S-Class (W220) 1999-2006: S 320 CDI, S 320, S430, S 500, S 600

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Old 07-18-2007 | 12:46 PM
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Need a bit more room for my kid, so I trade in my W210 for the W220. My wife and I spent a week and so looking around, after testing every large sedan out there, we figure the W220 is best fit us. The Lexus LS430 (especially the interior) looks age & cheap after few years, suprisingly, and I can't tolerate the i-drive-you-crazy on the BMW 745i.

Less than 12 hours into owning the car, I remove the headlight, open it up, replace the crappy Bosch bi-xenon projector with a better one (used in Audi RS6), light output is so much better now. It freaks my wife out a bit, but all is well now. Thanks to tips from this forum, replacing the headlight is quite easy. Btw, if you loosen the front bumper a bit, it makes the job much easier. I took some pix during the process, will post if anyone need help.

Can is fun to drive, lot of room.




Old 07-18-2007 | 12:54 PM
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nice, what year is it ? and what do you mean replace the headlights ?
Old 07-18-2007 | 03:02 PM
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very nice and congrats on the buy!

what parts of the headlights did u replace?
Old 07-18-2007 | 04:04 PM
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Nice, didn't you get a 221 too?
Old 07-18-2007 | 05:57 PM
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Nice, didn't you get a 221 too?
That's my bro

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very nice and congrats on the buy!

what parts of the headlights did u replace?
I replaced the projectors
Old 07-18-2007 | 08:01 PM
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Old 07-18-2007 | 10:24 PM
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Old 07-19-2007 | 01:10 AM
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Looking good, could you send me the directions via email.

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Old 07-19-2007 | 06:52 PM
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I replaced the projectors
do you have the link that you saw where you could replace the projectors? thanks
Old 07-20-2007 | 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by zam2000
Need a bit more room for my kid, so I trade in my W210 for the W220. My wife and I spent a week and so looking around, after testing every large sedan out there, we figure the W220 is best fit us. The Lexus LS430 (especially the interior) looks age & cheap after few years, suprisingly, and I can't tolerate the i-drive-you-crazy on the BMW 745i.
Cool man, congrats Removing the 2 bumper bolts gives you that wiggle room to get the headlamps out for sure.
Old 07-21-2007 | 06:40 AM
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Nice car! I like the amg bodykit

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