Hey guys,

This is for you owners that have opted to have the amber front bumper side markers painted. You'll have to excuse me if this seems very basic to you.....But are you keeping the bulbs in (lets say super whites wedge bulbs) and then the light shines through the paint. Meaning it's a matter of taking the housings to a paint shop to have them painted and matched to your bumper.

Or....is it just a matter of having the side markers painted and then leaving the bulb out? That way people cant tell that there used to be a marker there.

Thanks in advance!!!

 

Won't leaving the bulb out result in a warning displayed on the dash that the bulb is out?

 

Barry's correct. No bulb or a dead bulb will give a bulb out message on the instrument cluster. If you don't want light, paint the bulb black. Do not put tape over the bulb.

Get euro impact/bumper strips instead. Much better than painting markers. The bumper strips you can get from MbenzNL on here if you don't get lucky and find at the dealer like I did.

Euro Impact Strips - https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w211/141099-euro-impact-strips-found-us-mb-dealer.html

Do not tape bulbs - https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w211/159214-euro-impact-strips-do-not-tape-lights.html

 

LOL....and low and behold they actually make a part for this. Right when I thought that painting "strips" was my only option. I'm amazed. Either way guys thanks for the information, mb thanks for the links very helpful!

So after your tape melted did you end up turning off via STAR, taping to chasis, or painting. I kind of like the painting idea. Maybe a can of black spray paint.

 

my bulb is still there and reflects a tiny bit at night.

 

leave the bulb alone

 

One Can version code the front side marker bulb to OFF via the SDS

 

Leave the bulb in and just have the covers painted over.

 

Mine are painted silver and I have the bulbs in and they do not show through so you're better off leaving them in so you don't have to reprogram everything to reflect the missing bulbs.

The Euro impact strips are the way to go if you want an OEM look, but they are pretty pricey.

 

Anyone know roughly how much the Euro impact strips are? That's definitely on buy next to buy list.

 

The last time I checked they were a little over $400 for the pair.

 

Just so everyone understands, when painting over the lens you don't remove the bulb! What's not clear in the previous posts is that there is special paint specifically for this type of application. It is opaque, but the light can still shine through. I don't think you have a huge selection of color matches, but do a google on it. Something like VHT translucent paint or something....

 

Contact Steve @ MBENZNL.com for current prices

Just make sure you give him the paint code as they come Pre Painted from MB

 

I see. I guess that's not too bad. Thanks guys for the clarification on paint, I guess I'll try and see if they can turn the lights off with STAR.

 

If "they" is the dealer, good luck as the sidemarker lights are a DOT required item. Dealer probably won't touch it. You'll need to find an independent or someone with STAR to do it, STAR is about $15k last I heard so not everyone's got one. You have the same problem with trying to get dealers to lower the car via STAR, not for DOT reasons but they don't like lowering cars.

 

Yup you're right MB. I was just thinking the same thing. As far as dealerships here in Seattle I've found an independent shop that has STAR and will probably be taking it to them for turning off the side lights. However they recommended to me that I take it to a local dealer for the lowering. Something about proper alignment of ride height after lowering via STAR. Cross your fingers! Heck I'm even thinking of giving my service advisor a little incentive to help me out $$$ if you know what I mean. LOL....anything to save me the 1200 RENNtech lowering module.