jjomaa

Hi

I just recently purchased a 2013 sl63 and i'm not happy with the North American style head lamps with the orange in them. It would be nice to swap them out for the euorpean style lights... Is this possible??

Thanks

okbarnett

what part? do you mean the turn signal piece that is in the light?

Chris The Swede

+1

E55Jess

if its not possible send them to professional they will clear you the orange part!

okbarnett

maybe (if possible) dissassemble the light and remove the orange plastic

justthebest

I'd assume it's a plug and play swap, but I think you'd have to buy the whole headlight. So it'd get expensive quick.

jjomaa

the clear side marker and the signal light which means the whole assemlby would need to be replaced

The dealership said they can't order european parts

justthebest

You need to get the Euro part number and you can just find a website to order it / them

okbarnett

yes they can order the part, call Joey at Hendricks Mercedes, Charolette.
He also gives %15

RMAZ

Have you had any luck with this? I feel the same and this is what I have done so far. I have removed the front bumper in order to remove a light housing. The amber lighted strip is fiber optic so I'm not sure is there is anyway to change it to white. Also to remove the amber reflector inside the housing you would have to separate the lens and this is not an easy deal. I talked to our dealer here and they are not able to source the euro part so I called a dealer in Rome Italy and they are looking into the cost and time to get the parts in. The headlight housing comes without the hid and electronics. These parts would swap over from the lights on the car now. The Italian version does not have the amber reflectors and the light strip is white. Also the Italian version is set for right lane drive like we are here is the states. I have family in Rome that can pic up and ship the new euro style lights to me once in. I will post once I have all the details and cost.

Randy

DCMETRO22Z

I completely agree with you guys... That orange piece of crap make the car look cheaper.

The euro version looks really better.

RMAZ

Well after weeks of calls to mercedes Italy and my brother going to the dealer in rome it's ended up at a dead end. They can order the lights at a cost of 2200.00 each but no guarantee on them working for us car. I'm pretty sure they will plug in and operate the same but it's not a guarantee. My next step.... I already pulled a head light and there is a fiber optic line with an amber light source that creates the amber light running across the headlight. I am going to disassemble the light and remove the light source to see if its possible to male it white or replace it. No clue at this point and there are no replacement parts from Benz for this fiber optic light. I will update when more info is found.

justthebest

Sounds like a frustrating outcome. Let us know how the LED (I assume) retrofit goes.

RMAZ

Latest news.... I have the euro part numbers and US dealers cannot order the parts. I am now contacting a dealer in Germany and seeing if thy can ship the lights. Should know in a few days

Chris The Swede

I gladely help you otherwise...

RMAZ

That would be great. They will not ship these parts to a US Mercedes dealer. Here are the part numbers. A2318202561 / A2318202661

Not sure if you have a dealer account set up for dealer pricing or not but we'd do here and it makes a big difference in cost.

Let me know and thanks!

Randy

RMAZ

Here are the links to the pages for the euro lights.

http://www.mbgtc.de/Karosserieteile-...40.html?pgNr=4

http://www.mbgtc.de/Karosserieteile-...am=A2318202661