Acrobat

Hey y'all, noobie here.

I want to add Xenon but there are no options from the dealer. Any aftermarket options?

New E350 owner, 2007 W211 Sport package, loaded to the gills!

TIA,

T

Jweiss@carlabms

you can always add our hid kit for 280 shipped. it came with starter, igniter, ballast and bulb and warranty. you can choose between 4.5k(stock hid from the dealer) 6,5k ( white) 8k ( blue) make sure you call us if you have more question at 650 641 0194 cheers

lkchris

The dealer can certainly retrofit the OE system to your car.

I'd guess it would be $3K

MARK CUMMINS

Contact Steve @www.mbenznl.com he can get US or EURO Headlights at Great Prices!...Then a Trip to the dealer to version code the headlights present..Steve has OE MB Parts

cyclerider

Wouldn't "loaded to the gills" include factory Xenons?

Acrobat

LOL..OK, loaded to just behind the gills. I couldn't get one with Xenons for some reason...

LIONHEAD

If you're interested in the Carlabs Kit, I'll let you know next week how I like them as I ordered the Carlabs HID Foglight Kit.

Cal

Does the carlab kit require the "xenons present" program setting from the dealer, or will it trigger the "low beam failure" message without the "xenon present" programming? Also, how long is the warranty? (1-yr, 2 yr, lifetime, etc).

Nice kit, btw.

Acrobat

I've seen the MTEC units on eBay...about $400 delivered. Professional installation recommended.

They say no reprogramming..

Thoughts?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MTEC-...spagenameZWDVW

BenzDude06

hey every1
wat is that setting the dealer makes to switch making aftermarket xenons work, mine wouldnt stay on it would turn on/off all the time...
thanks

KosherBenz

This is the site I got mine from, I got this 8K kit.

http://www.xenonking.com/Mcculloch-8...d-Kit-Car.html

MockbaBenz

What kind of bulbs do you need?

Jweiss@carlabms

we fix this problem a year ago however certain car still flicker. we will replace the wiring harness or the kit for warranty againts flicker.

Cal

H7 for the low beams.

Cal

Have you installed them yet? Interested in pics/review...

thegeneraltso

no because it is not oem hid. it is basically rebased bulbs (h7 base with hid bulb) with ballasts so you can use the same harness and fit into the existing bulb hole. basically you use the existing harness to turn on and off the light. the computer still thinks you have halogen bulb. you can buy this type of retrofit for any car as long as it come in the car bulb base (h4, h7, 9006 ect).

i believe these retrofits are illegal because they do not have the cutoff like the real hid housing. you always see a disclaimer that it is for off-road use only.

also note that the higher the kelvin rating the lower the light output. so 8000k is dimmer than the halogen light in your car.

LIONHEAD

There was a mixup on the kit and Darwin at Carlabs was very professional and corrected it ASAP last week. I'm planning to get it installed sometime this week. I'll keep you updated.

BenzDude06

which are the best xenon after market kits to use and what do you have to do so they do not flicker...

topdaytrader

check out http://www.seekspeed.com

LIONHEAD

Had them installed this morning. Haven't tried them at night yet but overall I'm happy with them. BTW...there is no flickering when startup as some kits has. This is the V3 Kit from Carlabs.

S93

In my 2003 E320, I got xenon lights as a factory installed option. I think it was a few hundred dollars. Fair deal!

In the 2007's, if you want it, it will cost about $7,000 because you have to get the P1 and P2 packages with other unneeded options. Expensive! This is lousy!

Leather is no longer standard. You have to pay extra or get vinyl seats. That's surprising but not lousy because you just pay for what you want.

saffrontiger

Thanks for posting the pics. I would like to see how it looks at night. When you have chance please do post or PM.

I'm seriously considering ordering from carlabs but am concerned with previous discussions of the aftermarket HID's blinding oncoming motorists. If this is the case then I would be hesitant. Is there a way to correct this w/o spending the the big $'s for OEM's? Money is not the big issue here but I could think of better places to invest my money other than my perfectly normal projector lamps.
Thanks,
Jay

smb7420

Lionhead do you have any photos of the V3 Kit's light spread at night?
I like the blue on those lights.
How do they compare to OEM Bi-Xenon's(as an option)?

I've got the Bi-Xenon option on my E500, the lights are white and I'm beginning to learn about how I can get blue ones in.


I live in Chicago(near lincolnwood), How badly do you think the Colts are gonna lose?
I'm thinking 402 to 0, with Urlacher being held to under 200 points.

thegeneraltso

Lionhead, I like your grille. where did you get it??

LIONHEAD

Sorry...I was in a deposition all day today and just got home. Not sure if I was clear in my previous posts but I bought the HID Foglights. My HID headlights are OEM that came with the car. If you still would like to see the foglights at night let me know and I will take some pics.