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HID's on my W124
Finally got around to installing the kit. But currently only have the low beams connected, the high beam halogen needs to be wired with a relay to work but i dont need them right now so ill finish that off later.
Anyway, my thoughts on the lighting......amazing. Much better clearity on the road! and now ive gotten to test them in the rain and damn what a difference they make! With halogens the light seemed to fade away into the rain and was pretty hard to see. Had to do alot of eye squinting, with the HID's the light is much more dense and therfore it doenst fade away in the rain. Its a good thing to, because if i didnt have them installed i would have ran over the possum that tried to run across the road. To take care of the glare problem i did what mike did to his W124 as posted in this thread. post #76 my next mod: Bi-Xenon HID headlamp upgrade But instead of moutning it on the light blub i removed the glass from the euro lense and mounted it on the whatever you call this(highlighted in red): (all repsects to dave m's pic) I used the metal plug from a set off my dads 65 mustang, now thats putting old junk to good use! Anyway, here are some shots of what the HID's look like. All crappy pics but i tried my best at it. on "spark up" http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/greasybenz/DSC_2760.jpg Once warmed they are a 5000K bright white. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/greasybenz/DSC_2764.jpg beam of light http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/greasybenz/P1020220.jpg some shots "on road" http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/greasybenz/P1020217.jpg tree was in the way but the car is about a 2 feet from where i took the pic so the light distance is pretty far. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/greasybenz/DSC_2766.jpg The kit, cost me $170 from a guy who sells them in san leandro. The ballasts have a lifetime warranty and the bulbs have a 1 year warranty. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/greasybenz/P1020211.jpg The kit was plug and play. absolutely no cutting of wires! just plug everything in to their corresponding connection. Only thing that will need to be wire up is the relay for the high beam. The high/low bulb look like this http://www.wusautogroup.com/pilot/bulb/h4hilo.jpg
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damn, lights that come with their own ballasts.
Does the kit come with the relay, extra wiring and instructions for the high beam retrofit? That's really cool and looks great. Thanks. Edit: Wonder if they'll work on the older US W124 lights (non-euro). I hope so.
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yes it came with the relay, wires, and instructions. But ill tackle that later, im happy with the low beam light right now.
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I think it would melt the relfector as its a plastic reflector and the euros have a metal reflector. So you might be out of luck on that one
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AWESOME. I am marking that down for a project this summer.
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yeah that's what I thought.
What year did they introduce the non-plastic housings on the W124? 91, 92? Got any contact info on the retailer of those HID kits?
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Mind sharing your supplier?
or am I missing something?
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here you go guys.
T&R lighting. phone:510-331-2348
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MERCEDES-W124-300E-1986-1993-EURO-HEADLIGHT-COMBO_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33710QQihZ011QQitemZ320064510965QQrdZ1
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I'd get those out of there ASAP. They will just p!ss off other drivers.
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How so? i controlled the glare problem which is what bothers people with HID's. Ill get a pic of what it looks like if the car was coming towards you to show you if there is a glare problem.
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I've attached a pic of the cut-off of my car with euro headlights. Notice that there is STILL some glare. Car was 25ft away.. Here are some shots shamelessly ripped from Steverino at HIDPlanet.com Note that these are from a proper projector housing... This thread has some good cut-off shots: Hella Ecode headlight beam pattern pics on my daughters 240D If you want to read up on HIDs the place to go is http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/index.php
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ok ill try to find a place to get some of those shots. For now im happy with my HID's!
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