I've been waiting a while to install these. I finally did it today. They've been sitting in a box for almost a month. I've always been fond of the "roundies", though technically, a Euro 300D from 1982 would not have them from the factory. They've got 55/60 H4s, and 55W H3 Yellowstars by Hella. I'll wire up the city lights later. They're also vacuum adjustable, I have the vacuum feature fully set up, ran the vacuum lines into the cabin and to the adjustment switch. I'll post more pics later.

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

Very nice, Congratulations

IMO, thats the biggest "bang for the buck" up grade you can do to a 123.

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1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K
1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild
1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K
1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor
2014 Kubota L3800 tractor
1964 VW bug

"Lifes too short to drive a boring car"

let me know how u did the vaccum, bc i have the light adjustment in my cabin, but they no longer addjust my lights.....somthing else i need to do heh

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1983 Euro 240D 277K
2016 Mazda 6
Coming Soon, 2013 Mercedes E350 Bluetec
Formers:
2012- Mazda 3
2007 Outlander- complete pile
1995 E300 Diesel 208K
2007 VW Passat 2.0T 63K SOLD
2003 Jaguar X-type 3.0 Sport Sold 04/11 w/88K
2009 Lexus RX350 9061 miles. Sold 04/09
2008 Mitsubishi Lancer GTS:Totaled Sept.,09 @ 24,000
2003 Infiniti I35 58K Sold
1984 300 turbo diesel 222K

I think the most distinctive aspect of W123's are the round "bug-like" headlights.
So, I believe if you want Euro's, the round is the best way to go, so nice job. Now, having said that, I went and looked at your car in your gallery, and I must say I think it looks better with the US spec. lights. But I bet you sure can see better at night now.......


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and just to clarify my insignificant opinion, I think W116's and W126's look better with the rectangular Euros than the stock headlight assy's.........

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

How long did the install take you? I got a set of those that need to be cleaned and installed in my closet.

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1979 240D- 316K miles - VGT Turbo, Intercooler, Stick Shift, Many Other Mods - Daily Driver

1982 300SD - 232K miles - Wife's Daily Driver

1986 560SL - Wife's red speed machine

That's the one mod (round euros) I would like to add to my 240D. I think it keeps the unique look of the 123. Nice job. Whoever said the 116 is better with the rectangle euros is spot on in my opinion.

Kevin
1979 240D manual
1984 190D manual

Those are the "round" euros, no vacuum adjustment, but they are just as bright, IMO, I have both and the round ones are just a good.

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1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K
1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild
1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K
1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor
2014 Kubota L3800 tractor
1964 VW bug

"Lifes too short to drive a boring car"

gosh, i thought for a minute that you found a stash of euro 300D's with 5 speed manuals in them. i would have driven straight to houston and rented a huge flatbed to haul 2 of them back with me.

then i awoke and was happy to see your euro lights, congrats.

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Grey '91 350SDL 214k Dad's car
Beige '81 240D 4 Speed 254k SOLD
Blue '82 300D 225k SOLD
White '95 E300D 46k SOLD
Blue '87 190D 2.5 Turbo 315k SOLD
Brown '80 240D 4 Speed 716k SOLD
Beige '80 300D N/A 119k SOLD
Blue '85 300D Model 186k T-Boned

If you do just the lights by themselves, it'll probably take you 30-45 mins, or less. If you put in everything, including the switch, vacuum lines, etc... Look to spend about 2 hrs.

To clarify, my "roundies" do indeed have vacuum adjustment, it's fun to watch that light beam go up and down against a wall.

First, you need to make sure you have vacuum elements in your lamps, you'll need to open them up and take a look. They'll be black, disc shaped with a rod pertruding from them, which is attached to the reflector. If you have that, you'll need 5 meters of hard vacuum tubing, get a few inches of the rubber tubing too, and two 3 way connectors. Check the back of the switch and make sure you have the blue and black check valve. I used this page to guide me.
http://web.archive.org/web/20040609012732/http://www.varshney.net/SEC/euro_install/

All the pics aren't there, but it's a good general source to get your bearings. I tee'd into the solid brown line behind the instrument cluster instead of the economy gauge like he did because, well, diesels don't have economy gauges!

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

Great job! They look very nice on your car.

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2009 VW TDI Jetta Sportwagon 172k miles (rear-ended harder than Elton John on 8/4/13. Total loss)

1991 Volvo 240 142k miles (T-boned by a stop sign runner. Total loss)