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Old Sep 3, 2003 | 11:26 AM
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MY2004 cornering lamps and white gauges...

Interesting info from my dealer:

1. The white faced gauges offered in the sport package for 2003 will not be in the appearance package for 2004. The white gauges will apparently be reserved for the E55 AMG. The appearance package gauges will be black.

2. My order was accepted with packages 322 (appearance) AND 319 (lighting). This tells me that the cornering bi-xenon headlamps are NOT offered in the appearance package. I assume this means that the appearance package has straight bi-xenon lamps that are not of the cornering type.
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Old Sep 3, 2003 | 01:17 PM
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I hope what u said about the white gauges isnt true for the U.K.!
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Old Sep 3, 2003 | 02:14 PM
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damn

I really hope that maybe you misheard him or that isnt true, cuz thats the whole reason i got the appearance package. It looks alot better with the white faced gauges and esp. if the inside if black. damn i will be pissed if they changed that. they should have kept it the same. maybe they only changed it for the E320 and not the E500. keeping my fingers crossed.
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Old Sep 3, 2003 | 03:35 PM
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one of the reason i buy the appearance to get the white gauges man.. For me it's better than the black...
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Old Sep 3, 2003 | 05:04 PM
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No white gauges? Say it ain't so!
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Old Sep 3, 2003 | 06:15 PM
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here is a pic of the normal dash......and the second pic is of the appearance package/avantgarde.......the appearance package/avantgarde should definately have the white gauges
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Old Sep 3, 2003 | 06:16 PM
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the white gaudes with the blue lights....
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Old Sep 3, 2003 | 06:17 PM
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wooops....lolz......forgot to post the pic lolz
here ya go....
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Oh PLEASE, say it isn't so! After having white gauges in my current car, the look of "normal" gauges is so blah.

And in terms of the headlamp option, if you look at the materials off the dealer ordering guide web site, you see that they do in fact mention that both the Lighting AND Premium packages contain the cornerning headlamps, but it does not specify it for the Appearance. Same info goes for the E-Class ordering guide that I got a copy of from my dealer. Here is to hoping that the person typing the information in just forgot to change it for the Appearance package, since both of those other packages are new.
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Old Sep 4, 2003 | 10:29 AM
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White gauges...

I love the white gauges. I have them on my '03 E500 (which I haven't seen in 7 weeks ). However, my dealer has confirmed that the Appearance Package will have non-white gauges.

That doesn't make me happy at all. I get out of my '03 into an '04 because MB made me a sham car AND I lose the white gauges and sport badging so the E55 can be a little more elite..

Everyone else should confirm this with their respective dealers and post the information here.
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