Did all w221 come with HID?
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Did all w221 come with HID?
My headlights look yellow to me like the halogens, did not open to look for a ballasts yet but was wondeing before I do. Did all 2007-09 come with xenon (hid)?
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Not all, but you must mean "all US cars" where I assume all should have xenons. Looking at the manual, I cannot find where the manual level control switch would appear, I guess even a car with halogen lights would have auto levelling. Even the washer switch has disappeared from current models. Seeing the data card would be the simplest way of checking this (if not from the car itself).
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W211s did not come with bi-xenons standard. Even the mighty E63 AMG has bi-xenons optional (this statement is for US cars.)
In Europe I believe the Avantegarde models have bi-xenon standard as part of that trim level. This is why from the facelift onward all US sport models came with headlamp washers standard. This is most likely because it is easier and less expensive for them to manufacter one bumper for all sport models that have headlamp washers than make a one off for the US. This is why you can't use the prescene of headlamp washers to determine if the car has bi-xenons.
In Europe I believe the Avantegarde models have bi-xenon standard as part of that trim level. This is why from the facelift onward all US sport models came with headlamp washers standard. This is most likely because it is easier and less expensive for them to manufacter one bumper for all sport models that have headlamp washers than make a one off for the US. This is why you can't use the prescene of headlamp washers to determine if the car has bi-xenons.
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For those years Keyless Go and bi-xenons were part of Premium II and that is the only way to get Bi-xenons.
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223.168 & 213.012 & 906.633 & 214.005
W211s did not come with bi-xenons standard. Even the mighty E63 AMG has bi-xenons optional (this statement is for US cars.)
In Europe I believe the Avantegarde models have bi-xenon standard as part of that trim level. This is why from the facelift onward all US sport models came with headlamp washers standard. This is most likely because it is easier and less expensive for them to manufacter one bumper for all sport models that have headlamp washers than make a one off for the US. This is why you can't use the prescene of headlamp washers to determine if the car has bi-xenons.
In Europe I believe the Avantegarde models have bi-xenon standard as part of that trim level. This is why from the facelift onward all US sport models came with headlamp washers standard. This is most likely because it is easier and less expensive for them to manufacter one bumper for all sport models that have headlamp washers than make a one off for the US. This is why you can't use the prescene of headlamp washers to determine if the car has bi-xenons.
Odd because we have xenons standard for all W221 models (not this way everywhere in Europe though).
Last edited by Diesel Benz; Dec 30, 2008 at 11:03 AM.
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Yes all W221 in the United States had bi-xenons standard.
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