kHuNkHuNa

Step one - turn the wheel the opposite direction of the side your working on



Step two - peel back the liner from wheel well
- watch this video from 2:35, shows how to take out three pins, and peel it back





Step three - there is one clip on the top, push it down and out, and the light fixture should pop out



Step four - twist bulb, and pull out

Step five - put bulb in new fixture, lock it



Step six - put the bottom side in first, and push the clip in form the top

ALL DONE

papashango

Thanks a ton. Will be doing that soon, so this will deff come in handy. Subscribed.

bondj303

Thanks for the great DIY instructions. I was able to successfully replace the front passenger side marker on my 2008 C300 without much issue! Took less than 20 min (didn't have the panel remover so had to make do with things I had and ended up using a 2 pronged fruit fork!!!).
Thanks again!

kHuNkHuNa

"2 pronged fruit fork!!!" LMFAO - never tried that, i tend to use other items in the garage such as screw drivers and pliers,
but what ever works i guess

Silverstreakc63

Thanks. That video gave me a Kopfschmerzen. Only the Germans could make a simple lens replacement so complex.

Karl09

Why take it out when you can just tape around it then Plasti-dip it without taking it off car? MUCH MUCH easier...

victort

because not everyone wants to plastidip their side markers

Karl09

true that, hopefully no fix-it tickets are to come "/

caligreenzzz

i dont think any pigs would give a ****.....

_timothy

thanks for the pictures. i just did mine but i went in through the hood. after fiddling with the fixture i finally figured out how to get it back in there.

pnoyworx

thanks for your input, and effort to post. Been debating if I will be doing this or not. I think I will but with a amber bulb.

fattysnax

kHuNkHuNa, regarding step 3, that little clip that holds the side marker assembly together is really really tight.
Is there a trick to popping it out? I pushed down till my thumbs were sore and no luck!

kHuNkHuNa

push the clip down and outwards, it should just pop out

fattysnax

That's exactly what I've been doing. Had to brute force it out in the end.

Even with the assembly out and in my hand, that little tab was jammed really tight. Was simply impossible to remove while still in the wheel well.

That was the drivers side. Here's hoping the passenger side is as easy as you've been saying!

River City Sol

Folks I am replacing mine to the clear ones on my Black C300. Problem I'm having is that I can't seem to get it to fit tight along the bottom corner towards the wheel. I can't seem to get it aligned so that the tab pointing down that locks in in place will align and grasp again. Top and bottom front corner are fine. Its not the marker because the amber is the same now. Any advice from others who may have run into this. I've had it in and out many times to no avail.

aamirani

My sidemarker will not pop out. I have been pushing and my thumbs and fingers are sore. It will not budge. I have been pushing the clip down but it will not pop out.

kHuNkHuNa

i ran into none of these issues, so i cant say. hoping some one else can help out

the side markers where a bit tough to get out, try pushing it all the way back in and staring over, make sure theres nothing in between the clip that u have to squeeze in order to push out? other then that i really cant help sorry

aamirani

I figured it out. There is a bolt holding the back and front side marker pieces together. It's a star piece. If requested, I can go figure out what size exactly.

aMsupp

You should just push down the clip and then force it toward the outside of the car. Half of the sidemarker will break free. Then there are 2 hooks on the bottom - just lean the sidemarker to the "outside" of the car and pull up and the hooks will release.

No bolts should be necessary to remove these unless they changed it in 2011.

AZN Optics

There are some models that have this bolt. The housing themselves show the hole for the bolt, but some owners have reported having the bolt and some do not (mine didn't). We didn't bother doing any statistics to see if this was due to where the vehicle was assembled or some other cause, but model year did not seem to be one of the reasons as there was reported cases of cars with and without the sidemarker screw for nearly all years.

Bhayes547

Will be doing this soon. Thanks.

Philippou

Thanks for the thread bought my smoked ones and will be doing it next week

mmike

mine did have the bolt that holds the inner piece and the outer sidemarker piece together. i have a MY10 car. you need to remove the bolt in order to remove the orange sidemarker piece. i used a torx t15 i believe

rentzington

Worked great in mine, hardest parts aligning that bottom tabs with such little room

ghlkal

Excellent. Thanks for the write up.

This is my next job.