Hi guys, im considering upgrading my prefacelift rear tail lights for the updated lenses, are these a straight swap as ive rear they are not? and the updated taillights need a slight modification to fit

cheers

2003 clk

Yes the housing fits but you will need to bend a bit of the car to get the socket panel locked in. I used a pair of pliers. The whole install took me about 30 min just because I had previously taken out the lining and never put the clips back

many thanks, is it just a case of a slight mod because the old lense may need to go back in one day and i want them to fit again

Well that socket panel on the updated tails is a different shape. You just have to bend a piece of the inner part of the car to get them to fit. Your basically just making the hole wider. Your old lights shouldn't have a problem being put back in. I will be doing some work in my trunk tomorrow if you like I will take some pics. It's pretty straight forward

cheers dyno that will be a massive help much appreciated.

Hi dyno, any luck with those photos

hope it helps. not professional but it got the job done

what parts that needs to be bent in? just got my new taillights yesterday...

See dyno's pic above, it looks asthough it's bent slightly to fit the bulb casing

I circled it. You will know what part needs to be bent once you take out the old lights.

Icecream give it a go let us know how it goes and pics would be helpful

okay.. I see that. Thats metal right?

I'll give it a try maybe on the weekend, and hopefully some pictures too...thx

Yea but it's pretty thin. With a pair of pliers you should be fine

I changed mine last year and it's been giving me error messages on the dash, saying something about replacement light ... anyone know how to fix this issue? Thanks

I had that error with my old lights. I tried to change a couple bulbs to LED. Only one worked so I left it in. After a while I started to get the same error. Once I switched the bulb back it went away

so do I need to change the bulb?

aint the chance to catch rust at the bented metal after a while?

Try and swap out the bulbs on the side that's giving the error

I tired to make sure it would still line up with the foam seal on the light housing. Keep the outside elements out

installed the rear lights... I did not have to swap the light from the old one

Any pics ice cream, did you need to modify at all

sorry, I didn't take pics when I'm working on it. Yes, I need to make a modification on the tail lights housing. I bent the metal just like what dynomite05 said. It's not too difficult though

icecream, what's that grill you have for you CLK?
Is it an AMG version? I have never seen that before?
Where did you get it?

Regards,
Mikael

thats a stock w209 grill on my car, u should get the starless one.
they're starting a groupbuy: https://mbworld.org/forums/group-pur...r-pricing.html

Thank you for your answer.
On your picture the grill looks like the one sitting on the new C class.

Have a nice day!

Dyno, are your rear lights the original AMG lights or are they modified some how, because they look very dark.
I just got my AMG lights today and they are not as dark as your (side markers).

Thanks!