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Old Apr 10, 2013 | 02:38 PM
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LED Tail Light Conversion

Looking to switch my regular tail lights over to an LED tail light. Looking for something with a black housing similar to these on ebay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/220799108015...84.m1423.l2649

Will these work as plug and play without currently having LED tail lights? Or is there a conversion that has to be done?
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Old Apr 10, 2013 | 02:51 PM
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I recommend getting a used OEM tail light. Those aftermarket ones are cheap looking and bad in quality
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Old Apr 10, 2013 | 03:57 PM
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I have bought the smoked center led lights off of ebay and they quality and fitment are just as equal to OEM quality. No problems to report and love them.

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Old Apr 10, 2013 | 03:59 PM
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Old Apr 10, 2013 | 04:17 PM
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Plug & Play and smoked: http://www.ebay.com/itm/08-10-M-BENZ-W204-C-CLASS-AMG-BUILT-IN-LED-BRAKE-SIGNAL-BACKUP-TAIL-LIGHT-LAMPS-/170985745823?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Model%3AC300&hash=item27cf8b6d9f&vxp=mtr
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Old Apr 10, 2013 | 06:36 PM
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I wont have any problems switching to these even though my car was not originally equipped with the LED taillights?
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Old Apr 11, 2013 | 11:44 PM
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Buy these:

New Taillamp Taillight - OEM: 2048202164, OEM: 2048202264, Pair Set : Amazon.com : Automotive New Taillamp Taillight - OEM: 2048202164, OEM: 2048202264, Pair Set : Amazon.com : Automotive
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Old Apr 12, 2013 | 08:36 AM
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Originally Posted by romeo291
Thanks for confirming that these are ok. I will also do the same soon but since I have iridium silver, maybe smoked is not the best. I may get the non-smoked version.

So this is indeed plug and play? no wires to change or SAM to recode?

Are the lights and LED exactly the same as the benz oem?

Thanks

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Old Apr 12, 2013 | 05:41 PM
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Vip motoz smoked tail lights

i justy made the switch to the smoked led tail lights from vipmotoz.

Bought them on ebay i live in canada so it took 6 days to get them, nice packaging and all. took them to my local car shop that does installs.

it looks SUPER great, 2 problems though, there was a buzzing sound when they were on kind of annoyiong and the classic error messages in dashboard saying the blinkers were burned. my local shop AND mercedes dealer said they couldnt do anything since it was plug and play and aftermarket so they would not dare to touch anything.

sent an email to their customer service, same day they actually CALLED ME back, and the guy said very politely take a pair of scissors and a flashliught it will take 5 minutes and ill take you through it !

open the little carpet cpompartment, found the 3 gold resistors, cut the green wire wt very thin yellow line, on both sides, thats it ! clear of the buzzing sound and no more error message !! magic to me cause im far from beeing a car guy !

very proffessionnal help and also talked to him about the error message from my switch to fog lights to LED error message. he told me(even if its NOT their product) get on ebay or electronic store a ''load resistor'' install one if not 2 and it will take care of the message ! looking forward to try that !

I can post pictures of the change or help anybody here with the same problem
glad to have bought from these guys !
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Old Apr 12, 2013 | 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by dereckxx2
i justy made the switch to the smoked led tail lights from vipmotoz.

Bought them on ebay i live in canada so it took 6 days to get them, nice packaging and all. took them to my local car shop that does installs.

it looks SUPER great, 2 problems though, there was a buzzing sound when they were on kind of annoyiong and the classic error messages in dashboard saying the blinkers were burned. my local shop AND mercedes dealer said they couldnt do anything since it was plug and play and aftermarket so they would not dare to touch anything.

sent an email to their customer service, same day they actually CALLED ME back, and the guy said very politely take a pair of scissors and a flashliught it will take 5 minutes and ill take you through it !

open the little carpet cpompartment, found the 3 gold resistors, cut the green wire wt very thin yellow line, on both sides, thats it ! clear of the buzzing sound and no more error message !! magic to me cause im far from beeing a car guy !

very proffessionnal help and also talked to him about the error message from my switch to fog lights to LED error message. he told me(even if its NOT their product) get on ebay or electronic store a ''load resistor'' install one if not 2 and it will take care of the message ! looking forward to try that !

I can post pictures of the change or help anybody here with the same problem
glad to have bought from these guys !
Thats great. Would love to see pics and the wire mod. I will also get this soon.

