Front Middle two light replacement?
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w212 E550
The 2012 models use leds for the license plates and they look better that the super bright aftermarket housings i have seen around the forum. From your pictures it looks like the factory housing only uses 1 led as compared to the 18+ in aftermarket housing. Personally i would keep the factory leds instead of having a second pair of headlights on the rear of my vehicle. I also gave up trying to remove the city lights on my 2011 with p2, i felt like i would break the entire housing before i made any progress.
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2012 E350
The 2012 models use leds for the license plates and they look better that the super bright aftermarket housings i have seen around the forum. From your pictures it looks like the factory housing only uses 1 led as compared to the 18+ in aftermarket housing. Personally i would keep the factory leds instead of having a second pair of headlights on the rear of my vehicle. I also gave up trying to remove the city lights on my 2011 with p2, i felt like i would break the entire housing before i made any progress.
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I don't know if it's sad or funny because when I took the license lights out, I saw that the were LEDs too. I also noticed that it was white rather than yellow after I put it back in. So yea i'm not going to change that anymore because I actually like the look of it.. I was looking at pics of cars before 2012 and saw that they were yellow.. well at least now I know
? i'm sorry but man, that's funny 
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Here are some pictures of the inner city light when I twist open the cap. Instead of just the bulb holder, it is this giant plastic thing that I cant take off and circuit board with the wire. I tried to use tiny pliers to disconnect the wire by the white base but didn't work. I didn't want to pull too hard in case the wire breaks.
Apparently that is supposed to be the infrared sensor for night assist.. even though I don't have that option. Is it impossible for me to change the parking lights? Because I know for sure that it is in there.
Sry about my previous post as it was right after hours of work, I found out it wouldn't work.
Apparently that is supposed to be the infrared sensor for night assist.. even though I don't have that option. Is it impossible for me to change the parking lights? Because I know for sure that it is in there.
Sry about my previous post as it was right after hours of work, I found out it wouldn't work.
were you ever able to figure this out bc I have the same issue right now
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