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Hey guys ive been all over ebay , amazon and other sites i cant find anyone selling them for the w211 e63 . can someone point me to the right to the site or link thanks
type w211 headlight lens in ebay and a few will come up.
Do we have any update from someone who has replaced these in terms of yellowing? I ask only because a lot of stuff coming from china lacks the UV properties and though it looks good now, eventually turns an ugly yellow.
Just wanted to see..
Bumping this, as I am looking to finally refresh the exterior of my E63 this spring, and would rather do a lens replacement with a local shop than trash an otherwise good set of headlights just to replace the plastic lens
Sorry to hijack but I have a spare unused passenger side lens just sitting around. I ordered a set off eBay and they sent me two passenger side lenses (imagine that). I haggled with the seller in very broken English but basically got stonewalled and it was not worth the effort/expense to keep pursuing a refund or exchange.
That said, it's not worth the expense to ship it anywhere even if giving it away. So, if anyone wants it, I will send it along with a pair of barely used E55 engine mounts (I ended up going with the Creative Steel poly mounts) as a package deal for $50 shipped USPS priority. PM me for PayPal.
Regarding the install was it easy to do yourself? Just called a local shop and all they do is the lens polishing not baking and resealing.
My experience as well; can't find anyone that'll replace them. Polishing didn't get me the improvement I am looking for.
One shop says he stopped doing it because too many would develop moisture inside and people would demand a re-do to make it worthwhile.
The key to keeping looking brand new, is to cover them in paint protection film, so that they are UV protected from the elements and road debris. I replaced my lenses years ago, and they still look brand new today.
The front of my car is wrapped in PPF, including the front splitter and fog lights. But for the headlights, I have a thicker layer to protect those and the fog lights.
Please post your procedure and what temp and time in the oven to get the old lenses off. I replaced my original headlights with new Hella full replacements (at great cost) when I did a front facelift on my E63 last year (new headlights, new front grille, new OEM front bumper cover, new foglights, new mesh grille and side grilles). I want to replace the lenses in the full units I took off. I got the butyl rope (Japan real stuff) and need to do this job as well. Will keep the old headlights as spares. I also immediately put Lamin-X on my headlights and foglights lenses and had the fresh and new front bumper cover wrapped in PPF.
Please post your procedure and what temp and time in the oven to get the old lenses off. I replaced my original headlights with new Hella full replacements (at great cost) when I did a front facelift on my E63 last year (new headlights, new front grille, new OEM front bumper cover, new foglights, new mesh grille and side grilles). I want to replace the lenses in the full units I took off. I got the butyl rope (Japan real stuff) and need to do this job as well. Will keep the old headlights as spares. I also immediately put Lamin-X on my headlights and foglights lenses and had the fresh and new front bumper cover wrapped in PPF.
There's literally a thousand tutorials on YouTube. I've done mine before in an oven, but you need to take care to keep the headlight off of the hot metal grill inside the oven or you'll melt your lights. 200 degrees for 12 minutes or so should do the trick. I used a garden paver, but got crazy looks from my wife.
When I do it again I'll just use a box and a heat gun, like this method:
You only want to heat up the headlights enough to loosen up the adhesive glue that bonds the lenses to the headlight unit. A heat gun works, but do not keep the heat in one area to long, that is why the oven works better. Use a pry tool, to gently wedge the lens from the headlight unit, when assembling use a adhesive sealant and clamps to hold the entire assembly together. This is my best advice, YouTube is a good resource but exercise caution as these bi-xenon headlights aren’t keep if you screw one up.
Neither method is better or worse. Both methods are using an oven, and indirect heat when done properly, except one has metal and very hot sides, that can be less forgiving if you do something wrong. The cardboard is a poor conductor of heat, and will quite literally never be able to burn or melt your parts. Put a divider in there like shown in the video, and monitor the heat on the side with the headlight housing and it's completely and perfectly safe.
@bobgodd I watched that video reference, whichI have everything needed to do it.
Last bit I am waiting on is the front light gasket for the driver's side before I go through the process. With eveyrhing I've done mechanically with this and all my vehicles this should be a walk in the park.
While you have them open I would suggest a clear lens swap to the ZKW-R or a complete projector upgrade with the Morimoto EvoX-R 2.0. These are drop and play with no mod needed.
With the cars age the heat from bulbs it can burn the projector bowl.
06-14-2018, 03:52 PM