Cheers
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Old Apr 13, 2013 | 10:27 AM
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I've got a set of these I took off my w204 before I sold it. NON SMOKED version though, the ebay link is just for similar reference. They are in brand new condition

$175 shipped for a forum member.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SMOKED-08-11-MERCEDES-W204-C-CLASS-C300-C350-LED-TAIL-BRAKE-LAMPS-LIGHTS-/271179797719?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item3f239354d7&vxp=mtr
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Old Apr 13, 2013 | 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by blue00r6
I've got a set of these I took off my w204 before I sold it. NON SMOKED version though, the ebay link is just for similar reference. They are in brand new condition

$175 shipped for a forum member.

Smoked 08 11 Mercedes W204 C Class C300 C350 LED Tail Brake Lamps Lights | eBay
check your pm
thanks
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Old Apr 13, 2013 | 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by HoopAlooP24
Looking to switch my regular tail lights over to an LED tail light. Looking for something with a black housing similar to these on ebay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/220799108015...84.m1423.l2649

Will these work as plug and play without currently having LED tail lights? Or is there a conversion that has to be done?
Check the thread below on mounting these. I've had no problem with these.
https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w...il-lights.html
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Old Apr 14, 2013 | 03:30 PM
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the tinted vipmotoz tail lights

heres what it looks like
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Old Apr 15, 2013 | 01:06 AM
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Originally Posted by dereckxx2
heres what it looks like
They look nice on a black car .... i'm going with OEM though on my '11 arctic white ...
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Old Apr 15, 2013 | 01:46 AM
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heres what it looks like
C36 AMG? I know its still April but...
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Old Apr 15, 2013 | 04:16 AM
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C36 AMG? I know its still April but...
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yeah your right !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old May 23, 2013 | 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by dereckxx2
i justy made the switch to the smoked led tail lights from vipmotoz.

Bought them on ebay i live in canada so it took 6 days to get them, nice packaging and all. took them to my local car shop that does installs.

it looks SUPER great, 2 problems though, there was a buzzing sound when they were on kind of annoyiong and the classic error messages in dashboard saying the blinkers were burned. my local shop AND mercedes dealer said they couldnt do anything since it was plug and play and aftermarket so they would not dare to touch anything.

sent an email to their customer service, same day they actually CALLED ME back, and the guy said very politely take a pair of scissors and a flashliught it will take 5 minutes and ill take you through it !

open the little carpet cpompartment, found the 3 gold resistors, cut the green wire wt very thin yellow line, on both sides, thats it ! clear of the buzzing sound and no more error message !! magic to me cause im far from beeing a car guy !

very proffessionnal help and also talked to him about the error message from my switch to fog lights to LED error message. he told me(even if its NOT their product) get on ebay or electronic store a ''load resistor'' install one if not 2 and it will take care of the message ! looking forward to try that !

I can post pictures of the change or help anybody here with the same problem
glad to have bought from these guys !
do u have any pics? we cut the wire but now no error code but the top fog light and turn signal is working at the same time... weird
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Old May 23, 2013 | 09:39 PM
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This one is back in stock ..

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121115058521...84.m1438.l2649
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Old May 24, 2013 | 02:19 AM
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but it doesnt fit on my 2009 LED turn tail light
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Old May 24, 2013 | 02:23 AM
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but it doesnt fit on my 2009 LED turn tail light
The stock tail lights are inter-changeable... C300 or C350 can be swapped. I have heard that they may not work on the C63's. But the tails all use the same connector. So these should work whether you have the half led or not.

On a side note these lights are junk. Reminds me of when I used to pimp out my honda in high school... All it's going to take is for one person to buy something like this one day and it fry's something in their car costing thousands... then people will stick to better parts.

Adam
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Old May 24, 2013 | 02:26 AM
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Originally Posted by dolvio
The stock tail lights are inter-changeable... C300 or C350 can be swapped. I have heard that they may not work on the C63's. But the tails all use the same connector. So these should work whether you have the half led or not.

On a side note these lights are junk. Reminds me of when I used to pimp out my honda in high school... All it's going to take is for one person to buy something like this one day and it fry's something in their car costing thousands... then people will stick to better parts.

Adam
thank!
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So I have an 09 c300 with the typical taillights with no led whatsoever in them and I upgraded to the facelift version everything works nice and good except I have a msg error telling me the right rear fog light is not working and just to confirm the car is only equipped with left fog light not left anyone had this issue or any idea how to fix it
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