Headlight upgrade (C63 style)
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2011 C300 Sport 3.0L V6
Headlight upgrade (C63 style)
I can't find any solid answers. I currently have the headlights that have one regular housing and a projector housing. I would like to put in the c63 type headlight that has two projectors (idk if it is a high beam projector or just a halo ring, please enlighten me). The problem is not price but rather if they are compatible wiring wise. I know newer models (I have the pre facelift btw) have adaptive lights. I don't care for adaptive lights I just want the look. I have aftermarket HIDs installed will this make things harder or easier. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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I'm also not sure what you're looking for since the C63 headlights (either halogen or HID) are nearly the same as the Base and Sport with the only difference being the interior trim is black rather than chrome. You can easily paint this or have someone paint it for you. I painted my headlights myself.
From your post I'm presuming your car has the halogen lights, so if you install OEM HID headlights you will have to rewire things (there is a write-up on how to do that, I believe) otherwise you will get errors or non-functioning lights. Same goes for the adaptive headlights, installing those on a car without the ILS package will cause errors on the display.
From your post I'm presuming your car has the halogen lights, so if you install OEM HID headlights you will have to rewire things (there is a write-up on how to do that, I believe) otherwise you will get errors or non-functioning lights. Same goes for the adaptive headlights, installing those on a car without the ILS package will cause errors on the display.
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You can just do a projector retrofit for the high beams so you get the quad projector look. We have Morimoto projector retrofit kits if interested.
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I'm also not sure what you're looking for since the C63 headlights (either halogen or HID) are nearly the same as the Base and Sport with the only difference being the interior trim is black rather than chrome. You can easily paint this or have someone paint it for you. I painted my headlights myself.
From your post I'm presuming your car has the halogen lights, so if you install OEM HID headlights you will have to rewire things (there is a write-up on how to do that, I believe) otherwise you will get errors or non-functioning lights. Same goes for the adaptive headlights, installing those on a car without the ILS package will cause errors on the display.
From your post I'm presuming your car has the halogen lights, so if you install OEM HID headlights you will have to rewire things (there is a write-up on how to do that, I believe) otherwise you will get errors or non-functioning lights. Same goes for the adaptive headlights, installing those on a car without the ILS package will cause errors on the display.
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2011 C300 Sport 3.0L V6
I'm also not sure what you're looking for since the C63 headlights (either halogen or HID) are nearly the same as the Base and Sport with the only difference being the interior trim is black rather than chrome. You can easily paint this or have someone paint it for you. I painted my headlights myself.
From your post I'm presuming your car has the halogen lights, so if you install OEM HID headlights you will have to rewire things (there is a write-up on how to do that, I believe) otherwise you will get errors or non-functioning lights. Same goes for the adaptive headlights, installing those on a car without the ILS package will cause errors on the display.
From your post I'm presuming your car has the halogen lights, so if you install OEM HID headlights you will have to rewire things (there is a write-up on how to do that, I believe) otherwise you will get errors or non-functioning lights. Same goes for the adaptive headlights, installing those on a car without the ILS package will cause errors on the display.
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Your aftermarket kit is for an H7-based bulb so it would not work with the OEM projectors in the HID headlights because they use D1S bulbs. There are no conversion adapters for AMP (that's what aftermarket kits use) connectors to a D1S plug because D1S bulbs have the igniter built into the bulb. Aftermarket kits have the igniter inline before the bulb.
The point here is you would need a new kit that can connect to a D1S bulb properly. The only one that I know of is this: https://www.theretrofitsource.com/ba...-ballasts.html. But you would have a hole at the bottom of the headlight where the OEM ballast mounts to which no aftermarket ballast would cover.
The point here is you would need a new kit that can connect to a D1S bulb properly. The only one that I know of is this: https://www.theretrofitsource.com/ba...-ballasts.html. But you would have a hole at the bottom of the headlight where the OEM ballast mounts to which no aftermarket ballast would cover.
