nice one ozc36 for the fast reply!

sorted!! happy days. done the switch swap! since the relay wasnt the culprit. took about an hour and a half to remove from my c280 and another hour and half to refit to my c36.

i looked every where last night to try and find what the culprit was which was causing my headlights alarm to beep when the doors were opened and the key out of the ignition and the lights turned off! so yes the beeping shouldn't have been happening! but it was the stalk all along!

strange problem because i havnt heard anyone else speak about this!

surprisingly all wiring under the steering and behind the instrument cluster was intact! expected them to be deteriorated like the engine wiring harness on these 1995 cars.