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DIY - Facelift Tail Lights
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C300 Sport
Well... too late just finished installing.
The load resisitors are 50W. As you can see from the photo I mounted them to floor panel. I've tied off the wires after this photo was taken. There is plenty of room around resistors for cooling.
I drove around for a half hour with lights on and checked the resistors. They were warm but I could still press my finger on them without burning. No label from China.
The load resisitors are 50W. As you can see from the photo I mounted them to floor panel. I've tied off the wires after this photo was taken. There is plenty of room around resistors for cooling.
I drove around for a half hour with lights on and checked the resistors. They were warm but I could still press my finger on them without burning. No label from China.
- Fit and finish are great with no issues installing.
- No error codes on dash.
- Unit does hum a bit from the resistors but you can't hear them inside car.
- Big improvement over old stock lights.
Nice job mounting it. You have to admit though, that is a very strange tail light setup.
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From: New Albany, OH
2018 C300 Sport 4matic
Thanks.. Yes it's different alright. The whole unit is sealed so I couldn't check out the electronics. The resistors bring the wattage up to the OEM level and so no error codes are generated. The smoke lenses look a lot better than the bright red units IMHO. But to each thier own.
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C300 Sport
Thanks.. Yes it's different alright. The whole unit is sealed so I couldn't check out the electronics. The resistors bring the wattage up to the OEM level and so no error codes are generated. The smoke lenses look a lot better than the bright red units IMHO. But to each thier own.
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From: IA
2018 C63s Coupe 2016 C450 DAILY
Originally Posted by KAMCAD
Thanks.. Yes it's different alright. The whole unit is sealed so I couldn't check out the electronics. The resistors bring the wattage up to the OEM level and so no error codes are generated. The smoke lenses look a lot better than the bright red units IMHO. But to each thier own.
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From: New Albany, OH
2018 C300 Sport 4matic
I got them from Instyleparts out of CA. You can also get them from Amazon:
The Fog LEDs are on the top row. They are not lit up in the photos and they also don't light up when breaking.
The Fog LEDs are on the top row. They are not lit up in the photos and they also don't light up when breaking.
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SLK 250 AMG Sports 2012 & C300 W204 AMG Sports 2009
That's nice. Are those replicas?
Btw what bulbs are you used for eyelids? Yesterday I'm just try with LED and have error on my instrumen cluster. My car is C300 AMG Sport 09.
Btw what bulbs are you used for eyelids? Yesterday I'm just try with LED and have error on my instrumen cluster. My car is C300 AMG Sport 09.
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From: New Albany, OH
2018 C300 Sport 4matic
That's a bummer. I still have OEM bulbs right now but going to order clear side markers next. Search the forum on "LED eyelids" for help.
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From: New Orleans, LA
2009 C300 Sport
Well... too late just finished installing.
The load resisitors are 50W. As you can see from the photo I mounted them to floor panel. I've tied off the wires after this photo was taken. There is plenty of room around resistors for cooling.
I drove around for a half hour with lights on and checked the resistors. They were warm but I could still press my finger on them without burning. No label from China.
The load resisitors are 50W. As you can see from the photo I mounted them to floor panel. I've tied off the wires after this photo was taken. There is plenty of room around resistors for cooling.
I drove around for a half hour with lights on and checked the resistors. They were warm but I could still press my finger on them without burning. No label from China.
- Fit and finish are great with no issues installing.
- No error codes on dash.
- Unit does hum a bit from the resistors but you can't hear them inside car.
- Big improvement over old stock lights.
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From: IA
2018 C63s Coupe 2016 C450 DAILY
I installed the smoked ones from a different company they too have resistors I managed to install the right side one so the buzzing isn't bad at all but the left side is really loud. anyone know why that may be ? or what I can do to fix ? mount elsewhere on left side or somethin?
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C63 AMG
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2018 C63s Coupe 2016 C450 DAILY
Originally Posted by snowmuch
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Originally Posted by Bosnia1992
Snow, how did you reduce the buzzing on your left side ?
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I went with OEM because the aftermarket tail lights won't work with my car
Originally Posted by Bosnia1992
Snow, how did you reduce the buzzing on your left side ?
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I went with OEM because the aftermarket tail lights won't work with my car
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C63 AMG
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Those aftermarket tail lights will NOT work with c63 and factory led turn signal. Some got it working by messing with the wires but there will be error on the dash. So don't waste your time. If you have c63 or factory led then go with OEM + program SAM.
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the only way is to add resistor to oem taillight.
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and not forget the shipping to and back from euro for them to programe the sam. this could sum up to ridiculous amount
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That's pretty much how long in keeping my w204 too. But I think I'm done modding for now. Probably put the money into something else other than cars xD too be honest I think spending about $500 for the OEM lights, $100 for the programming and $100 for overnight shipping is not worth it for me. The looks is better but not for $700 and people don't know c class won't know what changed.
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That's pretty much how long in keeping my w204 too. But I think I'm done modding for now. Probably put the money into something else other than cars xD too be honest I think spending about $500 for the OEM lights, $100 for the programming and $100 for overnight shipping is not worth it for me. The looks is better but not for $700 and people don't know c class won't know what changed.
but the look really a killer
