New headlights
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Yes, the headlights have fog lights, however, it is implemented in a different but very cool way. The outermost projectors on the headlights are both your low beams and high beams. The innermost projectors on the headlights are your fog lights. But the very cool thing is that the fog lights act as the high beams (you use the turn signal stock to activate the fog lights) and the high beams act as the fog lights (you pull the headlight switch out to activate the high beams). My high beams are bi-xenon because I upgraded them from the standard halogen bulbs the headlights were shipped with.
The contact points are different on the halogen cars compared to the HID cars. Therefore, you must cut all the wires and directly wire them to the correct positions.
The contact points are different on the halogen cars compared to the HID cars. Therefore, you must cut all the wires and directly wire them to the correct positions.
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Yes, the headlights have fog lights, however, it is implemented in a different but very cool way. The outermost projectors on the headlights are both your low beams and high beams. The innermost projectors on the headlights are your fog lights. But the very cool thing is that the fog lights act as the high beams (you use the turn signal stock to activate the fog lights) and the high beams act as the fog lights (you pull the headlight switch out to activate the high beams). My high beams are bi-xenon because I upgraded them from the standard halogen bulbs the headlights were shipped with.
The contact points are different on the halogen cars compared to the HID cars. Therefore, you must cut all the wires and directly wire them to the correct positions.
The contact points are different on the halogen cars compared to the HID cars. Therefore, you must cut all the wires and directly wire them to the correct positions.
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The wiring is correct. If it wasn't, then neither of them would work. They are made like this. You can even see this feature on the SPEC D installation video where they demo the headlights working. It's actually more convenient and doesn't bother me in the slightest.
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The light output is amazing, they even have adjustment screws on the back of the headlights incase the original setting doesn't suit your needs.
That's exactly what they were going for
I'll post a few more pictures later with all the different lights on.
I'll post a few more pictures later with all the different lights on.
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Thank you very much for the updates (ps. your car looks AMAZING)
I will soon be getting these for my 2000 S500 with factory HIDs. As I understood from your posts I will need to "manually" wire the 6 pin from these to the 6 pin wire from the car, am I correct?
Also, could please show us some pictures of how you did the wiring (i.e. which wire connects to which pin)?
One last question, is the aftermarket HIDs still working fine (eg. no melting, flickering, ect)? Can I use any 35w HID kit (H6 bulb) with them and H1 LED "bulb?
Once again, thank you so much, for giving me and many others the chance of having a new amazing look for our cars
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As I understood from reading Alex's posts he installed an aftermarket HID (Xenon) kit.
The lights are supplied with STANDARD H6 and H1 Halogen bulbs.
Finally, if you plan on installing an aftermarket HID kit make sure:
- They are 35w Not 50w otherwise, the housing will melt
- They come with canbus, otherwise, you will get an error on your dashboard (and they may even flicker, or not work entirely)
- Your factory Xenon will NOT fit because they are D1S or D2S and possibly are 50w
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Hi Alex,
Thank you very much for the updates (ps. your car looks AMAZING)
I will soon be getting these for my 2000 S500 with factory HIDs. As I understood from your posts I will need to "manually" wire the 6 pin from these to the 6 pin wire from the car, am I correct?
Also, could please show us some pictures of how you did the wiring (i.e. which wire connects to which pin)?
One last question, is the aftermarket HIDs still working fine (eg. no melting, flickering, ect)? Can I use any 35w HID kit (H6 bulb) with them and H1 LED "bulb?
Once again, thank you so much, for giving me and many others the chance of having a new amazing look for our cars
Thank you very much for the updates (ps. your car looks AMAZING)
I will soon be getting these for my 2000 S500 with factory HIDs. As I understood from your posts I will need to "manually" wire the 6 pin from these to the 6 pin wire from the car, am I correct?
Also, could please show us some pictures of how you did the wiring (i.e. which wire connects to which pin)?
One last question, is the aftermarket HIDs still working fine (eg. no melting, flickering, ect)? Can I use any 35w HID kit (H6 bulb) with them and H1 LED "bulb?
Once again, thank you so much, for giving me and many others the chance of having a new amazing look for our cars
I wish you the best of luck!
