K30 needs to be removed, not activated.

 

 

Very Sweet!!

 

Isn't that how they're supposed to look???

 

Others don't go blue like this, before white

 

Finally done at the dealer on Friday. SA code K30 has been removed from Data card and followed by the necessary coding. Like horizon said, the dealer requested no additional cost. Now I am waiting from them to give me a quote for the black ashwood center console and the fire extinguisher mount.





I took the photo in a hurry. Sorry for the quality.

 

Way to go firebird!

 

Does the removal of K30 also fully enable the intelligent light system? If I remember correctly the ILS in Europe have individual light modules that can detect when a car or person is ahead and will shut off high beam only in that one spot. It also curves as your turn and is adaptive to weather

Theres a few examples here
techcenter.mercedes-benz.com/en/ils/detail.html

 

ILS does all of the above by default. As far as I am aware, K30 removal only addresses the superficial, but oh so nice blue light function. The W205 uses LED ILS as opposed to bi-xenon ILS. More details on the the following link. To be honest, I haven't really put it much to the test yet to discern a significant difference to previous cars which had xenons, but then again I've mainly been driving in lighted areas.

http://techcenter.mercedes-benz.com/...em/detail.html

 

K30 just disables blue ambients in ILS. Those functions are already available on my car. They are not part of 641 ILS. They are part of 628 adaptive high beams plus. ILS by itself is just a dynamic headlight with curve illumination.

 

correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the adaptive high beams aren't enabled in the US market due to DoT laws on high beam and LEDs. I think that's the one I was mostly referring to, where individual LED diodes are turned off and on in the presence of other car.

Heres a a video that explains it in the middle
https://youtu.be/dRKrZW6yX14

 

Ah I thought it was bundled with ILS. So I'm guessing 628 just isn't available in the US?

 

It's actually the other way round. 628 is just the dynamic high beam assist part. ILS is a lot more (and hence the cost). The previous links go into the functions of ILS. Also, I stand to be corrected, but from what I've read, including here in this forum, there are no markets where 628 is available without ILS (641/642 for RH traffic)

 

So the question is can this blue eye brow light be enables for W205 in the US ?

 

To be more precise, 641/642 are listed as dynamic headlights in the vehicle data cards. 638 and 641/642 complete each other and work as an ILS. That is why, like horizon said, they are bundled together in most of the regions. I don't know what kind of limitations you have in the US for LEDs but if there is a K30 in the data card, the procedure is pretty easy for the removal unless there are other restrictions.

 

So I finally got the chance to get the dealership to look into this. When they pulled up the codes on VeDOK, they found that US models only have 608 and 640 listed for LED and ILS systems respectively. Thus K30 doesn't even exist. They tried inserting K30, 641, and 642 then removing them, but it doesn't do anything. My guess is that US models, since they're made in Alabama, receive separate units for headlights, so it's impossible for us to receive blue DRL on start up.

 

just out of curiosity, do you know the description of sa codes 608 and 640?

 

608 INTELLIGENT HEADLIGHT CONTROL
640 ACTIVE LED HEADLIGHTS

 

Amazing how far people will go for 2 seconds of blue light

 

Amazing how far America will go to ban the implementation of new headlight technology.

 

Hi guys I'm new to the Forum and Mercedes. I've been a BMW driver and fanatic for 22 years can you please breakdown the LED blue that you are referring to in the post? Or pictures because I know in BMW you can code the car to have a lot of different features example your angel eyes brighter (certain %'s) certain blinkers can be shut off, Windows sunroof up and down with the key fob...ecta, ect.. . Are features like this also possible in the w205 model most likely the 2018 I know it's not available yet, but same type of computer or current versions?

 

Also , I noticed on the w205 LED headlights I like the white daytime running but when you turn on your blinker it switches to Orange Is there a way to either make it not blink in the front or keep it WHITE? and blinking.. I HATE the Amber/orange anything

 

Is this available in the US..if so how would I get this done?

 

Unfortunately no, Benz's are much more locked down than BMW and VAG cars.

This is by design, because the white LED is considered too bright (regulation wise) to have on at the same time as the blinker and therefore must be dimmed or turned off. Many other cars do this such as Range Rovers and Audis, the LED DRL temporarily turns off when the turn signal/hazard lights are activated.

 

That Blue transition looks so cool !