Did a small search and did not come up with much, so I will ask. What is the best way to refresh or replace my old and tired looking yellow fog lights on my 83 300D? Good originals are hard to find and cost mucho $$$$

Ideally I would love to find something with a replaceable bulb like my Hella H4 headlights. Mainly want something that looks nice and gives off a good yellow light.

Thanks,

Glenn

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2012 Mercedes ML350 Bluetec 102K (hers)
2005 Corvette 55K (fun car)
2002 VW Jetta TDI 238K (mine)
1998 Volvo S70 T5 Turbo 211K (kids)
1994 Ford F150 4WD 246K (firewood hauler)
1983 Mercedes 300D 384K (diesel commuter)

H4 - HB2 - 9003 bulbs

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'80 300SD - '83 240D - '00 E55 AMG - '02 G500

That will work fine for the bulbs, but I need to find replacement headlights that will take replaceable bulbs first. Right now I still have the stock lights in the car........any links to replacement lights that take replaceable bulbs?

Thanks

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2012 Mercedes ML350 Bluetec 102K (hers)
2005 Corvette 55K (fun car)
2002 VW Jetta TDI 238K (mine)
1998 Volvo S70 T5 Turbo 211K (kids)
1994 Ford F150 4WD 246K (firewood hauler)
1983 Mercedes 300D 384K (diesel commuter)

If i recall correct. All w123 fog lights take bulbs. It's the headlights that came original with sealed beams.

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Current fleet
2006 E320 CDI
1992 300D - 5speed manual swapped

former members
1984 300D "Blues Mobile"

1978 300CD "El Toro"

I have some nice original W123 foglights with bulbs that I can send you for the cost of shipping - s $6.45 each. They are nice bright yellow lights with minimal pitting. If interested: Bwhitmore2@earthlink.net

If psaboic doesn't want them, can I take you up on that offer? My foglights are total goners (rusted entirely), but they are on the low-priority list.

However, this sounds like a steal...

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Betsie: 1984 W123 300D (hobby, 280k miles)
Myrla: 2001 Mazda Protege 2.0 ES 5spd (daily driver, 130k miles)
The Turd: 2007 Toyota Camry (wife's car, 118k miles)

Sent you an e-mail a couple hours ago....definitely interested

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2012 Mercedes ML350 Bluetec 102K (hers)
2005 Corvette 55K (fun car)
2002 VW Jetta TDI 238K (mine)
1998 Volvo S70 T5 Turbo 211K (kids)
1994 Ford F150 4WD 246K (firewood hauler)
1983 Mercedes 300D 384K (diesel commuter)

Does the W123 use a relay for these ? .

Mine were intermittent then quit entirely, I'm hoping there's a relay I can test....

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

I grabbed pair of sealed beam amber lights of the same size from someone a few years ago. The amber is a burnt yellow and I like it bit better aesthetically than the originals. Unfortunately there's no part number on them or marking other than "GE.' I'll let you know if I figure out what they are.

I do remember that they had a screw contact and I had to play with my connectors a bit to make them work.

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I recondition w123/w126/w124/w140/r107/r129/ steering boxes!


1984 300D "Elsa" odo reset 6/2011 147k
1983 300TD "Mitzi" ~268k OM603 powered
1995 E300 "Adelheid" 262k [Sold]

I have 2 others that are in line for these lights. I will let you know. Thanks.

As background info on this, as relayed by my mech; the yellow was made using cadmium in the glass. It has become some sort of radioactive isotope and can no longer be used, which is why you cant buy new yellow glass. Also said it was originally used due to a legal requirement in france only.

Somebody rumored that you can make yellow housings by using some sort of yellow plastic film, but as usual there was no detail or facts (link) provided.

It's not hard to find the yellow film, you can get more than enough to do both on eBay for a couple bucks. You definitely have to use a heat gun to stretch it, but otherwise it's straightforward. No myths about it.

You can also use the yellow MC202 Metalcast spray from Duplicolor, which is much easier.

-Rog

The glass on these are not yellow, but it is the reflector that is painted yellow. You can refresh the lights by using a heat gun to heat up the glass and loosen up the glue holding it to the reflector. The yellow coating can be removed with lacquer thinner on a cotton ball. Be careful not to scratch the silver on the reflector. Then you can re-apply a transparent yellow coating. I use VHT paint here.
DupliColor Yellow Anodized Metalcast Aerosol Spray Paint
Two light coats and then just glue the lens back on with some gray dripcheck and looks good as new!

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Fairport, NY
1973 Unimog 416 Doka
1980 Unimog 416 Doka
1981 Unimog 416 Doka
1984 Euro 280CE w/diesel conversion
1985 300TD Estate wagon
(I really need to stop buying these things!)
http://vonsmog.com

I used the overly expensive glass paint/stain(??) to coat my old fog lights: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005Y38S3E/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Works pretty good. Just keep applying light coats until you arrive at the hue you want. Can't speak to it's durability yet as I bought the stuff less than 6 months ago (I think??).

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Baton Rouge, LA
1977 300D Non-Turbo

I think clear looks better, and my 1984 has that. My 1985 has the yellow, but don't seem to work (too lazy to read the manual). Indeed, I prefer the (pricey) square-ish Euro headlamps.

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1964 & 65 Mopar's - Valiant, Dart, Newport
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