ML350 2012 Halogen headlamp upgrade to Xenon HID headlamp
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AZN -- know you're partial to your own products, but would you push yours over the MTEC one as well?
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Contrary to popular belief, since we're simply distributors for HIDs (we manufacture LEDs), our margins are negligible and only carry to help community deal with manufacture and offer total lighting solution. We conducted extensive testing (50-70 brands) to provide what we believe is best product from performance, durability, engineering, and cost for our customers. Morimoto was what we decided to carry as the best blend. That said, if cost wasn't a factor, MTEC is the best. Retail for legit kits is around $3-400/kit. It's better than Morimoto, but not twice as good. Careful though with MTEC.... There are a crap loads of fakes out there so buy from a reputable seller.
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Contrary to popular belief, since we're simply distributors for HIDs (we manufacture LEDs), our margins are negligible and only carry to help community deal with manufacture and offer total lighting solution. We conducted extensive testing (50-70 brands) to provide what we believe is best product from performance, durability, engineering, and cost for our customers. Morimoto was what we decided to carry as the best blend. That said, if cost wasn't a factor, MTEC is the best. Retail for legit kits is around $3-400/kit. It's better than Morimoto, but not twice as good. Careful though with MTEC.... There are a crap loads of fakes out there so buy from a reputable seller.
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So the good thing about an HID conversion is it's completely reversible. I've yet to hear of any warranty voided due to HID conversion which is a fairly common modification. However, if you're concerned, prior to taking her in for any warranty work, just remove the kit and put the stock halogen bulbs back in.
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Am I safe to assume that this recommended Morimoto Kit is compatible with my 2010 ML350? I also noticed that the kit is rated at 35W. In my manual it states that the standard H7 Halogen Bulb is to be 55W, does this have any bearing on which Xenon kit I require?
Thank you in advance for all replies.
Thank you in advance for all replies.
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Am I safe to assume that this recommended Morimoto Kit is compatible with my 2010 ML350? I also noticed that the kit is rated at 35W. In my manual it states that the standard H7 Halogen Bulb is to be 55W, does this have any bearing on which Xenon kit I require?
Thank you in advance for all replies.
Thank you in advance for all replies.
Yes, it'll be fine. 35W kit will be fine for your application. It'll actually burn cooler so you won't run into heat related issues like melting housing with how intense HIDs can get.
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Thank you for the quick response.
While I have your attention......can you give me any advice on which upgrade, Xenon vs LED, gives the best results. The cost difference aside, I am looking for the best fitting upgrade that will offer a "whiter and brighter" headlamp. A hassle free install and long term reliability are important factors to me.
While I have your attention......can you give me any advice on which upgrade, Xenon vs LED, gives the best results. The cost difference aside, I am looking for the best fitting upgrade that will offer a "whiter and brighter" headlamp. A hassle free install and long term reliability are important factors to me.
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Thank you for the quick response.
While I have your attention......can you give me any advice on which upgrade, Xenon vs LED, gives the best results. The cost difference aside, I am looking for the best fitting upgrade that will offer a "whiter and brighter" headlamp. A hassle free install and long term reliability are important factors to me.
While I have your attention......can you give me any advice on which upgrade, Xenon vs LED, gives the best results. The cost difference aside, I am looking for the best fitting upgrade that will offer a "whiter and brighter" headlamp. A hassle free install and long term reliability are important factors to me.
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HID Conversion.
Thanks for the information.
Would the Morimoto XB55 Elite HID System be a better alternative for my 2010 ML350? I do a lot of night driving in rural areas so that means lots of animals darting out onto the road.
Can you also recommend which of your High Beam bulbs I should be using with the new low beam HID kit. Also which Fog Light kit I should order.
Thanks again for helping me.
Would the Morimoto XB55 Elite HID System be a better alternative for my 2010 ML350? I do a lot of night driving in rural areas so that means lots of animals darting out onto the road.
Can you also recommend which of your High Beam bulbs I should be using with the new low beam HID kit. Also which Fog Light kit I should order.
Thanks again for helping me.
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Thanks for the information.
Would the Morimoto XB55 Elite HID System be a better alternative for my 2010 ML350? I do a lot of night driving in rural areas so that means lots of animals darting out onto the road.
Can you also recommend which of your High Beam bulbs I should be using with the new low beam HID kit. Also which Fog Light kit I should order.
