LED Fog Light
#26
MBWorld Fanatic!
On the left side of the fog housing could be a good place in this pic... The slanted area that looks like a back slash \
Back slash area beside fog \
Can anyone photoshop it?
Last edited by Jason B; 03-27-2012 at 02:49 PM.
#29
MBWorld Fanatic!
Some mock ups. Ignore the wires, I'm just testing here, but I don't think it's that bad.
Last edited by Jason B; 04-06-2012 at 06:10 PM.
#30
Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: New York
Posts: 25
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
2009 C300 Sport 4MATIC
Anyone else have photos of their custom DRL installs? I've been considering adding DRL's to my 2009 C300. I've got two ideas at the moment...
One is too cut out a slot in the plastic mesh surrounding the fog lights, and add some small DRL's, and wire them up using one of those automatic DRL controllers that connects directly to the battery. I'm thinking maybe Philips Daylight 4's, or something like this here, if the Daylight 4's are too long:
The other is just to put some LED bulbs in the fog lights, and wire them up to function as DRL's. I don't like the corner illuminated lighting feature, since it makes it look like I have a bulb burnt out, and for that reason, always have the fog lights on with the headlights. What I'm thinking I could do, is cut the fog light harness wires, connect the fog lights to my DRL controller, and run the original fog light wiring to resistors, to prevent bulb out errors. Not sure yet though if I want to hack up my wiring like that, although if I used some connectors, putting the fog lights back as they were would just be a matter of swapping some plugs around.
Any thoughts or suggestions? Thanks.
One is too cut out a slot in the plastic mesh surrounding the fog lights, and add some small DRL's, and wire them up using one of those automatic DRL controllers that connects directly to the battery. I'm thinking maybe Philips Daylight 4's, or something like this here, if the Daylight 4's are too long:
The other is just to put some LED bulbs in the fog lights, and wire them up to function as DRL's. I don't like the corner illuminated lighting feature, since it makes it look like I have a bulb burnt out, and for that reason, always have the fog lights on with the headlights. What I'm thinking I could do, is cut the fog light harness wires, connect the fog lights to my DRL controller, and run the original fog light wiring to resistors, to prevent bulb out errors. Not sure yet though if I want to hack up my wiring like that, although if I used some connectors, putting the fog lights back as they were would just be a matter of swapping some plugs around.
Any thoughts or suggestions? Thanks.
#32
Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: New York
Posts: 25
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
2009 C300 Sport 4MATIC
Here's what I ended up going with for DRL's. Overall I'm pretty happy with how they came out. I would have preferred to go with name brand lights, but size was an issue here. These were just the right size to fit with only cutting the mesh portion of the fog light grill, leaving some solid plastic on either side to screw into. The lights do feel like decent quality. I made sure to seal them for moisture and picked up a backup pair. I made the brackets by cutting, bending, and drilling some HID ballast brackets that I had. I used the Philips DayLight 4 control box to power them, and tapped into one of my side markers so they shut off when the headlights turn on.
#33
Junior Member
Can someone help me on this:
I have purchased the front sport bumper(or AMG look as it's called in Europe ) which is year 2010.
In this year although it has the same part number as the Pre-facelift bumper, it has led(DRL) instead of round fog lights.
Can someone tell me if it will be easy to put round fog lights on this bumper? Because if you see the two bumpers between em are the same except at the fog light area.
Pre-facelift (07-10)has some brackets that hold the fog light ,on the other side the 2010 bumper does not have any. It has a small rectangular hole that DRL takes place.
See the pictures attached :
Pre-facelift bumper, year 2007-2010.
Pre-facelift bumper year 2010 with DRL.
I have purchased the front sport bumper(or AMG look as it's called in Europe ) which is year 2010.
In this year although it has the same part number as the Pre-facelift bumper, it has led(DRL) instead of round fog lights.
Can someone tell me if it will be easy to put round fog lights on this bumper? Because if you see the two bumpers between em are the same except at the fog light area.
Pre-facelift (07-10)has some brackets that hold the fog light ,on the other side the 2010 bumper does not have any. It has a small rectangular hole that DRL takes place.
See the pictures attached :
Pre-facelift bumper, year 2007-2010.
Pre-facelift bumper year 2010 with DRL.
Last edited by justapstar7; 03-24-2017 at 03:49 AM.
#34
hi guys . I have a 2012 w204 c class. It came factory fitted with fog lights. Is there any way i can retrofit Drls instead of the foglights. If so then can you send me a link where i can find the correct ones needed. Thanks