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JaredP

Okay, so these are exactly what I was looking for. $1300 is completely reasonable, unlike $1300 for a SINGLE headlight plus all the other necessary hardware for install for OEM. Thanks for letting me know these exist.

tonyteetime

You forgot to add $250 shipping which makes the cost over $1,500 and you still have yellow halogen lights.

You probably get more bang for the bucks by simply buying a hid like Phillip or Sylvania bulb replacement.

romeo291

Search for these Alibaba, I think you can get them for around $1K. And then just run an HID kit with these and you'll be golden.

JaredP

Yeah they're $750 a set with HIDs installed on alibaba.

sev7nflow

could you provide a link? i'm searching for them but cannot find a link to the "smaller" C versions

JaredP

http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/12...headlight.html

Might have to arrange a group buy for a good price. The CAD is also **** right now. I might wait until it's being sold by more vendors, and until our dollar goes up.

robnyc

Looks like a nice upgrade, but that amber light has to be off for that headlight to look nice {unless they use that for turn signals}
I wonder if Spyder might have some similar for cheaper ?

JaredP

Amber is only for the turn signal. I don't understand when those lamps would turn on white, like the one photo shows. Supplier quoted me $950 shipped to Canada, could probably get him down to 850 or so. If we did a group buy, we could probably get the $750 price point.

robnyc

Doesn't look like Spyder has them in black housing though =\

Yea we should do that

JaredP

The seller relisted them with a price range of 600-750. Seems like the longer you wait, the more competitive the seller gets.

http://www.alibaba.com/product-detai...643941073.html

romeo291

Wow, $600 price point is so doable. Wished I waited,

robnyc

Never heard of alibaba not sure i'd buy from there.. the seller one ebay hasn't relisted or responded to my msg regarding having these back in stock.

JaredP

Sellers on ebay generally buy bulk from alibaba, and then resell for more. Most items you get from ebay originate from Alibaba. Alibaba generally has minimum buy amounts for a good price, but you can get a single item for a little bit more.

Andriy242

I would definitely say NO THANK YOU!!!!
Because who wants their German Benz to look like a Scubaru??

robnyc

We should def do a group buy then

JaredP

Contacted the supplier about a group buy of 5 units, he told me $750, could probably get him down to $700, maybe.

I believe these are the headlights in operation:

crater64

Main thing wrong with that car is its atrocious CVT, which is Subaru's attempted answer to improve its overall fuel economy. If it had a traditional 5/6-speed AT or, heck, even a DCT, it would've warranted consideration.

Moonlight_C300

Count me in!

wizard2416

Those lights look pretty good.

Couple questions about this, will install these lights void the warranty or at least affect it in some way?

And, after buying a set, what else do I need to install them into my C250?

Thank you.

JaredP

I doubt they would void your warranty, people have been shoving ballasts into their cars and drilling into their headlight housings to fit HIDs for years. This just replaces a plug and play headlight module.
You wouldn't need anything else. Remove the plug from your original headlight module, plug it into the new module. There's videos on youtube on how to replace headlights too.

strangebrew

Did you ever round up 5 people to buy? This is very tempting and I am very tired of my halogens. This pair looks great, was thinking of buying that first pair posted until I saw these...

shotgun_banjo

Those lights are not the same. If you look closely on the video those lights have a different housing on it (face-lift housing). It has a indentation above the C shape LEDs. You can see the difference as the original pre-facelift housing is right above it. Careful on what you buy and might not even fit.

JaredP

The lights are for the facelift W204. They are installed in a pre facelift in that video which is entirely possible with some modifications to the hood. You can see that in the YouTube comments.

The title of this thread indicates that the facelift is what we are discussing.

strangebrew

I think the point of the video is just to plug it into a C and show it works...obviously the light they pulled out is pre-facelift and the replacement is facelift. Also the angle of the seller's photos make it hard to tell but you can see that there is an indention for the facelift fit. That being said, what about the group buy??