SLK/R170: headlight replace, help please!
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headlight replace, help please!
i just bought a pair of new style halo ring headlights from eBay.
they look very nice on my car. but when i tried to connect all the wires, i found out there are only 3 wires come from my car and there are 4 wires from the new headlight.
they did not send me the adaptor for the wiring stuff and i do not think they will.
Please help me.
what should i do?
just connect the wires by hand and wrap them by tape? but which connects to which?
or should i ask the M-benz guys to do that?
or....
has anyone done this?
Please help me, guys. Thank you so so so so much!
they look very nice on my car. but when i tried to connect all the wires, i found out there are only 3 wires come from my car and there are 4 wires from the new headlight.
they did not send me the adaptor for the wiring stuff and i do not think they will.
Please help me.
what should i do?
just connect the wires by hand and wrap them by tape? but which connects to which?
or should i ask the M-benz guys to do that?
or....
has anyone done this?
Please help me, guys. Thank you so so so so much!
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From: Aztec New Mexico
1999 Slk 230
I would try and get the right plug first. If that does not work I would go to a West Marine Store or Boaters World if you are near the coast most big lake towns have a marine store. The wire looks like 14ga wire get the Anchor brand heat shrink butt connectors strip the wire leaving 1/4 inch of wire exposed on each wire. Twist the end of the wire clock wise just a little to tighten the wire twist. Pust he wire in till the insulation hits the little stop inside the connector,crimp tight and heat with a lighter holding it about four inches away and the heat shrink will do just that shrink around the wire do not burn the conectors just heat them but get them real hot but not burning turning brown. You will see the thing tighten around the wire and what you get is a water tight seal and the Anchor brand is tinned metal which does resist corosion. All this is good for headlights which drive straight into the weather.
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Thanks
Thanks for ur help. but i am not a handy man, so i brought the car to a bodyshop today. it only took them 2 hrs to get those headlights wiring done and working.
DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM eBAY FOR UR SLK. That's the lesson i learnt.
DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM eBAY FOR UR SLK. That's the lesson i learnt.
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Preerty bold statement mate.
Early SLKs use a different plug than post 2000 models.
MB sells an adaptor cable so they plug together.
http://www.benzworld.org/forums/r170...-adapters.html
All the info on here:http://www.benzworld.org/forums/r170-slk-class/
It would help people on here if they knew what you drive
and what year
and where in the world you are 
Bazzle
Last edited by bazzle; Sep 22, 2007 at 07:30 AM.
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Half the fun of upgrading my car is doing the work myself. I got most of my parts off of ebay including my new headlights. Mine is a 2002 so I did not need the adaptor so the socket plugged right in. With the adaptor you can plug them right in. Only the Halo lights need to be connected on their own.
Last edited by E-Klasse; Sep 22, 2007 at 09:55 AM.
