I'm becoming a purist ... kind of - Page 2 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Chad300tdt · #16 01-06-2009, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by babymog

Now you certainly haven't installed cupholders have you? The car is going straight to hell once that happens.

Where's my handbasket?

w123 cup holders with closely matching Zebrano

babymog · #17 01-06-2009, 12:06 PM

That's the other thing we always tried to change, finding Euro bumpers was the "holy grail" though and buying them gray-market was big $$$$.

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I guess my cars are total bastards since they don't have Euro bumpers either

babymog · #18 01-06-2009, 12:08 PM

The correct European handbasket had a leather strap to keep the lid closed at high speed y'know.

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Originally Posted by Chad300tdt

Where's my handbasket?

w123 cup holders with closely matching Zebrano

E150GT · #19 01-06-2009, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Dee8go

I've never really understood all the excitement over Euro lights. I think they look just fine and they make more sense to me than sealed beams, but yours look just fine.

I always told myself I didn't want euros, but now that I have them, I can never go back. Well, I kept my originals just in case somebody or I smash them on accident. I don't want to say I couldn't see with US spec headlights, but I couldn't see with US spec headlights like I can now.

::matthew · #20 01-06-2009, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by babymog

Now you certainly haven't installed cupholders have you? The car is going straight to hell once that happens.

I've got cupholders and h4 conversions. Does that get me a 1st class ticket?

toomany MBZ · #21 01-06-2009, 01:49 PM

I put Hellas on my CD, they shine just fine. They are "flat", don't know if you can tell in the pic, an even handsomer look than sealed beams.

The road lights up much better than the stock units on my SD.

MBeige · #22 01-06-2009, 03:03 PM

The only way to go with the US look and retain the performance of the Euro lights, is to install any of the 7" H4 conversions discussed numerous times (Autopal, Hella, Bosch, Cibie, etc). There's something nice about being a purist, but there's something nicer about being a purist, and then some

However, I really like the look of the Euro lights in day light, with the city lights at dusk/dawn, and the obvious performance advantage at night over standard sealed beams. That's why I swapped them for the US DOT lights, which I still have, even if the US DOT light assemblies the car wore already had Hella H4 conversions.

Chad300tdt · #23 01-06-2009, 03:09 PM

I would have gone with new Euros, but the US lights I just put on were less than half the cost of the cheap Ebay Euros. The US lights included all the bulbs too.

I could convert to H4's and still be ahead, but I'm pretty happy with them as is for now.

MBeige · #24 01-06-2009, 03:18 PM

I wanted to edit my post but you were too fast

Wanted to say, get new lenses for your Euros. I went thru that transition as well. My Euro lights were pitted. So I got a new set of lenses (Bosch), installed them and everything was much better. I recall, it was akin to having those brand new Hella/Bosch H4 round 7" conversions installed, since both were essentially new.

You have Bosch/Hella Euros before right? I hope they're not the aftermarket ones, I heard you can't get new lenses for the aftermarket units.

johnathan1 · #25 01-06-2009, 03:20 PM

But now your car looks like any other 300TD!

Chad300tdt · #26 01-06-2009, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by MBeige

I wanted to edit my post but you were too fast

Wanted to say, get new lenses for your Euros. I went thru that transition as well. My Euro lights were pitted. So I got a new set of lenses (Bosch), installed them and everything was much better. I recall, it was akin to having those brand new Hella/Bosch H4 round 7" conversions installed, since both were essentially new.

You have Bosch/Hella Euros before right? I hope they're not the aftermarket ones, I heard you can't get new lenses for the aftermarket units.

Yeah, but everything is falling apart on them. The main assemblies are fine, but the adjusters are broken, the inner grills are broken, the reflectors are dull (one I even coated with silver tape) and the lenses look frosted.

I figured it wasn't worth trying to refurbish them.

I have brand new silverstar bulbs in them too.

All the bulbs are brand new, even the city light bulbs. I'll trade all the bulbs and anything else that might be worth something to someone off them for an uncracked passenger side headlight door for my US lights if anyone is interested.

Chad300tdt · #27 01-06-2009, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by johnathan1

But now your car looks like any other 300TD!

I thought of that and came to terms with it already.

My stereo is better than most so that makes up for it.

MBeige · #28 01-06-2009, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Chad300tdt

Yeah, but everything is falling apart on them. The main assemblies are fine, but the adjusters are broken, the inner grills are broken, the reflectors are dull (one I even coated with silver tape) and the lenses look frosted.

I figured it wasn't worth trying to refurbish them.

I have brand new silverstar bulbs in them too.

All the bulbs are brand new, even the city light bulbs. I'll trade all the bulbs and anything else that might be worth something to someone off them for an uncracked passenger side headlight door for my US lights if anyone is interested.

Oh I see

What else is salvageable from your old Euros?