Doc_Holliday

I have a 2008 CL550....

Got all my exterior lights done and wanted to offer some help to others that want to do the upgrade...

First off... The trunk, license plate, puddle lights, side view mirror puddle lights and two parking standing lights are all 5 watt peanut wedge bulbs & take LEDs 194 and won't throw any errors... I got mine from AZN on here

I didn't mess with any of the blinkers... To me it was pointless...

The interior trunk lights & lower puddle one's were very easy... use a screwdriver and takes two seconds to replace... The trunk bulb will stay off when you replace... Just close it and it will light up again.

Headlights: you need D1S for your driving/low beams... You need 2 sets of H7 Diamond Vision Halogen bulbs for your cornering bulbs (the one's that only come on when you turn the wheel) & your fogs... No H11's.... and two 194 wedge LEDs for the lower eyelid and that one in the upper corner under the orange diffuser.

To replace the headlight bulbs and fogs... You will have to remove the bumper... To replace the side view mirror puddle bulbs you will have to pry off the glass etc... Exterior trunk you will have to remove the plastic and the felt liners along with the metal arm covers and unplug a couple harnesses.

Here's pics : ) and thank you AZN ~ These are Morimoto 5500k (not completely burned in yet to get to their perfect color.) Philips Diamond Vision & AZN's new Canbus LEDs... It was raining yesterday when I picked it up.


side view puddle




Just Before I got rid of the yellow halogens




Right when I picked her up








Like Ice Baby!




door puddle lights




yellow license plate bulbs before I started




lining the clips up was a little pain, but not that big of a deal




one clip came out easy... The other had to be ripped lol




after






The End... Let me know if you have any questions... I had a custom shop do the Front end and the Side View Puddles (felt like I was going to break my mirror, so I said better let them do it lol)... I did the rear and door puddles.... They charged me $200 and took them a few hours

AZN Optics

Looks amazing. Really cleans up the look!

jerryjerry

Perhaps you can assist me: 08 CL600 R/side Mirror will not adjust in or out; just up & down. I need your assistance in removing the cover & or mirror in order to change out the motor. I'm certain that is the issue...appreciate it..Jerry

98cruiser

Yes, that would be great to know as well.

Thanks

TheCLguy

Great work mate (Y)

do you mind sharing the specs and pictures of the bulbs that you used ? and also do they have a load resistor with them ?....I'm on the same project of changing bulbs as well

The bulb dealer I chose said that it requires 5W to be error free and it had to be 2825's (this is a bulb not led)...I also had another set of led's they say 194 and they also sport a load resistor to stop the flashing and stuff.

I am particularly interested in the reverse lamps.

Cheers

romebe

Have you figured it out? Trying to do the same.

AZN Optics

You'll need canbus bulbs for external lights to not trigger codes and function correctly. 2825/T10/w5w/194 are all the same wedge bulb, just different designation. Let us know if we can help

romebe

Yeh man, I'm a layman. Would need to know specifically which ones I need exactly so I can purchase them and have my mechanic install them.

AZN Optics

Ok, so your front parking lights, rear plate, and sidemarkers all use our 194 canbus wedge LEDs:

http://www.aznoptics.com/index.php?m...roducts_id=114

If you're looking to upgrade the stock xenon bulbs if they're reaching end of life, you'll need D2S HID bulbs:
http://www.aznoptics.com/index.php?m...products_id=72

If you want to upgrade your fogs, you can install an HID conversion kit:
http://www.aznoptics.com/index.php?m...products_id=65

romebe

Thanks bro, and also how about the one pictured under the white light (where it's LED) is there any bulb that changes it to the daylight white?

AZN Optics

stock integrated LEDs unfortunately cannot be swapped out (unless you want to take it apart and solder new SMDs).

romebe

Thanks for your help, I just purchased a set of xenons and 2 sets of 194 Canbus from your site. I wouldn't mind upgrading the fogs in the future but the price scares me a little, plus it looks more complicated in terms of installation. Are there any specific installation instructions to change the xenon headlights?

AZN Optics

nothing special... Plug and play

07CL550Benz

Hey just wondering if anyone here can post an update? How are these bulbs holding up over time? Any burning out or any melted plastic in the housing? Want to upgrade to LED but want to make sure I buy the right bulbs and last and don't cause error messages.

COUPCONNOISSEUR

(the ones circled in black)what are these lights called? what kind of bulbs do they use?

07CL550Benz

I know they are 194. I believe all 3 bulbs in the front take 194. Parking, blinker, and sidemarker.

COUPCONNOISSEUR

i thought they were sidemarkers too but now im not sure.

07CL550Benz

Yeah I'd check on my car but I've got the headlights out right now. Want to find LED's to put in but need to make sure I get the right ones so I don't have to take the bumper and headlights out again for a long time.

07CL550Benz

Ok, I believe I figured it out, somebody correct me if I'm wrong...The lights you circled are the turn signals and are 194's. I tested some old VLEDs and they actually did work with no error message (unlike when I tried the same bulb in the rear license plate light). As for the top bulb (also 194). I believe the same bulb powers both the sidemarker and parking light. So only 2 bulbs are needed and not 3.

COUPCONNOISSEUR