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does that led light meets the specs of the light bulb that suppose to go in??
I mean, does that bulb drain lot of current away from other electrical part in the car.??
all my lights are stock right now.....my main lights are Xenon but the fog lights and middle city lights are regular stock bulbs. I have been searching for bulbs that will give me that nice clean blue/white look to match my xenons but I am having a hard time...
help..~!
I have 2000 CLK320
I mean, does that bulb drain lot of current away from other electrical part in the car.??
all my lights are stock right now.....my main lights are Xenon but the fog lights and middle city lights are regular stock bulbs. I have been searching for bulbs that will give me that nice clean blue/white look to match my xenons but I am having a hard time...
help..~!
I have 2000 CLK320
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Ok, I finally found the site info for where I got the LED bulbs. Go to DDP-LED's You're looking for a bayont connector white LED bulb to replace an 1891 bulb. Tokomo, to answer your question, the LED bulbs actually draw less power than a stock bulb, so you will get a bulb out warning unless you do one of the following: wire in another pair of normal city lights and hide them in the engine bay; or wire in the appropriate resistor (I'm not sure what that is). Both of these methods fool the bulb system into thinking that everything's normal.
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Josh,
Thanks for the info. Do you know if your bulb is the 6V or 12V bulb? Blue or White? Thanks!
I took the liberty of calling them to inquire, so I thought I'd share the info I got.
If you order direct from the manufacturer, min order is $250, and delivery takes about 7-8 weeks as they need to manufacturer the bulbs upon ordering.
Their closest CA distributor has a $20 min order, and it also takes about 7-8 weeks.
The basic 6V bulb will run you $8.89 each from both places. You can get it in a variety of colors from Red/Orange/Amber/Yellow/Green/Blue/White
There are quantity discounts (100+) from the mfr. Anyone here wanna do a group buy?
Thanks for the info. Do you know if your bulb is the 6V or 12V bulb? Blue or White? Thanks!
I took the liberty of calling them to inquire, so I thought I'd share the info I got.
If you order direct from the manufacturer, min order is $250, and delivery takes about 7-8 weeks as they need to manufacturer the bulbs upon ordering.
Their closest CA distributor has a $20 min order, and it also takes about 7-8 weeks.
The basic 6V bulb will run you $8.89 each from both places. You can get it in a variety of colors from Red/Orange/Amber/Yellow/Green/Blue/White
There are quantity discounts (100+) from the mfr. Anyone here wanna do a group buy?
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Originally posted by Josh K
Ok, I finally found the site info for where I got the LED bulbs. Go to DDP-LED's You're looking for a bayont connector white LED bulb to replace an 1891 bulb. Tokomo, to answer your question, the LED bulbs actually draw less power than a stock bulb, so you will get a bulb out warning unless you do one of the following: wire in another pair of normal city lights and hide them in the engine bay; or wire in the appropriate resistor (I'm not sure what that is). Both of these methods fool the bulb system into thinking that everything's normal.
Ok, I finally found the site info for where I got the LED bulbs. Go to DDP-LED's You're looking for a bayont connector white LED bulb to replace an 1891 bulb. Tokomo, to answer your question, the LED bulbs actually draw less power than a stock bulb, so you will get a bulb out warning unless you do one of the following: wire in another pair of normal city lights and hide them in the engine bay; or wire in the appropriate resistor (I'm not sure what that is). Both of these methods fool the bulb system into thinking that everything's normal.
What method did you use to fool the computer? or did you leave it as a warning on your computer?
Thanks,
Rob
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Rob, so far I piggybacked an extra set of city lights that are concealed within the engine compartment to get rid of the bulb out. I talked to Mark Cummings and he told me that the right resistor would do the same thing withough the extra lights, so I'm gonna look into that next.
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If there is enough interest, it be my pleasure to set up a group buy... but in order to get a discount, i need to place an order of 100+ units, which means, i need 50 buyers or 50 sets....
Otherwise, it would serve no purpose... If there is enough interest, i'll make a post in the different forums to work out a group buy discount
Otherwise, it would serve no purpose... If there is enough interest, i'll make a post in the different forums to work out a group buy discount
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Originally posted by CLK430_ew
can we custom design the LED light bulb to the H6W type and 12v 6w ??
so we don't need to cut the leg of the bulb to fit in the slot
can we custom design the LED light bulb to the H6W type and 12v 6w ??
so we don't need to cut the leg of the bulb to fit in the slot
This is what they said:
If the customization of the bulbs simply means taking an 'in stock' base and applying different types/quantities, etc.. then it wouldn't be very expensive.
