gmullin

Hi there, any assistance is appreciated:

Another car ran into my parked C32, causing the passenger front headlight glass to shatter. The bodyshop quoted $1300 for a new headlight ASSEMBLY. AFAIK I could find a used C32 headlight assembly and swap out just the glass. The rest of my headlight works fine.

Any ideas of suggestions that would save $$$ for this repair?
-- Since these are the frosted xenon headlights, any other W203 have those or just C32?
-- Has anyone done a glass lense swap and if so where did they get the lense from?

Thanks very much in advance.
Greg
Red '02 C32 34k miles

gmullin

Any ideas? Apologies if this is a dumb question but it doesn't seem realistic that the only way to fix this damage is to replace the whole headlight unit. Its just the glass that's broken.

boohooramblers

Yes - I'm pretty sure your only recourse is to replace the whole unit. You can find all sorts of good deals on headlights in the classifieds section:

example 1, example 2.

Make sure they are the same type as your OE unit.

Gramma_Benz

depending on where you live, you can search out options such as this:

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/pts/926058293.html

It's in the SF Bay area though, I know they have been advertising them for a long time, so maybe you can get them to ship them to you.
or
Go the eBay route and get some aftermarket HIDS:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...12#ht_6544wt_0

as discussed in this thread:
https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w...hese-hids.html

Good luck!

TemjinX2

well for $1300 you can basically buy the clear lens oem bixenons.

If you dont want those, you can buy the clear lens ebay head lights for $250. if your local, i'll sell you both my 02 head lights for $60.

60n5pt1

i have 2002 C32 xenons. if you're in the Bay Area and interested, , PM me.

coin

I also have a set of OEM clear headlights for sale