C63 Coupe Xenon Headlight Retrofit

Jan 10, 2014 | 12:44 PM

Ricky-Bobby

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C63 Coupe Xenon Headlight Retrofit

Like many, I was astounded to find that C63s did not come standard with Xenon headlights. To make things worse, at the time I picked up my C63 it was hard to even find cars that had the Xenon "option". So I bit the bullet and picked up a car with Halogen lights. After suffering for a while with a car that had desk lamps for headlights, I found Umnitza in Northern California. In a day they were able to retrofit my car with Xenon projectors. The light output at night is great and the fixtures look great. They don't look like the factory Xenons, but they still look great. Pics below (clear side markers are coming...)

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Jan 10, 2014 | 12:54 PM

umnitza

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Thanks for the write up.
Here's what the car's headlight looked like before we worked on it:

Jan 11, 2014 | 12:40 PM

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Can you post light output pictures at night?

Jan 11, 2014 | 12:53 PM

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And why not make it be bi-xenon for the high beams? It still looks weird on the inner side

Jan 11, 2014 | 05:51 PM

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Oh so you modified the OEM headlights ?

Jan 11, 2014 | 11:23 PM

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And why not make it be bi-xenon for the high beams? It still looks weird on the inner side

In person the inner lights look okay. And they replaced the bulbs so they're blue and blend with the Xenons at night. My biggest issue was with the disastrous halogens which these mods took care of.

Jan 11, 2014 | 11:26 PM

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Oh so you modified the OEM headlights ?

Yep. At the time I couldn't find an aftermarket light set and mbz wanted waaay too much to install factory xenons.

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Jan 11, 2014 | 11:48 PM

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In person the inner lights look okay. And they replaced the bulbs so they're blue and blend with the Xenons at night. My biggest issue was with the disastrous halogens which these mods took care of.

Yes I figured they would replace the bulbs, but still. I think it looks way better now.

I'm just curious, it's not possible to fix the inner lights and add xenons projectors?

Jan 13, 2014 | 10:33 PM

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Yes I figured they would replace the bulbs, but still. I think it looks way better now.

I'm just curious, it's not possible to fix the inner lights and add xenons projectors?

That's a good question. I would think so, but didn't ask Umnitza about it. I may look into it at some point down the road.

Jan 13, 2014 | 10:39 PM

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Yeah. I'll take some in the next couple of days.

This picture came out a bit grainy but it gives a pretty good idea of the light output. These are the low beams...50,000 times better than the stock halogens.

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