Taillight mod. w124.

[kimuls]

I just broke one of my aftermarket taillights. so I had to replace them with some original I had lying around. Then I thought for my self, now is the chance to do what I have long wanted to do. To have all three red lights on each side as driving lights, and at the same time have a brake light. In a regular setup, this is not possible. But I made a workaround, wich maybe someone else would like that I shared?

I used some parts from the aftermarket lights I had, to rebuild the lightsockets. I wanted three driving lights down low on the rear light, and move the brakelight to the middle. which I thought looked the best. If you look at the picture, I have made a twin powered socket for a "double light bulb". 21W/5W. and I changed all the rest of the driving lights to 5w aswell. this means the total power drawn from the circuits shouldnt be too much, and I guess the amount of light at the rear would be close to legal?

please look at the pictures and tell me if you like the idea.

Cheers,
Kim

[lsmalley]

Nice. I did this same mod on my w201. looks good

[kimuls]

Thanks man! Do you have pictures of your car with this mod? It would be cool if you could upload them to show others how it would look on a w201.

[lsmalley]

for mine, I had a blank spot for a light, so I moved my brake lights to the inner spaces by the license plates and have my driving lights just inside of the turn signal lights

[kimuls]

Here's some more pictures.. I must say, I'm not really sure I like it haha.