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Picked up 2009 GL 450

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Old 01-31-2012, 11:34 PM
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Picked up 2009 GL 450

4 my wife. 35k miles. And now I kicking myself cause I think/realize that it doesn't have hid. I didn't pay much attention and assumed it had it cause of the projectors. I figured the halogens looked...well like halogens like for my CLK. Can anyone clue me in on how to tell for sure - like the fact that there's no high voltage wires, or the light doesn't have a sharp cutoff..just a blurred cutoff? If not I'll pull out the bulbs when I get a chance. Some not so great pics. Other than the hid issue, I think it looks pretty damn good.



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Another question: So is the projector suitable for a HID conversion? I don't want a lot of light noise. I can't tell from some of the posted pics if the light is focused the way an HID proejctor should be or if it's as if someone crammed an HID kit in a halogen assembly.,
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I added HID's to my prior GLK that i owned. Cost me 100 bucks and i installed them myself. The halogens dont look luxurious to me at all so i added 6k's to the headlights and foglights. If you also want to change parking lights, interior, and licenseplate lights you can go to IJDMTOY.COM
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Got my 5000k fix. halogens gone. Next up LED DRL.

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Originally Posted by lowpost
Got my 5000k fix. halogens gone. Next up LED DRL.

Looking good, I'm going to have my friend make me some custom led work for the GL550. I might just put LED's everywhere possible. Especially the backup lights, because @ night its not really bright for the backup camera.
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Originally Posted by lowpost
Got my 5000k fix. halogens gone. Next up LED DRL.

Where did u buy the HID? Did u install by yourself?
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