Headlight interchangeability
11-29-2023, 11:01 PM
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Headlight interchangeability
Bought halogen headlight instead of Xenon but want to go ahead and use halogen anyway. Notice 3 more plug pins in xenon than new halogen. Just wondering any issues to worry about. Damaged area not concerned about matching light intensity. thx
E350 2011
E350 2011
11-30-2023, 12:21 AM
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2013 ML350 Bluetec
The two (xenon and halogen) are not interchangeable. Halogen is 12V and the light is generated by heating a coil of metal. Xenon is high voltage and light is generated by an arc of plasma. The bulbs , electrics, and headlamp geometries are all different. The conversion can be done but you need to do everything and tell the car's computer.
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Last edited by rapidoxidation; 11-30-2023 at 12:24 AM.
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pierrejoliat (11-30-2023)
12-14-2023, 10:18 AM
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So I went ahead and installed anyway and everything works fine no problems. Light intesity between the two is noticeable but not that big a deal.
