Help with Fog light delete and LED DRL install
Thread Starter
Junior Member
Joined: Mar 2018
Posts: 17
Likes: 6
From: Orlando, Florida, USA
2013 GLK 250 Bluetec, 2013 E350 RWD, 2016 GLE 300D 4matic, 2020 GLE 580
LED DRL install, fog light delete, help with wiring
Hello guys,
I've removed my fog lights and installed some led drl's in their place, I've got them working and everything but i can't seem to find a a place to tap a power source from the parking lights or headlights. The reason i need to tap the parking or head lights is that i want the drl's to dimm at night when the headlights are on. I tried taking the little corner bumper lights but it doesn't work with them, the drl's won't dimm. I then tried the parking light that's in the small high beam lamp and it does work, the drl's dimm as they should.
How can i tap those or the headlights without making a hole into the headlight housings? Please advise.
I've removed my fog lights and installed some led drl's in their place, I've got them working and everything but i can't seem to find a a place to tap a power source from the parking lights or headlights. The reason i need to tap the parking or head lights is that i want the drl's to dimm at night when the headlights are on. I tried taking the little corner bumper lights but it doesn't work with them, the drl's won't dimm. I then tried the parking light that's in the small high beam lamp and it does work, the drl's dimm as they should.
How can i tap those or the headlights without making a hole into the headlight housings? Please advise.
Last edited by Veliksam; Apr 6, 2018 at 08:02 PM.
Junior Member
Joined: Feb 2017
Posts: 49
Likes: 9
From: DMV
'07 E350 4matic Sedan
Hello, I am looking to buy these LED fog light replacements for my 07 E350 sports package (non-amg). Do you by any chance have a link to this product? Or at least the name of the company that makes them? I cannot find one anywhere. I love the look as it is very tasteful and pretty much looks like OEM.
In addition, how happy are you with the product so far? Do the LED's outshine all other light elements? My car comes with HID, so I hope the light intensity will be similar.
Thank you in advance!
In addition, how happy are you with the product so far? Do the LED's outshine all other light elements? My car comes with HID, so I hope the light intensity will be similar.
Thank you in advance!
Thread Starter
Junior Member
Joined: Mar 2018
Posts: 17
Likes: 6
From: Orlando, Florida, USA
2013 GLK 250 Bluetec, 2013 E350 RWD, 2016 GLE 300D 4matic, 2020 GLE 580
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F153821285434
Hello, I am looking to buy these LED fog light replacements for my 07 E350 sports package (non-amg). Do you by any chance have a link to this product? Or at least the name of the company that makes them? I cannot find one anywhere. I love the look as it is very tasteful and pretty much looks like OEM.
In addition, how happy are you with the product so far? Do the LED's outshine all other light elements? My car comes with HID, so I hope the light intensity will be similar.
Thank you in advance!
In addition, how happy are you with the product so far? Do the LED's outshine all other light elements? My car comes with HID, so I hope the light intensity will be similar.
Thank you in advance!
Junior Member
Joined: Feb 2017
Posts: 49
Likes: 9
From: DMV
'07 E350 4matic Sedan
Thanks again for replying. Cheers!
Newbie
Joined: Dec 2017
Posts: 4
Likes: 0
W221 S350
Do You have active link to this DRL lights? I want to aquire them but seems to be unavailble :/
Junior Member
Joined: Jul 2016
Posts: 25
Likes: 1
From: Melbourne Australia
1998 W202 C250 TD 2002 E320 CDI T210 2011 S350 CDI W221
Hey,
The issue I am having is that my car has the HID package and my parking lights are fibre optic and not conventional globes. The car seems to somehow send a signal to the light all the time and the computer determines when it actually illuminates.
This means if I connect the dim cable it just dims them all the time as there is always voltage even if the parker is or isn’t illuminated….
The issue I am having is that my car has the HID package and my parking lights are fibre optic and not conventional globes. The car seems to somehow send a signal to the light all the time and the computer determines when it actually illuminates.
This means if I connect the dim cable it just dims them all the time as there is always voltage even if the parker is or isn’t illuminated….