However, if you require a 'special' base, which I think our lights are(due to the prong orientation), then there will be an added surcharge as they need to special order the bases, and will most likely end up costing more too.
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All you need to do is order it with the in stock bases, and remove one of the prongs. This is the same process that must be done with the Polarg bulbs as Mercedes bulbs have offset prongs and most other citylight bulbs don't.
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Hi people i did some reseach on the LEDs and i found a site that can buy it for less then 2 bucks each for the LEDs we are talking about i dunno how to compare the specs but it is the same base as Josh is talking about go here
http://www.superbrightleds.com/BA9S6_specs.htm
Hope this help so if someone wants to buy it they got a shopping cart system going but its abit high for shipping.
BR
http://www.superbrightleds.com/BA9S6_specs.htm
Hope this help so if someone wants to buy it they got a shopping cart system going but its abit high for shipping.
BR
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VANCLK, please let me know if those LED's work out for you and how they are.
I've always hated the POLARG city lights. I thought they were worse then the stock yellow ones.
Here is a link to a resistor.....
http://www.formymercedes.com/mb_resu...lacement+Bulbs
I've always hated the POLARG city lights. I thought they were worse then the stock yellow ones.
Here is a link to a resistor.....
http://www.formymercedes.com/mb_resu...lacement+Bulbs
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Re: LEDS
Originally posted by Van_CLK430
Hi people i did some reseach on the LEDs and i found a site that can buy it for less then 2 bucks each for the LEDs we are talking about i dunno how to compare the specs but it is the same base as Josh is talking about go here
http://www.superbrightleds.com/BA9S6_specs.htm
Hope this help so if someone wants to buy it they got a shopping cart system going but its abit high for shipping.
BR
Hi people i did some reseach on the LEDs and i found a site that can buy it for less then 2 bucks each for the LEDs we are talking about i dunno how to compare the specs but it is the same base as Josh is talking about go here
http://www.superbrightleds.com/BA9S6_specs.htm
Hope this help so if someone wants to buy it they got a shopping cart system going but its abit high for shipping.
BR
are you going to order it ?
i m pretty interested in it , but the shipping is quite exp. $25 with tracking no. ......
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Re: Re: LEDS
Originally posted by Supra
-Van_CLK430
are you going to order it ?
i m pretty interested in it , but the shipping is quite exp. $25 with tracking no. ......
-Van_CLK430
are you going to order it ?
i m pretty interested in it , but the shipping is quite exp. $25 with tracking no. ......
-Rob
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they said,
Overseas (including Canada and Mexico) orders: Please select the $25 shipping charge for faster delivery and tracking, additional charges may apply depending on package size. Select the $5 charge for Letter Post shipping, this will take longer, cannot be tracked, and we are not responsible for the order after it ships.
since the $5 charge of shipping is not including the tracking no. ....
so i m thinking to pay either $5 or $25 .... but $25 is quite a lot indeed ...
Overseas (including Canada and Mexico) orders: Please select the $25 shipping charge for faster delivery and tracking, additional charges may apply depending on package size. Select the $5 charge for Letter Post shipping, this will take longer, cannot be tracked, and we are not responsible for the order after it ships.
since the $5 charge of shipping is not including the tracking no. ....
so i m thinking to pay either $5 or $25 .... but $25 is quite a lot indeed ...
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btw , from that site , they offer 12 VDC or 6VAC for the led light , but which one I should pick
thx in advice
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b...e/commerce.cgi
thx in advice
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b...e/commerce.cgi
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If you are going to pay $25 for shipping why not order more, i am planning to order both 6V and 12 V and see what is the difference, i might order like 3 pairs or more so if something happen i can always have a spare rite? Have fun!
BR
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I would assume mostly all the lights in the car would be 12v. also if you give led lamps too much power they will stop working.....
please correct me if i'm wrong.
please correct me if i'm wrong.
Last edited by 911Jose; May 25, 2003 at 01:56 PM.
