Another LED Headlight Upgrade Thread
 

I had been on the fence about it for my car because, although I wanted to upgrade my halogen headlights, I didn't really want to spend $1.5k on something that looks like it came from the factory anyway. I wanted something different.

I found this auction a few weeks ago:

HEADLIGHTS LED upgrade for MERCEDES BENZ W205 C-class 2014-2017 HEADLAMPS

and was immediately interested because they are styled after one of the new model LED configurations, while also claiming compatibility with older halogen-equipped W205's as well. After some back and forth with the seller via email (where he also sent me the installation instructions for reassurance), I pulled the trigger and bought them.

Well they arrived this morning after their long journey from China:


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The backside is all solid state and houses two LED controller boards:

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For installation on a halogen equipped W205, one of the LED controllers has to be unscrewed (four Torx T-20 screws) and two pigtail harnesses inside need to be unplugged. Apparently the two pigtail harnesses are used alternately to configure compatibility with vehicles that came factory equipped with either halogen, LED, or ILS (kinda like jumpers on a circuit board).

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It only took me about an hour to install them and I am very happy with the end results. The DRL eyebrows power up blue and then increase in intensity until they turn white. They also cycle blue and back to white each time the turn signal is cancelled as well.
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Video I made of the DRL, low beam, then high beam:
https://streamable.com/l1c55

Congrats, they look phenomenal. In my humble opinion, I like the styling of the pre-facelift ILS units rather than these. Nonetheless, they look flawless from the pictures. Again, congrats on the pickup.

that just looks fantastic

@diamondsilver16 Is there a pdf of the install instructions that I can see? Also, how is the beam pattern?

Can you post a video of the different modes and blue? SWEET FIND.:bow:

Found one.(but it's short)

WOW Look at this version in action. I WAANT!! :eek:

https://cloud.video.taobao.com/play/...0642961345.mp4

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000608220177.html

https://cloud.video.taobao.com/play/...2301995124.mp4

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000343775433.html

This body kit is amazing.

So many more options for anyone willing to take the risk on compatibility and dealing with potentially sketchy vendors (like I did!!)

I don't have a PDF of the install doc, but I can put one together from my physical copy. I'll also try to get more night shots this evening.

Here is the beam pattern.

Low beams
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mbw...73a329e37.jpeg

High beams
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mbw...73f6dbd07.jpeg

Cool projector beam pattern!
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mbw...1364f918c.jpeg

Here is the guide that they came with scanned as a PDF. The page I referenced previously for US halogen models is page 5 in the attached PDF. Note that the guide really only talks about the pigtails/jumpers. The actual electrical connection to the car is plug and play using the existing harness connectors. The headlights do also come with an added harness for cars that are equipped with factory LED units; those harnesses are not used in the halogen upgrade --it is a straight plug-in to the factory harness. The guide refers to halogen as "Low", factory LED as "Middle", and factory ILS as "High".

I never realized that there were American VS European ILS head lights. I can't see the difference. They are both the same style?

I actually like the look of the 2019 base led (except that corner orange) but prefer the ILS features.

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mbw...b00ed89541.jpg

@diamondsilver16 Do your new head lights have the blue glow like shown below?

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mbw...7ab66a8612.jpg

Yessir they do!

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mbw...355632f507.jpg

Also, a video of the turn signal. I really like the light bar effect with 3D dimension to it:

https://streamable.com/scj60

Hi DiamondSilver, how is the quality of the lights ? Are they auto levelling as well ?

Do they perform as shown in the video the startup "scanning" from 1:40 - 1:45 .

Those orange reflectors are US spec, we're lucky out here not to have regulations that obligate reflectors in the front and rear of the car

headlights upgrade
 

able to do a video ? I would like to purchase it if possible .

@Daryl Loh The lights appear to be of good quality. The plastics, lenses, and fitment are all comparable to the OEM units I removed. Even the rubber seals along the top that mate with the hood are nice quality and line up perfectly.

These units are not auto/self leveling.

maybe we could get a group buy together

Hey mate mind telling me if they have ILS enabled if the original headlights didn't?

These do not have ILS.

Score!