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Old Jan 17, 2006 | 06:47 PM
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headlight off when driving...

my cls55 is arriving in about a month... but i have some question about the headlight. On my last 2 cars (the slk and boxster) when i put the hand break down, the headlight automatically goes on.......does the cls55 does that too? if so, can u do somthing to make that not work.. i think its stupid to drive around with hid's on in a birght sunny day......
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Old Jan 17, 2006 | 06:52 PM
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Set the dial to 0 on the light control just left of the steering wheel.
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Old Jan 17, 2006 | 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by MBE55AMG
Set the dial to 0 on the light control just left of the steering wheel.
so once i turn the dial to 0, i can drive around with no hid's on right?
i wonder why the old slk and boxster dont have that .... looks so funny driving around with hid's on a sunny day

thx for the help
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Old Jan 17, 2006 | 10:44 PM
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I assume it's like the E and you can determine if you want daytime running lights or not. You just set it through the dash.
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Old Jan 17, 2006 | 10:59 PM
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Yup. I kinda use the DRL's as a safety thing for me but to each his own.
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Old Jan 17, 2006 | 11:23 PM
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Something on 4 wheels..
I used to have a 2004 VW Jetta and I couldn't turn the daylight running lights off...
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Old Jan 18, 2006 | 09:57 AM
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nice, finally can have a car that i can turn the headlights off when i dont want it.... hehe...
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Old Jan 18, 2006 | 05:47 PM
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yep, to the left side of the steering column. Off, Auto, Running Lights, Headlights.


the only nitpicking thing i have to say, why does it not show you the lights are on besides above the dial itself, I mean the E class that its based off of and has the cluster out of has a green symbol light that tells you the headlights are on in the tach.... oh well
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No he can't. This post shows him to be from Canada, which he didn't ID in his sig. Therefore he is stuck by law and the resulting design compliance.
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Old Jan 18, 2006 | 06:32 PM
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Excellent catch amdeutsch.
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i stand corrected. nice find
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Old Jan 18, 2006 | 06:59 PM
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oh crap...so i guess i still can't turn the lights off then...damn..i still gonna look like a retard with hid's on in the sunny day..haha
gotta find a way to get lights off!!!!
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Originally Posted by api3
oh crap...so i guess i still can't turn the lights off then...damn..i still gonna look like a retard with hid's on in the sunny day..haha
Does that mean someone can post your pic on this forum; since you admitted it. (j/k)

Originally Posted by api3
gotta find a way to get lights off!!!!
There is a way in the DAS to do this but it may cause you more harm than good. I believe that if you change the country setting in your software, i.e US, than you can get around this. What issues that will cause is out of my hands. Also who will do this for you to verify my best guess?
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