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I like them. They certainly look better than people who try putting the W212 LEDs on. Is that just flexible LED strips you put on there? or was it something designed for use on a car?
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Thanks, and sorry if the pics dont look that great its just hard to take pics of them so they can come out clear. Anyway, yea they are 6 inch flexible LED strips i bought on ebay believe it or not and i wired them up to my DRL's. Trust me they look sick around dusk just before it gets dark I'll try to get clearer pics. I also have LED bulbs in the DRL's and i'm getting HID's on my low beams and fogs soon.
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Thanks, and sorry if the pics dont look that great its just hard to take pics of them so they can come out clear. Anyway, yea they are 6 inch flexible LED strips i bought on ebay believe it or not and i wired them up to my DRL's. Trust me they look sick around dusk just before it gets dark I'll try to get clearer pics. I also have LED bulbs in the DRL's and i'm getting HID's on my low beams and fogs soon.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...%3AMESELX%3AIT
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Now for the LED strips, I got those from ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/48-LED-White-Fle...item4aa23b8090. The ones I put are 6-inch and i basically just wired them up to get power from the DRL's. So when i have the DRL's on, the strips are on too.
Oh and i got the LED bulbs for the DRL's here: http://store.ijdmtoy.com/Canbus-Euro..._t10_sku26.htm
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Not sure how I feel about the shape yet, but looks interesting. At least it doesn't look like you're trying to emulate and rig another cars LED design onto it.
Would have been even better if you could have replaced the Fog lights with them, looks wise IMO.
Would have been even better if you could have replaced the Fog lights with them, looks wise IMO.
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Thanks, I did want to put them somewhere else like you said replacing the fogs for them but it just seemed like a lot of work so i just thought of this shape and to my surprise it came out awesome. I am going to put HID on the fogs and low beams to match everything up.
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Yeah, I'd definitely go HID Fogs so it'll all be hyper white. Looks cool though, I'm sure it's a catching look when someone sees you behind them. Problem with LED's is, right now since everyone's jumping on the bandwagon, lots of people are rigging aftermarket units on their cars, and there's a VERY fine line between cheap-o look, and "OEM" look.... Which to note, even some OEM's are looking kind of aftermarket these days.
Anyway, yeah, that just makes good/quality setups look that much more proper.
Anyway, yeah, that just makes good/quality setups look that much more proper.
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Yeah, I'd definitely go HID Fogs so it'll all be hyper white. Looks cool though, I'm sure it's a catching look when someone sees you behind them. Problem with LED's is, right now since everyone's jumping on the bandwagon, lots of people are rigging aftermarket units on their cars, and there's a VERY fine line between cheap-o look, and "OEM" look.... Which to note, even some OEM's are looking kind of aftermarket these days.
Anyway, yeah, that just makes good/quality setups look that much more proper.
Anyway, yeah, that just makes good/quality setups look that much more proper.
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Oh man, yeah, I'm sure you get your fair share of those unfortunate sites on Miami, lol. SoCal isn't a cake-walk in that regard either.
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You should try to get your hands on a facelifted W211. You'd have to change the shape since the fog light area is a different design, but man, I think it would look awesome if done right.
K-A: I just realized you have a W212! I thought you weren't going to pull the trigger on that one?
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You should try to get your hands on a facelifted W211. You'd have to change the shape since the fog light area is a different design, but man, I think it would look awesome if done right.
K-A: I just realized you have a W212! I thought you weren't going to pull the trigger on that one?
K-A: I just realized you have a W212! I thought you weren't going to pull the trigger on that one?
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Nowhere to put his LEDs there.
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Originally Posted by K-A
Yeah, haha. It was a long and drawn out process. Most of it is documented on this Thread: https://mbworld.org/forums/e-clas...used-s550.html
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Thanks man!! Yeah, the White and the whole Package with the Pano, P2, and interior combo really sold me on the W212.... Finally, haha.
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Although to really keep the look of all of the LEDs currently being put on cars these days, there is the option of going with the Carlsson LED kit for the 211. You can even find the kit on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.ca/Mercedes-W211-E-C...#ht_1697wt_913
Its expensive, but worth it if you don't like the look of a custom setup.
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How about mounting the LED on both left and right side of the fog. 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock of fog light.