hi/low kit???
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Mercedes-Benz w124
hi/low kit???
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=36476
is this true?? is so, it could make a lot of 124 owners happy....
is this true?? is so, it could make a lot of 124 owners happy....
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From: Irvine, CA
2016 AMG C63s
This is an ideal kit if you still want to keep the high beam function with the H4 meanwhile upgrading your low beam to Xenon at an affortable price. The high beam will function the same as OEM, and you will gain 3x more lighting power with the low beam Xenon. This is truely an effective and economical setup.
additionally if u look at the zoomed in pics those plugs dont look like they just click right into the lens. so i would have to wonder how they would center in the reflector.
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From: Miami, FL
ex 300E driver
Well I had Xenon in my 300E. The best thing to buy is an OEM HID set up from a Lexus, MB, BMW. They are OEM kits with durable ballasts and Philips or Osram bulbs. The Hella ballasts are more durable than any other ballast I have seen. The Philips D2S (#85122) bulb is very bright white with a tiny tiny hint of blue (4100k). That bulb and ballast combo is the best I have seen. I had that combo in my 300E. Installation is not hard at all. Stay away from those boxed "HID plug and play kits" that are on ebay. They use poor quality bulbs and ballasts, you will be sorry if you buy one of those, they have a high failure rate.
Stay away from those "Bi-Xenon" boxed kits also. That "BI-Xenon crap is nothing but the cheap japanese made bulb and a movable glare shield. It gives the effect of bi-xenon, but the high beam does not travel any farther than the low beam. The moveable glare shield just adds more glare to the light and gives it the effect of being brighter. Since a xenon bulb has no filament, the only effective way to achieve true bi-xenon is by having a leveling motor in a projector housing that quickly raises and lowers the entire projector beam. It in turn moves the beam pattern higher. Those kits are a knock off! I feel sorry for the suckers that purchase those kits, so don't be one of them.
Stay away from those "Bi-Xenon" boxed kits also. That "BI-Xenon crap is nothing but the cheap japanese made bulb and a movable glare shield. It gives the effect of bi-xenon, but the high beam does not travel any farther than the low beam. The moveable glare shield just adds more glare to the light and gives it the effect of being brighter. Since a xenon bulb has no filament, the only effective way to achieve true bi-xenon is by having a leveling motor in a projector housing that quickly raises and lowers the entire projector beam. It in turn moves the beam pattern higher. Those kits are a knock off! I feel sorry for the suckers that purchase those kits, so don't be one of them.
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From: Sherman Oaks
2004 C240, 2015 GL350 Bluetec
I bought a boxed kit, and the ballasts were hella, and it has worked great for over a year...
I bought it specifically because it was hella ballasts..
I forget what brand it was ont he boxed kit, but so far so good no issues with mine.
I bought it specifically because it was hella ballasts..
I forget what brand it was ont he boxed kit, but so far so good no issues with mine.
