CL-Class (W215) 2000-2006: CL 500, CL 600

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Old Nov 28, 2019 | 10:48 AM
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Headlight Repairs

Like everything else on my CL600, the headlights work fine, but they are not perfect. The Bulbs aren’t as bright as I think they should be, and the lenses are a bit foggy and ****ty
I’ve had really (like really) good results by putting these into the S500:
https://www.theretrofitsource.com/bi...rojectors.html

Has anyone retrofitted these projectors into their CL’s? What about headlight lens restoration? Restoration on the S500 didn’t work super well, so I bought some chinese lenses for $70 on ebay, and they immediately made the car look $20k more expensive.

I haven’t found equivalent lenses for the CL, so I think restoration is the only/best option.
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Old Nov 28, 2019 | 11:49 PM
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there are no lenses for W215, not Chinese not anywhere else

to remove the oem lens for a restauration or mod, use a oven
many HOW TO on youtube




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Originally Posted by pmercury
there are no lenses for W215, not Chinese not anywhere else

to remove the oem lens for a restauration or mod, use a oven
many HOW TO on youtube
Thanks, but if there’s no replacement lenses I don’t see how it would help :/
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Thanks, but if there’s no replacement lenses I don’t see how it would help :/
I know how

you find used broken headlight with good lenses on ebay ................
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I know how

you find used broken headlight with good lenses on ebay ................
This is clever xD
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Old Jan 13, 2020 | 04:12 AM
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This is clever xD
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