I have a glacier white 300e, and was thinking about upgrading to euro headlights. I want an updated look, but all the ebay ads make all the different styles look quite ghetto, which I'm trying to stay away from. Do you guys have any recomendations on some new headlights that are affordable (~$200) that keep the car at least somewhat classy looking? Please post pics if you feel inclined to do so. Thanks, guys.

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1989 300E 144K

These seem to look promising

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1989 300E 144K

A good set of used Bosch or Hella are the way to go. I have used Bosch on my W126 I bought on ebay for $150. That has been one of the best upgrades I did. I enjoy driving at night where there are no streetlamps and can revel in how much better they are than my brothers toyota land cruiser! They make the car look so much better too, especially if the plastic doors are all yellowed out over the years.

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1984 300SD Orient Red/ Palomino
1989 560SEC
2016 Mazda 6 6 speed manual
1995 Ford F-150 reg cab 4.9 5speed manual

personally I prefer the original type cause they hide scratching and pitting a little better.

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1984 300SD Orient Red/ Palomino
1989 560SEC
2016 Mazda 6 6 speed manual
1995 Ford F-150 reg cab 4.9 5speed manual

These lights on my car are probably 20 yrs old and still put out good light and look good. I'm not sure what those clear ones look like in 5 yrs. Are they plastic?

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1984 300SD Orient Red/ Palomino
1989 560SEC
2016 Mazda 6 6 speed manual
1995 Ford F-150 reg cab 4.9 5speed manual

Hmmm. Good point.

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1989 300E 144K

Those look like knock-off euros. Get a set of real Bosch units.

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

Nothing could be finer than to be...a yeah the Euros.

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"It's normal for these things to empty your wallet and break your heart in the process."
2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

The Bosch or Hella units are undoubtedly the best, but very hard to find unless someone is auctioning off an extra pair on eBay or CraigsList.

The next best is Depo (readily available on eBay) and most run for around $200 (not incl. shipping). Those here that have those units say that they are okay, quality-wise.

I had the opportunity to do the conversion after my W124 suffered front-end damage. The body shop balked at attempting the conversion so I stuck with OEM.

After they screwed up one of the headlight harnesses and couldn't figure out how to fix it, I took the car home and dismantled both lights to determine the cause. I corrected the harness (wired backwards), but most importantly, saw how easily I could have done the Euro conversion myself.

So I'm getting Depos soon and deleting the wipers. Mine don't work anyway...

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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

DO IT!!!!

You will not regret it!




When did your 124 get a boo-boo? Was it before or after I saw it last summer?

As for the lights, stick with glass euro lights.... I have the Hella Euros on the wagon, but Depos are good too.

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-Justin

91 560 SEC AMG - other dogs dd
01 Honda S2000 - dogs dd
07 MB ML320 CDI - dd
16 Lexus IS250 - wifes dd

it's automatic.

The Depo might be what I do. Can I keep my fancy shmancy headlight wipers with these?

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1989 300E 144K

they say on the W124 you have to delete them. I dont know if thats true, but probably. I have never seen wipers on with them or without euro type wipers.

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1984 300SD Orient Red/ Palomino
1989 560SEC
2016 Mazda 6 6 speed manual
1995 Ford F-150 reg cab 4.9 5speed manual

How would that work (deleting)? Would you have to replace it with a solid bezel or cap the hole or something? on a side note, can I just do new healight doors on the existing lights, or are they more of a 1piece unit. I see replacement doors on ebay, but I would be concerned that I would be getting plastic (not that they're not plastic now)...

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1989 300E 144K

I would go with the either Depo, Bosch, or Hella Euros.... They look the best, and IMO perform the best.

As for the panel under the lights, you get the panel under the lights without holes for like $15 per side from the dealer.

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-Justin

91 560 SEC AMG - other dogs dd
01 Honda S2000 - dogs dd
07 MB ML320 CDI - dd
16 Lexus IS250 - wifes dd

it's automatic.

I probably wouldn't buy a set of Depo headlights again. The ones I had on my W123, while they looked good and everything, were impossible to align because the adjustment screws did not work at all. These Asian-made headlights are half the price of the real Bosch ones and there's usually a good reason for that. There were some other people with the same problem but I dont know if anyone ever came up with a solution. So i had one headlight pointed down and one headlight pointed up. The Hella e-code round headlights I had before were much better and 1/4 price.

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1985 CA 300D Turbo , 213K mi