Help with Fog light delete and LED DRL install
04-06-2018, 11:55 AM
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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.
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02-06-2020, 10:16 AM
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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!
02-10-2020, 07:55 AM
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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!
02-10-2020, 08:30 AM
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Thanks again for replying. Cheers!
06-15-2021, 03:30 AM
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Do You have active link to this DRL lights? I want to aquire them but seems to be unavailble :/
06-15-2021, 03:52 AM
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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….
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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.
06-15-2021, 04:22 AM
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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.
06-15-2021, 08:13 PM
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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
02-17-2023, 11:00 AM
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02-18-2023, 08:17 PM
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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
