Trinsoca

Sorry to hear that you were in the hospital. Hope that you are doing fine now. ......But where is the photo???? that is what everyone was waiting for.

archangel_jx

still no photos?

manano

link to pic ...

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo...eat=directlink

Trinsoca

The picture does not look that bad, it could have been of a better quality and you should have take some more so we could see the lights better..

xexpo

It would have been nicer to be able to see the bottom led's on alone, they seem nice and bright.
But, I do see a fit problem with the lenses, doenn't have the even reveals between the body and the lens.

manano

yea , i tried driving in the night with just the LED's , but couldn't see a thing on the road ... trust me , those LED's are not bright at all ...

i agree it's a crappy picture , but i was so frustrated with these lights , the only thing on my mind was to get them removed pronto ... which is what i ended up doing the very next morning ...

the old saying ... pay peanuts and all you'll get are monkeys sigh ... these lights are cheap , and crap !!

Trinsoca

DLR light are designed not for you to see when driving, but for the other drivers to see you. That's why you could not see anything. Look at any car with the original DLR you see the light very bright but they are not focused or bright enough for night driving.

Corsa9000

Speaking of lights, does anyone know about these strobe lights for turn signals, front and rears, you know like police, emergency cars, Formula One safety car, etc.

Thanks

superflysocal

i dont think the led strip was meant to be on by itself at night. wish you had kept it on and took more pics, esp. daytime picks.

can you see them in daytime?

xexpo

Yeah, I think Manono pulled plug too soon on this project.
Has anyone else installed these lights?

togaduke

Been looking at them on ebay thinking about getting them, and dropping in Hid's and a ballest, or just getting some with the Hid;s and putting a lid strip on, like this shop showed me yesterday..any how hope to do something soon

Chris The Swede

I think they look awesome.Wich there where more pics out there..Just add a aftermarket Xenon kit to it and your set for night driving. I think it is a awesome headlight for that kind of money. And I dont think they will melt.. Never heard of that and I have sold ALOT of after market lights in this pricerange.

superflysocal

hate to pull up old thread, but has anyone else tried similar lights?

benz_ftW220

i actually just received my pair from ebay on saturday, out of the box they look great - black, clean, with white LEDs. haven't put them on yet since it's been raining crazy here and the garage is full

eFeJota

I upgraded half a year ago my original HID projectors to these aftermarket ones (HID version). They look great. Much better than original. But I´m really not happy with the results. I expected a brighter leds. These leds are not running lights for daytime. They light as position/marker lamps. I share almost everything commented by "manano". I'll take some pictures in the morning, in the afternoon and in the night to compare results.

benz_ftW220

ok here are some pictures of mine:

with the lights on in the rain last night after installing them:


i just have stock H7s in now, but planning to upgrade to an HID kit in the near future.

lights off:


running lights on in daytime:

theyre not bright now, but i dont really need them to be in the daytime.. they work perfectly fine at night

and another, lights off:



i like them a lot, cant wait to get HIDs though. i like the black look a lot, looks less harsh without the stock lights i think
what do you think??

CarboyS

I feel the new headlights are totally out of place.

Chris The Swede

I think they look very bright in that pic! ? Nice to finally see a instalation. Great work. But I would have gone for the chrome version on that color car.

eFeJota

First time I knew about these headlights was from Spyder Auto webpage.
The link for the four models (black for halogen, chrome for halogen, black for HID, chrome for HID) is:
http://spyderauto.com/category.php?i..._model=S-Class
I upgraded the chrome for HID ones
See photos below for results in daytime

Lights off


Lights off


Lights on (LED + marker/position)


Lights on (LED + HID)


Types of headlights projectors

Chris The Swede

On those pics you can hardly se the LEDs?? Is it the angle or have they upgraded them with brighter LEDS? Do you have a pic where you see the hole car? And fitment actually looks bad.

eFeJota

Answering to 'Chris The Swede': If you see the photo labeled as 'running lights on in daytime' from 'benz ftW220' you'll realize about the real LED power in a sunny day. My photos are taken at 10:00 am. The light effect at night is quiet different (they look great then). Besides, it depends a lot on the camera lens. The photo 'with the lights on in the rain last night after installing them' seems to be taken from a nowadays Audi LED. Don't get confused. Last night I took some photos in dark and I got all kind of results with the same camera. I'll try to upload all them tonight. I have seen pros and cons about this projectors compared to original ones (as someone not really convinced).
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eFeJota

Two more daytime photos (sunny day = poor LEDs) and one to see the quality of the light in a wall. Is that lens cut normal? I think it isn't. Please, let me know your opinion. Is it a problem of lens, lamp, projector?
These lamps are 8000k set on original Mercedes HID in a non-original projector headlights with a LED DRL.

benz_ftW220

I think the chrome looks great on your car! I like the black on mine though because my windows, side mirror lights, and part of my taillights are tinted and i have smoked bumper lights, so I felt the black fit in better. I'm also trying to lessen all the chrome on my car, feels like shine overload to me.

My headlights look the exact same way on the wall. Looks nice and bright!

eFeJota

OK, two more pictures. They were taken yesterday night. As I commented, they look great in the dark. See images:

Only LED ON


LED and HID ON

benzat17

i like the lens cut out and i blv it is normal low on one side and higher on the other i think my car is the same cut, ill double check when my bulbs come in