_AMG_

Are there any DIY threads on changing the reflectors on the c63 bumper?? I want to get the Evosport painted reflectors and i want to know how to change them. Any advice?

Even Money

It's easy...
1. You can reach them by hand after opening the hood
2. Unscrew the light bulb/connector.
3. Pop out old reflector.
4. Connect new reflector w/ light bulb...
5. Pop in new reflector.

I didn't have a clue before I did mine, but once the hood was up...was easy to figure out.

eagle_lex

nice. i still want to do this to mine.. but for some reason i dont feel like spending the 150 bucks. i know thats dumb....

SebringSilver

Read this:

https://mbworld.org/forums/c63-amg-w...-question.html

exdes

I had a local body shop paint them for like $30.

eagle_lex

nice option Exdes. thanks. ill read more and maybe have my shop swap them out at the next oil change... lazy i know.

BerBer63

Its like changing a light bulb........I painted mine, why spend 150 when you can do it for 20. Its a ripoff.

shardul

iTrader: (1)

do you all use STAR DAS to turn the side marker light off permenantly

Sincity

For those that have the Evosport side markers and have white or metallic paint, how is the color match? Even from the factory, you may have several variations of the same color. When you go to a bodyshop, you will see see a color book with the variations and sometimes the painter even makes his own spray-out panels from tinting the color for a better match.

soldier2304

I bought my lenses from evosport and i regret having spent that amount of money. I had to wait about a month for them to freakin paint the reflectors and ship them to me. On top of that, the lenses are not even fully blacked out! You can still a see a tiny bit of light in the left lens... Anyone wanting to do this, have a body shop paint your stock reflectors for much much less....

Sincity

In fairness to Evosport, even the bodyshop refinishing will let some light show thru.

jafores

Also Painted mine and some light also went thru just make sure you have sufficient primer coat should be fine.

_AMG_

Thanks, this helped out alot.

justthebest

To add some darkness, you can pick up a can of engine enamel and mask / spray the bulbs to drop the light output

drawde

As far as installation, the first one took me like an hour to do, the 2nd one took me literally likely 2 minutes.

badu

I know I'm bumping a super old thread, but did you guy have problem reaching for the driver side reflectors? It seems like it's almost impossible to reach.

justthebest

It's definitely a stretch to reach that one. Make sure you do the other side first and know what you need to grab / squeeze, so you can do it without looking.

bluejae

can't you just spray paint the bulb black so no light shines through?

i'm assuming removing the bulb will cause an error message.

black-clk500

^^yeah or even use black electrical tape on the bulb?
Is tape an option or will it melt--I know it sounds ghetto, but I thought I read this somewhere.

Does anyone get $h!t for this at inspection time or cops give you trouble?
I really want to do this, but I don't want to deal with it every year at inspection--I'm already rolling with no front plate (got pulled for it the other day--BS)

justthebest

I used high temp spray paint (available at any auto parts store). No error / no light. No inspections in CO, so I can't comment on that. But the cops that I've interacted with either don't know or don't care about blacked out reflectors.

black-clk500

ahh--I hate MA, everyone has their panties in a bunch here!
I'll have to put CO on my short list of places to move

Eurosport

do a search...resistors from Radio Shack