SUHAIL

Any help in this matter will be appriciated, Need guidance to a facility who may be able to do the installation for me. I want to upgrade my 2000 S500 from a regular stock Xenon to the 2003-2004 Bi-Xenon. I am in Los Angeles, Ca. area

esntrk1

I am also interested in knowing if/how this can be done.

Thericker

I found out about them a while ago they have a vareity of great upgrades!
Their address & phone# Autowerks-- 9285 Chesapeake Drive, suite B. San Diego, Ca. 92123 858-569-2447....If I remember correctly ask for Mike...
Their prices are better than performance products and they'll install it for you too I think install is about $150.00

esntrk1

I just called Mike and he quoted $2295. for Bi-Xenon plust $149. adapter kit + shipping. I'll let you draw your own conclusions.

Thericker

???What's that supose to mean??

esntrk1

His price is above market. I told him that they were going for $1629. on Ebay.

jahummer

What adapter kit is needed?

Thericker

Are you willing to do what they want IE..there requirement for purchase is to wire the money in full, directly to them in Germany. I don't know about you but that sounds really fishy if anything goes wrong you have no recourse.....

esntrk1

I agree with you on that. I wouldn't wire the money. However, I checked their feedback and they look pretty good. They have been selling MB parts on Ebay for over a year. I'm going to ask them to use escrow.com. If they will agree to that, then I can get the BiXenons for about $1750. shipped.

esntrk1

He didn't say. It could have been just a plastic connector. I just got the impression that he was one of those guys looking to cash in on Mercedes drivers. You know the type. I've heard so many stories about the '03 BiXenon headlight upgrade. Some people say it can't be done. Some say an adapter is needed. Others say it's a plug-and-play deal. I don't know who to believe.

Wolfman

A headlight update is definitely not plug-n-play. Not only have you one more connector on the 03 headlights, but the connectors are differently shaped/wired.

I have heard many things as well and it probably depends on the type of adapter. Some adapters that handle the whole conversion (so I have heard; benzoparts.com charges $500 just for the cables), some internally modify the lights and use an adapter cable for the automatic height adjustment/connectors.
Some of it is probably due to the fact that Bi-Xenons have a motor or relay that opens the reflector for the hi-beam setting+halogen. The old headlight simply used a halogen bulb.

I have never seen any pics of either the cables or the conversion. Would be nice if someone can post any.

Either way, it is a rip-off...

Wolfman

SUHAIL

His installation labor cost is $150. The cost for an adapter is $150.. plus the lights themselves, I may visit him this Saturday, will update my exp.

Wolfman

Sounds like a decent deal on the adapters. If you do it, can you take some pics of the adapters/install?

Wolfman

SUHAIL

I will try and ask them, if they allow me in their work area, mike said its a 40 min job. So we shall see.

miroj

This upgrade is documented in the factory advice called WIS. It requires a small amount of work under the hood to enable the autolevelling for BiXenon.


There is a levelling cable from the lamps to the control module that goes inside the car. It is a lot easier and simpler than the C-class and E-Class models to retrofit and well worth doing properly.

jahummer

Here is some news regarding the lights on ebay:

https://mbworld.org/forums/showthrea...526#post819526

Cyan 740i

You need the adapter to make the auto leveling work. You could also install it without the auto leveling but I would recommend it. I have an appointment tommorrow at autowerks express in san diego to get it installed. I picked up the set of brand new 2003 xenon lights on Ebay for $1900

Cyan 740i

https://mbworld.org/forums/showthrea...317#post821317

SUHAIL

I was there on Saturday and had the work done. Randall and Micheal at Autowerks in San Diego, took care of everything. It took about 20 minutes. The drive from and back to Whittier took a good 2 1/2 hours.

The thing is working fine. Micheal informed me that he will sell the Harness/adapter if someone needs one.

I will update all of you with how it is working in a few days.

SUHAIL

It has been exactly one week now, the thing is working perfect. Will keep the forum posted of any developments

miroj

I hope you are referring to the Mercedes harness for S-class since it seems a bit of overkill to fit something else. S-Class is the most simple car to fit Xenon to.

SUHAIL

Apparantly it is not a very smple thing, Autowerks in San Diego are the only ones in our area that are doing the conversion. From what I have heard it is quite difficult to go from Halogens to Xenons and a little bit less cumbersome to go from Xenons to Bi-xenons

I went to Bi-Xenons from the stock Xenons on a 2000 S500

miroj

Out of all the BiXenon conversions the S-Class W220 is the simplest. I happen to know this is true but then I am not the one trying to make a fast buck.

Didnt you know "its difficult" when you are paying someone else to do it.

Seriously. its one control box and one cable according to Mercedes. The levelling system and washers sytstem are already in place. What gives ?

SUHAIL

You are probably right, most of us that drive these cars are not aquainted enough, to take up the task ourselves. Some stuff is better left in the hands of someone who knows.

Wolfman

Certainly sounds like you haven't done this. The actual lamp connectors are different so you still need to get that physically re-wired. No wiring is really difficult, but it's certainly not the simple plug-n-play upgrade (see cable coversion kit). A 20 minute job is fast by any mechanics standard and the price wasn't bad either...

Wolfman