Vader55

Mark if you want the hid look and still want to be able see the sylvania silverstar is the only bulb, it is 4000K. All of the brighter bulbs we discussed earlier , phillips vision plus, osram's will have a slightly yellowish hue. Go with the sylvania's 1st and if your low beams are not bright enough then just replace with the phillips vision plus 50% which is the brightest 55 watt bulb period. if you want you could go with the Osram 65 watt it is that simple.

I posted pics of the different Kelvin colors in this thread below.

https://mbworld.org/forums/s-class-w220/173548-upgrade-replacement-oem-halagon-bulb.html

Also do some of your own research with Daniel Stern.. He explains it well. He also sells high qulaity bulbs cheap.

http://www.danielsternlighting.com/t...good/good.html

Aleksandar

BND, not a bad idea. Where would one find replacement "lens" for the car? Thanks for all your help, its appreciated, especially for us new owners.
Aleksandar

Vader55

I have seen them in the past on ebay but I only see some for the 140 right now. Try contacting a Bosch parts dealer etc.

Aleksandar

I took a look and found some, but I believe some cash spending is in order to get the real deal. If it wasn't for that damn Xmas......

Mark_K

ironcheflam,

Did you ever fix your adjustment problem?
Are you happy with your Halogen projector lights?

Mark

ironcheflam

nope and nope

S500 Man

what kelvin temperature comes on our cars??

Vader55

Phillips 4300K if you have HID's

S500 Man

pretty sure i do there definitly not halogen.....lol....i think an s class without hid;s looks old, was it not standard on the s500?

Mark_K

It depends on the year of the car.

S500 Man

non hid projectors, cant you just use your stock ballast and hid ignitor and use em on a non hid projector with rebased bulbs?

farhanmk

Hi all, I am reading the thread but still confused. I definately want to upgrade to a clear 2003 look lights. My question to you all is if I go & purchase a projector light from ebay will it be a simple plug & play & can I install it or it will not work? I did look at the lights in ebay & it all say not compatible if you have HId's.
Thanks

S500Miami

At least here in Miami, the OEM lens does yellow. I have been told by a business who polished the ones on my Mitsubishi 3000GT and my S500 that it is caused by salt in the air along with the UV. They used a two or three step process and cleared them right up. For about a month or so that is. They turned yellow again.
I believe someone above said that they have seen just the clear lenses for the 99-02 w220 on E-BAy. I have never seen it, but would be very pleased to find clear plastic lenses that fit. I have the XENON and I want to update the look because the non-clear lens (all those little lines in various directions built into the OEM lenses) makes the car look bad in my opinion.

If I could find a clear plastic lens, I believe it would cover the yellowing and the update at the same time.

xpl0sive

would the HID upgrade kits not work with the ebay lights? my s has the factory xenons and i want to update my lights to 03+. now i know i cant use the factory xenon, but cant i buy one of those HID conversion kits and use them with the ebay light? or would the wiring not work?

VTEC83

in response to the yellowing issue, all lights will eventually get that yellowish hazy look, aftermarket or oem has nothing to do with it. If you want to avoid this issue you could simply apply a headlight protective film which can be found at stickercity.com or just about anywhere else you may search. They sell them in clear, smoke, blue, yellow, etc. about 50$ Or if that doesn't float your boat you could always use this process which for some reason seems to be shrouded in secrecy: To get rid of that hazy yellowing on your headlights all you need to do is get some polishing agent, get some sand paper of varying grits, and get some rubbing alcohol. Use the alcohol to first clean the lights, once lights are cleaned, start wet sanding the lights make sure to keep them nice and wet(and do not sand in a circular motion) work your way up to the finer grit paper, I spend about 15min per light total. Once done sanding apply several applications of the polish to the lights and buff until perfection. It is really that simple. Ive done it numerous times on numerous cars. works every time.

xpl0sive

anyone have any input on this?

Vader55

https://mbworld.org/forums/showthrea...63#post2591163

alextroy

I am still confused too.
I have 99 s500 with xenon auto leveling lights.
They look like crap i want 2003 headlight. what should i buy and where????
plus my lights are flickering on both sides all the time now
what can it be? Ballast?somebody told me it is headlight control module and i need both left and right at 700$ each?
Help

c131frdave

Check your voltage at the headlight. Now this isn't going to be easy- you have to pull the headlight out to get a meter to the connector.

I really like the depo headlights. They are equal in quality to my '02 oem headlights imo. If you want to keep your xenons, you'll have to do some custom upgrades. Actually, you can buy an aftermarket xenon kit and install it- it would be easier.

I'd make sure your stock setup is all squared away first though.

scottejupiter

Anyone have a more recent experience with aftermarket headlights? I don't like the look of mine on the 2001 S55.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_ssn=...=15&rmvSB=true

trustz

First, you need find out do your have a xenon headlights or not, because the connector is different, most of aftermarket headlights for W220 are made for non-xenon application ! I will recommend the Depo headlights , I used to have one pair on my BMW and the quality is the best next to OEM

scottejupiter

Thanks for the advice. I think the lights are the biggest thing on my S55 that look dated.

trustz

If I have a 00-02 W220, I will change the headlights, brake lights and side mirror blinkers. Now it will looks like a 03-06 W220 !

scottejupiter

LOL. I only have 65,000 miles and the car looks great. It was driven by a snow bird who only used it for a few months a year.