Trending Topics
Newbie
Joined: Dec 2017
Posts: 4
Likes: 0
W221 S350
Fiber optic in W211? As far as I know in the facelift version with HID's there is led parking light with some special fiber lens. Anyway in my friend's car I have connected to cable which is responsible for this led parking light and everything works fine. It is in small socket closer to radiator, in the back of the headlamp.
MB World Stories
The Best of Mercedes & AMG
Manual Mercedes? 6 Times Sindelfingen Let Drivers Have All The Fun
Verdad Gallardo
Mercedes SLR McLaren 722 S Is Extremely Rare Example Modified by McLaren
Verdad Gallardo
8 Classic Boxy Mercedes Designs That Have Aged Like Fine Wine
Verdad Gallardo
Flawlessly Restored Mercedes 190E Evo II Heads to Auction
Verdad Gallardo
Electric Mercedes C-Class Unveiled: 11 Things You Need to Know
Verdad Gallardo
Mercedes EQS Gets A Major Update: Everything You Need to Know
Verdad Gallardo
5 Underrated Mercedes-Benz Models That Don't Get the Love They Deserve
Verdad Gallardo
Mercedes 300D Has Pushed Well Past 1 Million Miles and It Ain't Stopping
Verdad Gallardo
10 Most Reliable Mercedes-Benz Models You Can Buy Used
Verdad Gallardo
Newbie
Joined: Dec 2017
Posts: 4
Likes: 0
W221 S350
Unfortunately the vehicle is sold. Driver's side headlamp, socket closer to radiator and I have checked on which cable 12v shows up after I turn on parking light - don't remember exactly what colour but certainly this did the job with resistor and diode.
Super Member
Joined: Sep 2014
Posts: 916
Likes: 134
From: NOVA/DC
20' RCF, 18' NX, 09' E350, 07' Solara, 05' STi, 01' Ranger
The w211 doesn't have any fiber optics anywhere in the headlights. It uses an LED module that has a plastic diffuser where the normal bulb would come/poke through on the standard reflector housing. I added the LED module/reflector to my OEM housing when I did a projector retrofit. The OEM wiring can be tapped. It's just a 12v power and ground that would illuminate the LED module. If you take your headlight apart you should easily see it.
You'd have to scroll through the threads to find my old pictures. But I pretty much rewired my lights from OEM halogen to OEM bi-xenon. It was not difficult at all.
-Nigel
You'd have to scroll through the threads to find my old pictures. But I pretty much rewired my lights from OEM halogen to OEM bi-xenon. It was not difficult at all.
-Nigel
Thread Starter
Junior Member
Joined: Mar 2018
Posts: 17
Likes: 6
From: Orlando, Florida, USA
2013 GLK 250 Bluetec, 2013 E350 RWD, 2016 GLE 300D 4matic, 2020 GLE 580
Member
Joined: Dec 2021
Posts: 192
Likes: 50
E350 4matic Wagon
You really can’t
Hello guys,
I've removed my fog lights and installed some led drl's in their place, I've got them working and everything but i can't seem to find a a place to tap a power source from the parking lights or headlights. The reason i need to tap the parking or head lights is that i want the drl's to dimm at night when the headlights are on. I tried taking the little corner bumper lights but it doesn't work with them, the drl's won't dimm. I then tried the parking light that's in the small high beam lamp and it does work, the drl's dimm as they should.
How can i tap those or the headlights without making a hole into the headlight housings? Please advise.
I've removed my fog lights and installed some led drl's in their place, I've got them working and everything but i can't seem to find a a place to tap a power source from the parking lights or headlights. The reason i need to tap the parking or head lights is that i want the drl's to dimm at night when the headlights are on. I tried taking the little corner bumper lights but it doesn't work with them, the drl's won't dimm. I then tried the parking light that's in the small high beam lamp and it does work, the drl's dimm as they should.
How can i tap those or the headlights without making a hole into the headlight housings? Please advise.
IMHO I wouldn’t start screwing around with wiring. There’s nothing wrong with the OEM set up
