Changing out the tail light difficulty
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Changing out the tail light difficulty
I'm thinking of changing the boring oval OEM tail lights for LEDs. How would you rate the difficulty of removing and installing the tail lights for the W210?
Just to provide a scale of difficulty, to me changing the cabin air filters was an average difficultly
Look forward to hearing your insight!
Thanks!
Just to provide a scale of difficulty, to me changing the cabin air filters was an average difficultly
Look forward to hearing your insight!
Thanks!
Last edited by MesserschmittAG; Feb 21, 2013 at 02:23 AM.
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lol a few years ago, I thought it was cool to tint them. so that was my first time taking them out. I got pulled over for them, and had to take them off to get rid of the tint. then last month, I bought some really bad ebay tails that were meant to look like the facelift ones. had so much trouble with them that I kept swapping between those and my stocks.
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I got rid of the crappy fake E55 ones and just put my old ones back in
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/93420847@N05/8498798842/" title="W210 by fbaladad, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8106/8498798842_4afe8bcdf5_c.jpg" width="800" height="598" alt="W210"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/93420847@N05/8498798842/" title="W210 by fbaladad, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8106/8498798842_4afe8bcdf5_c.jpg" width="800" height="598" alt="W210"></a>
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MesserschmittAG - i change my mind ! it all depends on what design the
tail light is and/or who manufactured it. the non-oval design was introduced
by MB for 00-02 model years. since you mentioned that you have the ovals,
you would have a car which is 96-99. the non-ovals *may* need to have
the rear of the reflector sanded to allow it to fit flush into the tail light openings
in your trunk lid.
fortunately, the process is simple and shouldn't add much more than 30 mins
of sand-fit-sand-fit...trial and error.
once you get your new tails in hand, trial fit the tail into the trunk and see if
it fits flush. if it does, great. if not, let us know and we'll dig up thread which
shows fitment tips and where to sand.
tail light is and/or who manufactured it. the non-oval design was introduced
by MB for 00-02 model years. since you mentioned that you have the ovals,
you would have a car which is 96-99. the non-ovals *may* need to have
the rear of the reflector sanded to allow it to fit flush into the tail light openings
in your trunk lid.
fortunately, the process is simple and shouldn't add much more than 30 mins
of sand-fit-sand-fit...trial and error.
once you get your new tails in hand, trial fit the tail into the trunk and see if
it fits flush. if it does, great. if not, let us know and we'll dig up thread which
shows fitment tips and where to sand.
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MesserschmittAG - i change my mind ! it all depends on what design the
tail light is and/or who manufactured it. the non-oval design was introduced
by MB for 00-02 model years. since you mentioned that you have the ovals,
you would have a car which is 96-99. the non-ovals *may* need to have
the rear of the reflector sanded to allow it to fit flush into the tail light openings
in your trunk lid.
fortunately, the process is simple and shouldn't add much more than 30 mins
of sand-fit-sand-fit...trial and error.
once you get your new tails in hand, trial fit the tail into the trunk and see if
it fits flush. if it does, great. if not, let us know and we'll dig up thread which
shows fitment tips and where to sand.
tail light is and/or who manufactured it. the non-oval design was introduced
by MB for 00-02 model years. since you mentioned that you have the ovals,
you would have a car which is 96-99. the non-ovals *may* need to have
the rear of the reflector sanded to allow it to fit flush into the tail light openings
in your trunk lid.
fortunately, the process is simple and shouldn't add much more than 30 mins
of sand-fit-sand-fit...trial and error.
once you get your new tails in hand, trial fit the tail into the trunk and see if
it fits flush. if it does, great. if not, let us know and we'll dig up thread which
shows fitment tips and where to sand.
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/121070812371...84.m1423.l2649
Thanks for the extra info Raymond. The listing for the taillight says it fits the old model W210s' original mounting points
I hope that means I dont have to sand, what do you guys think?
...And siopaolover, your w210 looks so awesome lowered, it even makes the oval lights look good
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no, that description gives no clue to where sanding is needed. the mounting
points are the same for all 210s, pre and post face lift. it comes down to a few
millimeters in the depth of the trunk lid.
here is the link to the tail light mod
points are the same for all 210s, pre and post face lift. it comes down to a few
millimeters in the depth of the trunk lid.
here is the link to the tail light mod
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Are the fake E55 bad quality? Cause i was looking at this one on ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/121070812371...84.m1423.l2649
Thanks for the extra info Raymond. The listing for the taillight says it fits the old model W210s' original mounting points
I hope that means I dont have to sand, what do you guys think?
...And siopaolover, your w210 looks so awesome lowered, it even makes the oval lights look good
http://www.ebay.com/itm/121070812371...84.m1423.l2649
Thanks for the extra info Raymond. The listing for the taillight says it fits the old model W210s' original mounting points
I hope that means I dont have to sand, what do you guys think?
...And siopaolover, your w210 looks so awesome lowered, it even makes the oval lights look good
and thanks man! the oval lights grew on me after I lowered the car. It makes it look a little older, which is nice
