MBFLO

Whats up guys , Happy New Years !!!

So my driver side hid bulb been out for couple days now and I was in the process of ordering a new one.. Couple questions as its been cold as hell , dont have a garage and by time i get off work the sun goes down . Now when i turn on my headlights the bulb at question flickers but does not turn on .. Its been to cold to sit out and test the oppisite side to due to fact that the bulb wont come out without unscrewing the torq screws holding in the plastic cover so i was wonderin anyone dealt with this issue before . My guess is if it was the ballast the bulb wouldnt recieve any power at all . But then im also thinking if the bulb was blown it wouldnt recieve any power to flicker at startup . This happened a couple months back for a day or two and somehow just worked again without touching anything now its been about 3-4 days and hasnt come on . Any ideas before i go out in the freezing cold in attempt to figure out if its bulb or ballast .. TIA .. Best Wishes to all in this New Year !!!

MR888

Most likely the bulb

MBFLO

yea im hoping thats its also but with 20 degree weather its too damn cold to sit out there why the hell mbz have to make it so you cant remove the bulb by just turning it out so ghey ..

also damn 0ver 100 views and no one has ever dealt with this issue time to ask on the other forum

MBFLO

So i just got new bulbs philips Hid bulbs in , pulled the plug on the blown headlight and low and behold it wont work .. tried the bulb side that works and lit right up .. So now im in search of a ballast .. Does anyone know if the ballasts are interchangable with other MB . does hella have a differnt part number for every differnt model thats equipped with Xenons .. Also how the hell do i get that ballast out of there as it seems i have to pull the whole headlight out ? been riding with a headlight out for over a week now shyt starting to get to me now ..Thanks for any input anyone might have ..

Peter_02AMG

You got a 01 so you have to remove the bumper to remove the headlights. The ballast is located below the headlight which is enclosed inside the housing. If I rememory correctly the ballast are interchangable. Its a PITA to remove the headlight, have fun.

MBFLO

Thanks im sure its gonn be alot of fun !!!
Been searching left and right about how to take this off my self .. Looks like ima just gonna take it to a collision shop if there isnt anyways i can slide out the headlight housings without removing the complete bumper . I seen where the ballast is and wondering did they think they gonna last forever the way they secured them in there lol .. anyhow gonna get there one way or another ..

MBFLO

Actually just seen you DIY front bumper removal havnt seen that till just a minute ago .. pretty nice think i will tackle this my self once weather breaks ...

MBFLO

anyone happen to have a pic of what the ballast for our e55 looks like or a part number ..cant seem to find one just for the ballast specifically

Peter_02AMG

This is what came out of my 2002.

MBFLO

Thanks Pete , ur da man !!!

Peter_02AMG

Glad I can help

armaniE55

Pete you still have those? lol sell them if you do.

I was going to see there is a write up with pics over at benzworl# also while your in there get yourself a new set of depo's I'm going to test the D2S myself and If I don't like the cut-off I'll run with a retro-fit. 50/50 shot but I just can't stand looking at the old style headlights any longer lol

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I would have posted earlier but I have been working on my winter beater. Dodge Stratus (tinted at least ) finished up Water pump, timing belt, thermostat, re-seal tranny pan and 1 shock w/mount. Topped off with HID. Even in the garage it's freeeeeezing so I feel ya!

Armani

MBFLO

well got my new <used> ballast/ignitor. called couple places just to see how much they charge to install it , first place quoted me $240 mw, next place called asked for $180 et .This seems like something i can do my self but this cold Michigan winter kills it with no garage to work in . So i might just let somone else do the install . Usually on any of my other cars would of done this myself but this time MB has the upper edge . **** got the balast for $50 shipped and pay one $180 to install something not right with that picture .lol o well we see in next day or two what happens < wishing i was in florida right now be outside with the bumper off>/

Peter_02AMG

They charging you labor to remove the bumper..it alots of work for someone who never remove one before..First time it take me over an hour to remove it..but I got the bumper off in 20min the 2nd time.


Armani, I sold it along time ago.

MBFLO

finally got some Light back in this ***** ..
Special thanks to pete for the write up and pics .. helped out great . Buddy of mine helped out bigtime and provided big heated warehouse to work in , infact he did most the work i did the mexican labor,lol . But ended up using a ballast from a 01 CLK . fit like a charm , thanks god figuring it was a used ballast . Ended up pulling out the bumper and driver side headlight , my HID ballast was burnt out and so was my high beam . Also my pass. hid foglight was burnt out , thanks god it was only the bulb . Ended up taking out the BS 5k and put in the 3400k golden yellow . I kinda got sik of that tryin to match all whitish looking bulbs when none actually looked the same except from a distance . Anyhow took me about 3 1/2 to remove bumper , headlight , remove complete pass foglight because the housing inside had come loose from the brackets . then had to jimmy rig the foglight xenons because i ran the wiring thru the breather hole so i spliced the wires then fished thru the little hole , buttoned everything back up and viola .. everything works .. God i probably wouldnt have been able todo it without the knowledge of this forum . Love the way the yellow looks in the snow . If my fog xenons burn out anymore< so far only once> I will be throwing my PIAA's back in cuz too much hassle trying to get the HID bulbs in that small *** housing .. here what looks like now