Buying Factory HID headlights
09-02-2011, 08:02 AM
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Buying Factory HID headlights
I want to install the factory HID projector headlights in my C. I know i need the 2 headlights.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Merce...item3f0bb473ca
That comes with the headlight, hid bulb and "controller" which i am assuming is the ballast. What other parts if any do i need to finish the install up?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Merce...item3f0bb473ca
That comes with the headlight, hid bulb and "controller" which i am assuming is the ballast. What other parts if any do i need to finish the install up?
09-02-2011, 12:49 PM
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MB doesn't offer HID as far as I know. Either Halogen or Xenon. Gor HID check out Mikes (AZN) product it was designed with the W204 in mind.
09-02-2011, 12:50 PM
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Why? Its so much cheaper to buy a kit from AznOptics and the light output is so much better than oem. $100 for the kit from azn, and and hour or so and your done.
09-02-2011, 03:41 PM
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I want to install the factory HID projector headlights in my C. I know i need the 2 headlights.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Merce...item3f0bb473ca
That comes with the headlight, hid bulb and "controller" which i am assuming is the ballast. What other parts if any do i need to finish the install up?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Merce...item3f0bb473ca
That comes with the headlight, hid bulb and "controller" which i am assuming is the ballast. What other parts if any do i need to finish the install up?
You will not have the headlight leveling feature which all OE Xenons have since it requires suspension sensors and the wiring.
09-02-2011, 07:14 PM
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Because just slapping a kit in Halogen Projectors doesn't offer the lighting that a proper HID projector would. I already have a drop in kit and I am not happy with it.
09-05-2011, 03:01 AM
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OEM is not the only route for both HID lamps and the projector housing.
Some have retrofitted S2K projectors and HID's into their car with AMAZING results.
You should really research to make sure there is a worthwhile difference between the halogen and bi-xenon projector housings... new headlamp units are damn expensive through stealers.
Is the light scattered? The cutoff line unclear? What are your major gripes about your current HID kit and be more specific than "it doesn't offer the lighting"? What is wrong with it? What kit are you using now?
Many people have retrofitted and with AZN OPTIC HID's and I haven't heard any complaints as far as light output and cutoff lines go.
I mean we DO have projectors unlike say... a '99 camry where you can SEE the actual bulb just looking at the headlights. Don't see why MBZ would go through the trouble of making them different. I could very very easily be wrong though.
Some have retrofitted S2K projectors and HID's into their car with AMAZING results.
You should really research to make sure there is a worthwhile difference between the halogen and bi-xenon projector housings... new headlamp units are damn expensive through stealers.
Is the light scattered? The cutoff line unclear? What are your major gripes about your current HID kit and be more specific than "it doesn't offer the lighting"? What is wrong with it? What kit are you using now?
Many people have retrofitted and with AZN OPTIC HID's and I haven't heard any complaints as far as light output and cutoff lines go.
I mean we DO have projectors unlike say... a '99 camry where you can SEE the actual bulb just looking at the headlights. Don't see why MBZ would go through the trouble of making them different. I could very very easily be wrong though.
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09-05-2011, 07:11 AM
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Hot and cold spots, dark spot right in the middle at the extremes of the light pattern. With the halogens i had no such issues and I am very particular with lighting. I did my homework and I have contacted lightwerkz, that will be the route I take.
