Rear Licence-plate LEDs...hmmm
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Rear Licence-plate LEDs...hmmm
Hey Folks,
Does the C32 in the US have a different config to the one in Australia?
Based in Oz - I figured I start tweaking my C32 myself with a tiny/gentle little project..change the licence plate light - how hard could it be right?
Bought these from ebay...thought they'd fit - looked like they'd plug right in. But I when open the light cover up - it's not plug and play - rather it's an ?old fashioned? housing with a traditional/replaceable filament bulb.
So my question - would these have fitted in a 2002 US C32 - and just not the Oz one? Or did I buy the wrong thing?
Does the C32 in the US have a different config to the one in Australia?
Based in Oz - I figured I start tweaking my C32 myself with a tiny/gentle little project..change the licence plate light - how hard could it be right?
Bought these from ebay...thought they'd fit - looked like they'd plug right in. But I when open the light cover up - it's not plug and play - rather it's an ?old fashioned? housing with a traditional/replaceable filament bulb.
So my question - would these have fitted in a 2002 US C32 - and just not the Oz one? Or did I buy the wrong thing?
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YOu could modify that ebay one to fit but youwould have to do some splicing.
Or you can extract the bulb from it and put it in your stock one.
If you are not comfortable with it, get the JB Speed ones.
I have those on my E Cinco Cinco.
Or you can extract the bulb from it and put it in your stock one.
If you are not comfortable with it, get the JB Speed ones.
I have those on my E Cinco Cinco.
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I have those ones I didn't install them myself, but the tech told me they were not that simple to put in as I thought. I do get a bulb error warning quite often, but they still work.
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Got mine from some site I don't remember the name of. Built in resistors to bypass the bulb errors. Sadly it was the entire housing, so I had to take off the panels and stuff to install it. I don't think MB could have made it more of a nuisance to install new license plate housings if they tried.
Worth it though, car looks so much more luxury when done
Worth it though, car looks so much more luxury when done
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Sorry to bring this back from the dead. But has the excessive brightness bothered you guys? have any of your done anything to make the lens opaque so that less light is emitted? I love the color but hate the brightness...
Anyways, here's my contribution. Do the JB speed lights emit this much light too?
Anyways, here's my contribution. Do the JB speed lights emit this much light too?
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Sorry to bring this back from the dead. But has the excessive brightness bothered you guys? have any of your done anything to make the lens opaque so that less light is emitted? I love the color but hate the brightness...
Anyways, here's my contribution. Do the JB speed lights emit this much light too?
Anyways, here's my contribution. Do the JB speed lights emit this much light too?
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thats the nature of LEDs brother...they just are a lot brighter than halogen unless you control them with a voltage regulator, but then you are gonna start throwing codes
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Sorry to bring this back from the dead. But has the excessive brightness bothered you guys? have any of your done anything to make the lens opaque so that less light is emitted? I love the color but hate the brightness...
Anyways, here's my contribution. Do the JB speed lights emit this much light too?
Anyways, here's my contribution. Do the JB speed lights emit this much light too?
The brightness never bothered me. Their almost to the point where it's hard to read the license plate numbers at times.
Streets look like San Francisco, is that where you are located?
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Cool thanks for the info, I am going to buy a new set sooner or later because I still have the same stupid flickering and bulb off warnings and bulb failure issue.
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I've been looking into this spray tint stuff too.. I bought some ebay tail light tint film, and it just turns it yellow! A little bit of yellowing is okay, but I'd hate for the color to the same as the halogens
How did the RC spray tint affect the coloration?
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Yep, San Francisco!
I've been looking into this spray tint stuff too.. I bought some ebay tail light tint film, and it just turns it yellow! A little bit of yellowing is okay, but I'd hate for the color to the same as the halogens
How did the RC spray tint affect the coloration?
I've been looking into this spray tint stuff too.. I bought some ebay tail light tint film, and it just turns it yellow! A little bit of yellowing is okay, but I'd hate for the color to the same as the halogens
How did the RC spray tint affect the coloration?
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Can anyone speak on the life span of the LED bulbs?
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Yep, San Francisco!
I've been looking into this spray tint stuff too.. I bought some ebay tail light tint film, and it just turns it yellow! A little bit of yellowing is okay, but I'd hate for the color to the same as the halogens
How did the RC spray tint affect the coloration?
I've been looking into this spray tint stuff too.. I bought some ebay tail light tint film, and it just turns it yellow! A little bit of yellowing is okay, but I'd hate for the color to the same as the halogens
How did the RC spray tint affect the coloration?