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What taillight bulb holders do i need

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Old Feb 1, 2026 | 04:18 PM
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Question What taillight bulb holders do i need

Hello all, i have a 2005 w211 with non-LED taillights, i recently bought aftermarket facelift taillights to swap out, which means i need different bulb holders since afaik they are not interchangable between pre- and facelift lights.
Ive been looking around on ebay and im having a hard time figuring out exactly what the part number is so i can order them, some of the bulb holders have two different PNs (211 820 16 77 and 211 820 14 77 for passenger side bulb holders with much different prices from the same seller) and my local mercedes dealership is also to no help.
Im wondering if anyone can help me out and tell me exactly which part number i should look out for. Attached are photos of the left hand side taillight.

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Old Feb 1, 2026 | 10:20 PM
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what year are those taillights for? i always thought facelift had LEDs for the brake lights, so my thinking is facelift = 2006-2009.
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what year are those taillights for? i always thought facelift had LEDs for the brake lights, so my thinking is facelift = 2006-2009.
Both pre- and facelift had the option for LEDs, mostly on avantgarde models. Non LED tails are interchangable between pre and facelift cars have i heard, but the bulb holders are different. Pre-facelift had large orange lenses over the turn signal bulbs whereas facelift bulb holders simply had orange bulbs. I need the part number for the facelift ones.
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