Thanks again for helping me.
Would the Morimoto XB55 Elite HID System be a better alternative for my 2010 ML350? I do a lot of night driving in rural areas so that means lots of animals darting out onto the road.
Can you also recommend which of your High Beam bulbs I should be using with the new low beam HID kit. Also which Fog Light kit I should order.
Thanks again for helping me.
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2015 SL550, 2017 GLS 550, 2010 G550, 1995 E320 Cabriolet
Has anyone here who has done a LED conversion had a hard time installing the bulbs?
I have a flux beam kit in my 2015 ML350. The LED's are clearly much, much brighter than the stock halogens. However, installing them was a nightmare. Even with the H7 adaptor kit, getting them to screw into the housing was such a chore. It was even more difficult for the high beams. Also, the throw on the high beams goes into the trees! It aims very, very high. The increased brightness more than offsets it, but so much light is wasted because it literally aims up at a sharp angle. I'm thinking that pointing the actual LEDs on the bulb to the side of the reflector (rather than pointing up and down) might help, but because it was so offing difficult to install them in the first place, I don't want to do it. Has anyone here had an "easy" retrofit explanation?
I have a flux beam kit in my 2015 ML350. The LED's are clearly much, much brighter than the stock halogens. However, installing them was a nightmare. Even with the H7 adaptor kit, getting them to screw into the housing was such a chore. It was even more difficult for the high beams. Also, the throw on the high beams goes into the trees! It aims very, very high. The increased brightness more than offsets it, but so much light is wasted because it literally aims up at a sharp angle. I'm thinking that pointing the actual LEDs on the bulb to the side of the reflector (rather than pointing up and down) might help, but because it was so offing difficult to install them in the first place, I don't want to do it. Has anyone here had an "easy" retrofit explanation?
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What does this translate to in real world performance? If finances weren't an issue, would it be worth it to pick them up if I was planning on replacing my morimotos? (they're about 3 years old now, got pretty good wear on them). @AZN Optics
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Honestly, real world, negligible... that's why we decided on Morimoto as the price point was more reasonable.
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2015 W166?
Sorry about hijacking for my 2015 ML350 with halogens, but i imagine these applies to my ML as well?
Whats the difference between these two:
http://www.aznoptics.com/index.php?m...roducts_id=132
http://www.aznoptics.com/index.php?m...roducts_id=119
Are there any videos showing the installation process?
Whats the difference between these two:
http://www.aznoptics.com/index.php?m...roducts_id=132
http://www.aznoptics.com/index.php?m...roducts_id=119
Are there any videos showing the installation process?
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Sorry about hijacking for my 2015 ML350 with halogens, but i imagine these applies to my ML as well?
Whats the difference between these two:
http://www.aznoptics.com/index.php?m...roducts_id=132
http://www.aznoptics.com/index.php?m...roducts_id=119
Are there any videos showing the installation process?
Whats the difference between these two:
http://www.aznoptics.com/index.php?m...roducts_id=132
http://www.aznoptics.com/index.php?m...roducts_id=119
Are there any videos showing the installation process?
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Got it. I’ll get the XB35. Thank you for your help.
The other weakness of this SUV is the reverse light. The bulb is so weak, it’s like staring at a black screen when backing up at night in the reverse camera. Are there any after market solutions for that?
The other weakness of this SUV is the reverse light. The bulb is so weak, it’s like staring at a black screen when backing up at night in the reverse camera. Are there any after market solutions for that?
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Unfortunately not a clean solution for the reverse. 2008+ MLs changed their rear SAM from the rest of the MB lineup and requires a higher power draw to not trigger bulb out warnings. The draw was so high that any built in canbus LED that high enough resistance to not trigger errors would generate way too much heat to be safely operated. So if you don't care about error codes, then yes, there are LEDs plug in LEDs that you can use. However, if you want an LED solution without the codes, you'll have to splice in external load resistors on the wires to separate the heat element from the delicate LED component.
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I recently installed a cheap kit from
Ebay hid kit with the canbus decoder and have no problems no warning and look amazing. I still use the halogen headlamp
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Looks good! Hows the cutoff against a wall what kit did you buy from ebay? Also, do you have any pics/directions from the install? Im also in IL and looking to upgrade the dim yellow factory lights