W212 Side Mirror & Puddle Light upgrade completed
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2008 E550
W212 Side Mirror & Puddle Light upgrade completed
These are from Jason K <jakuo5@gmail.com>, an eBay vendor out of Vancouver, Canada.
The side mirror power goes right into the OEM, I had a shop wire the puddle lights into the factory interior lights so they come on when the door(s) are open.
After installation, I couldn't get the light to come on, until the tech covered the light sensor, so it is pretty neat the puddle lights are "smart" and only come on at night and will give off more/less intensity depending on how dark it is.
Pros: direct replacement, nice quality(since the oem is just plastic not hard to match), the lens are more "smoked" or blacked out on my black car than the OEM clear lens, car is now a mutt W212/W219/W211 and a little different from others on the road, and the puddle light of course.
Cons: Eh... still getting used to the look, I think some others are going to claim the original mirrors looked/look better. I'm sure they will grow on me and it is always nice being different with a million W211's on the road.
Feel free to share your thoughts positive or negative..
The side mirror power goes right into the OEM, I had a shop wire the puddle lights into the factory interior lights so they come on when the door(s) are open.
After installation, I couldn't get the light to come on, until the tech covered the light sensor, so it is pretty neat the puddle lights are "smart" and only come on at night and will give off more/less intensity depending on how dark it is.
Pros: direct replacement, nice quality(since the oem is just plastic not hard to match), the lens are more "smoked" or blacked out on my black car than the OEM clear lens, car is now a mutt W212/W219/W211 and a little different from others on the road, and the puddle light of course.
Cons: Eh... still getting used to the look, I think some others are going to claim the original mirrors looked/look better. I'm sure they will grow on me and it is always nice being different with a million W211's on the road.
Feel free to share your thoughts positive or negative..
Thread Starter
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Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 201
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From: Los Angeles, CA
2008 E550
Video in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDRGKFbdsGM
