug along with the power wire from log light?

- if I want to wire up to the side marker like blue did, what kind of cable do I need? I tried to purchase cables but I'm unsure which gauge should I need

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Old 09-04-2012, 01:43 AM
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Here are more pictures...with my Sony NEX 5
Can someone please answer my questions above?

2011 LED DRL installed - Having issue-_dsc0355.jpg

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Old 10-09-2012, 11:24 AM
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I just wire up the cap at the ends of the wires (into the trimmer)

Originally Posted by snowmuch
I got the lights installed, they looks really good. Currently I have it hooked up to my fog light wire. I still need a capacitor. I have couple questions tho

- if I wanted to do the fog light method. The capacitor goes into the trimmer plug along with the power wire from log light?

- if I want to wire up to the side marker like blue did, what kind of cable do I need? I tried to purchase cables but I'm unsure which gauge should I need
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LOADED 08' C350 & 14' GLK-350 Diamond White (P1, MM, AMG Pkg, Ln Trkng, Htd Sts, Keylss Go)
BUMP BUMP anybody in So-Cal wanna make some $$$ and install these for me????

PM me please!!!!!
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Please note that if you live in a cold area (ie. Canada) when the temperature is below -15c or 14f the capacitor will stop working, the LED will start flicker
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'08 w204 4MATIC.....26K OTD*COMAND*iPod*Brabus Bullit{coming soon}
Mission Accomplished

So i finally got to the do the DRL retrofit...I connected mine to the low-beam wire, mainly because i use the DRL function for 10K HID's, i have inline capacitors with 35v and 100uf to be on the safe side...i am looking into a OEM fog light switch to control them(no luck) GLK350 has a push button switch i will look into.....~~~~~~~>Also i would like to hook them up to the turn signal, but dont know if that would ware the life of the leds. Since i have on the DRL feature maybe i can hook a separate power line to the turn signal and maybe my LED will blink, but i dont know if doing so will the turn signal be powered on at the sametime too? any electrical guru's out there.
oh and also i got them from ebay for $110.75 a piece, they come with the S-Class Chrome Bezel though, so either you can buy the C-Class Bezel from Parts.com or do a little shifting around to make it work. I bought the back piece's, front piece's, trimmer's, and w204 bezel from Parts.com $180shipped.
Thank you everyone who made it possible for this mod to come true.....lol(tear) (tear)
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could you send me the english info also ,thank you!
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Old 01-07-2013, 05:21 PM
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Here are some pics. I need to grab my part number sheet tomorrow and I will send out PMs and also post the numbers on here. I'll do a short write up now for how I installed them and wired them

nice mod bro
Old 01-07-2013, 06:56 PM
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Is there any way to disable fog light error at night? I have the lighting package with cornering light
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This and that.
Hey snowmuch I notice that you're from Calgary. If I order all the parts that are necessary to do this mod, do you think you can install them for me since you've done the install on yours and know what to do? Also once you've sorted out all the issues, it shouldn't be hard for you. We can of course talk about how much it'll be and all that. PM me please. Thanks.
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Originally Posted by papashango
Hey snowmuch I notice that you're from Calgary. If I order all the parts that are necessary to do this mod, do you think you can install them for me since you've done the install on yours and know what to do? Also once you've sorted out all the issues, it shouldn't be hard for you. We can of course talk about how much it'll be and all that. PM me please. Thanks.
I can definitely help you with the install if you need help with it but I'm no technician. I can help you the best I can but I do have limits for example the wiring part I got someone else to do it
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I did my with a relay connect to the side market , but I would like to get them to turn on with out my tail lights to be on, does any one know how to do that
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Originally Posted by vic350

I did my with a relay connect to the side market , but I would like to get them to turn on with out my tail lights to be on, does any one know how to do that
the only way to do that with a 2009 is to hook them up to your daytime running lights which are your headlights. That being said your headlights would be on the same time as your LED DRL
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Originally Posted by stark.1
the only way to do that with a 2009 is to hook them up to your daytime running lights which are your headlights. That being said your headlights would be on the same time as your LED DRL
Um... I wired my 09 to ignition. During the day, headlights are OFF and LEDs are ON all the time. At night both headlights and LEDs are ON.

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Originally Posted by snowmuch
Um... I wired my 09 to ignition. During the day, headlights are OFF and LEDs are ON all the time. At night both headlights and LEDs are ON.
Can you explain that to me I would like to wired my that way also.
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Originally Posted by vic350
Can you explain that to me I would like to wired my that way also.
Same relay method except you wire to the ignition instead of your side marker.
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Anyone have part numbers to the light strips? 221 820 17/18 56?? Are S class the same as c class led's? Thank u in advance.
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