Decoding VIN for Xenons?
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Decoding VIN for Xenons?
I am about to purchase an E55. The seller advertised it has having bi-xenons. I am 750 miles away from the vehicle. I had an inspection done at an MB dealer, but forgot to ask if it had bi-xenons. I emailed the seller and now he says he can't confirm 100%, as the car is not at his location. Is there any way to tell by the VIN or in the MB service systyem if it was thus equipped?
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if you have the vin#, call a mercedes-benz dealer and give them the vin, they can run it on the computer and get all the options for that particular car. You will not be able to tell just by decoding the vin, particular option information is not included in the vin number.
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This is the car:
http://vipimports.com/E55.php
I already have a deposit on it but another member here told me to double check. Is there any way to tell by looking at the pictures?
http://vipimports.com/E55.php
I already have a deposit on it but another member here told me to double check. Is there any way to tell by looking at the pictures?
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Originally Posted by medici78
This is the car:
http://vipimports.com/E55.php
I already have a deposit on it but another member here told me to double check. Is there any way to tell by looking at the pictures?
http://vipimports.com/E55.php
I already have a deposit on it but another member here told me to double check. Is there any way to tell by looking at the pictures?
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medici78,
I am personal friends with Daniel over at VIP, he sold my old Supra and we've done other business transactions. I can assure you, if he says it has xenons, the car has xenons. You are buying from an upstanding individual and will not be disappointed.
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I am personal friends with Daniel over at VIP, he sold my old Supra and we've done other business transactions. I can assure you, if he says it has xenons, the car has xenons. You are buying from an upstanding individual and will not be disappointed.
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I am afraid that this vehicle does NOT have factory installed xenon headlamps. If it did, there would be headlamp washer cutouts in the front bumper. It still may have xenons but it was not the factory option. I love that color btw!
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Originally Posted by Marcus Frost
medici78,
I am personal friends with Daniel over at VIP, he sold my old Supra and we've done other business transactions. I can assure you, if he says it has xenons, the car has xenons. You are buying from an upstanding individual and will not be disappointed.
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I am personal friends with Daniel over at VIP, he sold my old Supra and we've done other business transactions. I can assure you, if he says it has xenons, the car has xenons. You are buying from an upstanding individual and will not be disappointed.
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I REALLY, REALLY hope it has the xenons.
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It may have aftermarket Xenons, but without headlight washers, they're not original. With the retrofit, I assume you're not going to have the curve sensing or maybe even the self leveling. The real question is is this really important to you? I have them but really, living in the city, it's not that big of a deal.
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Originally Posted by xraymd
It may have aftermarket Xenons, but without headlight washers, they're not original. With the retrofit, I assume you're not going to have the curve sensing or maybe even the self leveling. The real question is is this really important to you? I have them but really, living in the city, it's not that big of a deal.
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medici78,
That may be the case then, if you want I can contact Daniel personally and discuss the car with him for you. It's odd that E55s don't come standard with Xenons, but I guess there are enough people that don't want them. :shrug:
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That may be the case then, if you want I can contact Daniel personally and discuss the car with him for you. It's odd that E55s don't come standard with Xenons, but I guess there are enough people that don't want them. :shrug:
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Originally Posted by Marcus Frost
medici78,
That may be the case then, if you want I can contact Daniel personally and discuss the car with him for you. It's odd that E55s don't come standard with Xenons, but I guess there are enough people that don't want them. :shrug:
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That may be the case then, if you want I can contact Daniel personally and discuss the car with him for you. It's odd that E55s don't come standard with Xenons, but I guess there are enough people that don't want them. :shrug:
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As you said, he is a stand-up guy and was very open to my suggestions and offered to return my deposit immediately if I wanted to back out of the deal. However, we came to an agreement. It looks like I will be buying the car after all. 
However, as soon as I get it home, I'll be installing a set of xenons.
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Make sure if you get them installed you get the self levelling feature installed as well.
You can read all about people doing this and not being able to do this on certain cars in the W211 forum.
I like the washer feature, I have used it about 10 times and each time it really made a huge difference.
Also, you are right, why does MB USA not include it as standard. The E500 and E55 in Canada comes with BiXenon's standard as you would expect on a car that is a "luxury" sedan.
You can read all about people doing this and not being able to do this on certain cars in the W211 forum.
I like the washer feature, I have used it about 10 times and each time it really made a huge difference.
Also, you are right, why does MB USA not include it as standard. The E500 and E55 in Canada comes with BiXenon's standard as you would expect on a car that is a "luxury" sedan.
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Originally Posted by atssystems.com
Make sure if you get them installed you get the self levelling feature installed as well.
You can read all about people doing this and not being able to do this on certain cars in the W211 forum.
I like the washer feature, I have used it about 10 times and each time it really made a huge difference.
Also, you are right, why does MB USA not include it as standard. The E500 and E55 in Canada comes with BiXenon's standard as you would expect on a car that is a "luxury" sedan.
You can read all about people doing this and not being able to do this on certain cars in the W211 forum.
I like the washer feature, I have used it about 10 times and each time it really made a huge difference.
Also, you are right, why does MB USA not include it as standard. The E500 and E55 in Canada comes with BiXenon's standard as you would expect on a car that is a "luxury" sedan.
