Xenon lights?
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Xenon lights?
Trying to decide whether to choose Premium package # 1 or #2. I really don't care about directional turning foglamps or headlamp washer, but can't make up my mind on the xenons. I have a BMW with Xenons, which indeed are BRIGHT & white, but they seem to only iluminate the area closer to the ground. Is this the norm with Xenons, or just a BMW thing?
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Another option is (IF) you dont find the car WITH the Xenons ...One can add them after...Steve @MBENZNL.com installed a set of Euro Active Xenons in the Wifes W211....They are the way to go!
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I am stunned (and very PO'd) that xenons are not standard!
I simply cannot fathom how MB continues to get away with not making HID lights standard. How they can sell a 50-60-75K+ car with xenons OPTIONAL is beyond me. 
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Originally Posted by Stoneseller
Trying to decide whether to choose Premium package # 1 or #2. I really don't care about directional turning foglamps or headlamp washer, but can't make up my mind on the xenons. . .
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I can see both sides to the arguement for / against Xenons. My 2003 has Xenon low beams, and halogen (?) high beams. The high beams, though more yellow to my eyes, do indeed seem to illuminate a wide area that fades gradually at the edges of the beam, as opposed to the sharp cutoff between very bright and dark when on low beams. I've not driven bi-xenons, but have read more praise than negative reports about them. As I have aged, my periphial night vision has degenerated. I seem to find it more difficult to see the outer extremities of the lighted area in both my BMW's lights and my truck's conventional beams.
BTW, I just came home from officially ordering my new ride. Granite Gray e550 with black interior, Package II. I decided against "Sport", as I'm not that keen on very low profile rubber. I like the look of the 5 spokes, and they sure will be easier to keep clean
BTW, I just came home from officially ordering my new ride. Granite Gray e550 with black interior, Package II. I decided against "Sport", as I'm not that keen on very low profile rubber. I like the look of the 5 spokes, and they sure will be easier to keep clean
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Plus, the black wood gets lost in the black interior... to me it looks like Formica when its in a black car. I guess that's why as of Nov 1st, you can order W90 (Brown Wood) with the sports package if you want the wood to show up on the black interior.
As for the staggered wheel low profile rubber set up on the Sports Pkg, I'll let you know how they feel... and wear. I was disuaded from getting 18's when I ordered my '04 because the rep said I'd be bending rims on any small NY/L.I. road holes/uneven pavement... this time, I decided the get them anyway. (Different Dealer... He said "go for it").
When I chatted here about it, people said they liked theirs, so I ordered them. I've got a Granite/Ash on order to replace my '04.
As for the staggered wheel low profile rubber set up on the Sports Pkg, I'll let you know how they feel... and wear. I was disuaded from getting 18's when I ordered my '04 because the rep said I'd be bending rims on any small NY/L.I. road holes/uneven pavement... this time, I decided the get them anyway. (Different Dealer... He said "go for it").
When I chatted here about it, people said they liked theirs, so I ordered them. I've got a Granite/Ash on order to replace my '04.
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