SL/R230: LED Conversion Help
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LED Conversion Help
Hi everyone
Well I am excited to pick up my new to me 2007 SL55 AMG and I have already ordered SmartTop module and Rear Shelf Bag
One thing I did not like when test driving was how dim the lights were as my daily driver is 2014 Audi A8 and LED lights are great
I did a lot of searching on this forum, and most posts are a couple years old, and as technology changes daily, I was wondering if there is a LED kit for our cars
I see some bulbs that say Plug and Play, some have canbus adapters.
There are soooooo many people making LED bulbs that I am at a loss to which works with our cars without throwing codes.
I want to stay away from the old HID conversion kits as they have bulky adapters when I converted my Boxster.
I read one post which lists the bulbs we have in our cars and I believe there are LED equivalents for all of them
The one I read most people are changing to LED are the Fog lights, but what about the Headlights
Thanks for any info or advise you can give
Well I am excited to pick up my new to me 2007 SL55 AMG and I have already ordered SmartTop module and Rear Shelf Bag
One thing I did not like when test driving was how dim the lights were as my daily driver is 2014 Audi A8 and LED lights are great
I did a lot of searching on this forum, and most posts are a couple years old, and as technology changes daily, I was wondering if there is a LED kit for our cars
I see some bulbs that say Plug and Play, some have canbus adapters.
There are soooooo many people making LED bulbs that I am at a loss to which works with our cars without throwing codes.
I want to stay away from the old HID conversion kits as they have bulky adapters when I converted my Boxster.
I read one post which lists the bulbs we have in our cars and I believe there are LED equivalents for all of them
The one I read most people are changing to LED are the Fog lights, but what about the Headlights
Thanks for any info or advise you can give
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Just don't. LED conversions are not ideal for the projectors. Go with a HID conversion if you have H7's. Contact a vendor who sells both. They will tell you, for your application, a HID kit is best.
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I thought they all come with xenon headlights? Because mine do look lie ones, but never looked up the VIN to confirm and i have the base 2005 SL500 model. Does it depend where it was sold?
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So I took a screen shot of options list I found for my car and Bi-Xenon Headlamps (614) were a $790 option
Don't understand how someone spends 128K$ for a car and wont spend an extra 790$ for headlights?
OK just checked further and maybe someone can shed some light (excuse the PUN) as another section say
High Intensity Discharge Headlights are standard equipment?
So I will search for difference between Bi-Xeon and HID Headlights and here is what I found
"Xenon headlights use four bulbs, while Bi-Xenon headlights only use two. 3. Xenon headlights switch between two sets of bulbs for high and low beams, while Bi-Xenon uses a mechanical system to set the beam of light."
So if I read correctly 2007 SL55 AMG does come with HID headlight, but there are 2 sets one for high and one for low beams!
Don't understand how someone spends 128K$ for a car and wont spend an extra 790$ for headlights?
OK just checked further and maybe someone can shed some light (excuse the PUN) as another section say
High Intensity Discharge Headlights are standard equipment?
So I will search for difference between Bi-Xeon and HID Headlights and here is what I found
"Xenon headlights use four bulbs, while Bi-Xenon headlights only use two. 3. Xenon headlights switch between two sets of bulbs for high and low beams, while Bi-Xenon uses a mechanical system to set the beam of light."
So if I read correctly 2007 SL55 AMG does come with HID headlight, but there are 2 sets one for high and one for low beams!
Last edited by Carsten Crooks; Sep 26, 2019 at 08:11 AM.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/merc...500/sd-AAbM0gH
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You should have HID headlights just not Bi-Xenon headlights, check out the link for your year and standard equipment
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/merc...500/sd-AAbM0gH
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Plenty available on Ebay. Here's one. No affiliation.https://www.ebay.com/itm/D1S-D1-HID-...AAAOSwo8hToda9
