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Old Dec 23, 2020 | 02:26 AM
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Question W221 Convertion to w222 need help headlights

Hi Fellas, i really have a lot of help in this forums , i actually get a lot of issues fix on my s430 2004, thanks
now i have a new project , to repeat what UKRAINIANS DID to convert the old S550 2008 W221 into the new S550 2O18 W222 P
I BOUGHT FROM PARTS , Bumper , fenders , Hood, Headlights , grille , and tail lights.

MINE IS WHITE ONE
I NEED HELP SETTING UP HEADLIGHTS , don't tell me it can't be done cause theres like 10 videos on YouTube the car is real
what i need to modified in order to work, i bought the pig tails plugs, i dont mind the errors on the dash , JUST HOW I CAN MADE
THEN TO TURN ON.
I WILL POST THE PICS OF THE PROJECT and i hope someone can help me and enjoy my job when i done











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Old Dec 23, 2020 | 08:27 AM
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so you want modern LEDs to work on an car 15 years older

….then you must follow the basics and get it right..... LED are polarity sensitive and use DC. But these days they don't have too, maybe with high power they are AC units and you need the electronics to cope? https://www.ledsmagazine.com/leds-ss...m-an-ac-supply
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Old Dec 23, 2020 | 02:33 PM
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I believe there is a control module for sale that will make the leds work for you, let me see if i can find the link
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Old Dec 24, 2020 | 09:42 AM
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so you want modern LEDs to work on an car 15 years older

….then you must follow the basics and get it right..... LED are polarity sensitive and use DC. But these days they don't have too, maybe with high power they are AC units and you need the electronics to cope? https://www.ledsmagazine.com/leds-ss...m-an-ac-supply
well its exactly how you said i want to make modern lights to work on my 08 S550.​
well the main issue that i see its that the new lights has a 2 huge module that controls the lights and movement. I don't care if they move or not. But I don't know what to do so head lights actually works so modules start sending signals to the leds.
but I going to start to learn more about polarity.
thanks.
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Old Dec 24, 2020 | 09:46 AM
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I believe there is a control module for sale that will make the leds work for you, let me see if i can find the link
thanks for replying im sure there's should be some kind of module or or set of connections that does Chinese and Russian use to do that conversion. That maybe don't even shows that error message on the dash. But what or where its.
really appreciate your reply.
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Old Dec 24, 2020 | 10:40 AM
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Old Dec 25, 2020 | 03:08 AM
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Originally Posted by mrversace
thanks for replying im sure there's should be some kind of module or or set of connections that does Chinese and Russian use to do that conversion. That maybe don't even shows that error message on the dash. But what or where its.
really appreciate your reply.
Check with this website https://carsystems.com.ua talk to them and see if they have what you are looking for and keep us updated! I have been interested in doing something similar to this, I will appreciate if you let me know everything so I can know what to expect when I want to do mine
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But why?
cause I planning to face lift my old 2008 sclass into new 2018 sclass.
Why cuase I don't have 100k to by me the new s560 2018.
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Originally Posted by mrversace
cause I planning to face lift my old 2008 sclass into new 2018 sclass.
Why cuase I don't have 100k to by me the new s560 2018.
Did you ever complete the upgrade? Because I’m here looking for that info as well. At least the lights anyway.
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