Has Anyone Tried this Yet?
02-09-2011, 01:47 PM
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Has Anyone Tried this Yet?
I've just upgraded 'almost' every interior light on my CL. Has anybody tried this? The difference is AMAZING for a $10 LED bulb. I've attached a picture that shows what I mean.
Might seem like a gigantic waste of money but I love it
the car glows white everytime I open the door/unlock the car and it attracts a lot of attention!
Will post more pics soon.
Might seem like a gigantic waste of money but I love it
the car glows white everytime I open the door/unlock the car and it attracts a lot of attention!Will post more pics soon.
02-09-2011, 03:16 PM
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the fog projectors are wide angle and hids will blind oncoming drivers. not to mention that the higher the kelvins the less penetration and more air particle reflection in foggy conditions.
however, the reading lights look very very cool.
02-09-2011, 04:34 PM
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there should be a mandatory fine for everybody that plugs hids in their fog lights.
the fog projectors are wide angle and hids will blind oncoming drivers. not to mention that the higher the kelvins the less penetration and more air particle reflection in foggy conditions.
however, the reading lights look very very cool.
the fog projectors are wide angle and hids will blind oncoming drivers. not to mention that the higher the kelvins the less penetration and more air particle reflection in foggy conditions.
however, the reading lights look very very cool.
Blinding people with my headlights was an issue when I first installed them so I had em adjusted accordingly. Hopefully, it won't be a problem for other drivers...
As for the weather, we rarely, if ever, see fog around here so it won't be too troublesome
Thank's for your input!
08-15-2011, 07:58 AM
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http://www.danielsternlighting.com/t...nversions.html
The problem with an HID retrofit is that most OEM halogen housings are designed to basically throw light everywhere. HIDs are way too bright for that. They require a projector with a cutoff or a properly designed reflector housing to aim the light low enough to not blind other drivers. If you just throw an HID bulb into a OEM halogen fog light housing, you are throwing light in people's faces. Unless you replace the housing with a HID designed projector with a cutoff, you are going to have this problem and it is both dangerous and illegal. I'm going to assume that any HID fog light kit will be of the rebased bulb in a halogen housing design, hence every kit will be illegal.
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there should be a mandatory fine for everybody that plugs hids in their fog lights.
the fog projectors are wide angle and hids will blind oncoming drivers. not to mention that the higher the kelvins the less penetration and more air particle reflection in foggy conditions.
however, the reading lights look very very cool.
the fog projectors are wide angle and hids will blind oncoming drivers. not to mention that the higher the kelvins the less penetration and more air particle reflection in foggy conditions.
however, the reading lights look very very cool.
Yes the interior lights look great.
08-16-2011, 09:25 AM
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I can tell you that women do not like bright lights near mirrors. lol So if you date or are married, I would not do this mod. Most women like soft light and things that do not show blemishes.
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where did you bought your hid kit?
im new to this forum. i want to buy a kit for me c230 2008 but i dont really know on what website to buy it. Ive heard that i can only put the canbus ballast hid kit since it have built in warning canceller and anti-flickering. My friend recommend me www.xenonhidconversionkit.com cause they sell the hid conversion kit with the canbus ballast. I read on other forum that i can only install canbus ballast.
Im a bit lost. Please people, respond to my question.
Im a bit lost. Please people, respond to my question.
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im new to this forum. i want to buy a kit for me c230 2008 but i dont really know on what website to buy it. Ive heard that i can only put the canbus ballast hid kit since it have built in warning canceller and anti-flickering. My friend recommend me www.xenonhidconversionkit.com cause they sell the hid conversion kit with the canbus ballast. I read on other forum that i can only install canbus ballast.
Im a bit lost. Please people, respond to my question.
Im a bit lost. Please people, respond to my question.
You are in the wrong forum. Check out the W204 forum for better help there
https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w204-83/
Good luck.
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We are testing many LED systems right now, and will soon be offering complete and partial kits to overhaul any Mercedes (and other cars).
We will even be offering some free kits to people that will photograph the car soon.... to be notified when we will be giving away some kits, sign up for our member list on the upper right hand corner of our site. Cartronics.com
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agreed....even my wife who would be offended by such things, laughed. Of course she is perfect and loves to work on cars too....yeah my life sucks
