I also just recieved my DEPO's, and I was wondering what type of bulb I should use in the city light socket. Thanks in advance,

Chris

I'm showing a city light bulb #3893 (T4W).

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Steve

1992 300CE Sportline Sophie
1990 300E Emma - in the family
1979 240D Josephine - sold, but not forgotten
2004 Pacifica AWD

http://web.mac.com/dakota/Mercedes/Home.html

In case you were wondering, I got mine at www.powerbulbs.com. They have blue ones, and they also have a great selection of all sorts of bulbs.... for H4 bulbs people say the Philips Vision Plus are great....I am going to try them.

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904 Midnight Blue, Gray Velour
Dad bought it new, now I own it.

"A Mercedes-Benz is like a fine wine, it only gets better with age."

hello

my depos used # 194 5 watts

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Craig

1972 350sl Red/Blk 117k
1988 420sel charcoal/Blk 140k
1987 420sel gold/tan 128k
See My Cars at:http://mysite.verizon.net/res0aytj/index.html

Pound it to fit then Paint it to match!

There is only First Place and Varying degrees of last!

Old age and deceit will overcome Youth and Enthusiasm every time!

Putting the square peg in the round hole is not hard... IF you do it fast enough!

Old enough to know better but stupid enough to do it anyway!

peter

you might also try jcwhitney they also have a number of light options.

tks
craig

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Craig

1972 350sl Red/Blk 117k
1988 420sel charcoal/Blk 140k
1987 420sel gold/tan 128k
See My Cars at:http://mysite.verizon.net/res0aytj/index.html

Pound it to fit then Paint it to match!

There is only First Place and Varying degrees of last!

Old age and deceit will overcome Youth and Enthusiasm every time!

Putting the square peg in the round hole is not hard... IF you do it fast enough!

Old enough to know better but stupid enough to do it anyway!

I have 12 of the pins if anyone needs them. I paid around $2 a piece for them. I can send them in an envelope if anyone needs them. Send me a check for $15?????

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'85 300SD (formerly california emissions)
'08 Chevy Tahoe
'93 Ducati 900 SS
'79 Kawasaki KZ 650
'86 Kawasaki KX 250
'88 Kawasaki KDX200
'71 Hodaka Ace 100
'72 Triumph T100R

What are "city lights?"

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83 300D Manganese Brown 109K
97 E420 Midnight Blue 197K sold
98 BMW 328i Vert White 100K, sold
95 BMW 525i White 125K, sold
93 BMW 525iT Red 193K, sold
95 E320 Green Wagon 125K, sold
94 E320 White 127K, sold
85 300SD 156K Grey (Annie), sold
84 300D Lapis Blue 170K (Judy), sold
99 ML 320 Black (lease), 1998 C230 White (lease)
00 Honda S2000 Red (lease)
86 Mercedes 300E (sold)
84 Porsche 911 Red (sold), 1965 Porsche 911 White (sold)

At least in the past, and probably even now, it's illegal in some European countries to use full headlights in cities. The cars are fitted with low-wattage bulbs that light the headlights at a level that I'd describe as white but not bright. It's enough for a little illumination and certainly enough to show for other drivers but not enough to cause any glare issues. The light switch will hit these in the usual "parking light" position, between off and headlights. The lights used for marking the car when parked will be the one-side-only lights activated when the switch is turned counterclockwise, with the first click lighting the right of the car and the second the left.

BTW, it also used to be illegal to use the regular horn in cities except in a true emergency, which led to some cars having a second soft horn (eg for warning the pedestrian about to step in front of you). Is that still the case?

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'97 SL500, 40th anniversary edition

'04 Olds Bravada (SWMBO's)
'06 Lexus ES330
'89 560SL (sold)


SL--Anything else is just a Mercedes.
(Kudos to whoever said it first)

I just bought Depo Euros for the 190e. I need a source for the H4 main beams. I would like to get Sylvania Silver Stars or something not blue, not PIA etc. Any suggestions?

Am I correct in assuming that I can move the existing fog bulbs right over to the new headlights?

Haasman

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'95 E320 Wagon-Went to Ex
'93 190E 2.6-Wrecked
'91 300E-Went to Ex
'65 911 Coupe (#302580)

The Silver Stars I got at Autozone are okay. www.danielsternlighting.com says that the European equivalent of Silver Stars are better. Had I known before I got the Autozone variety, I probably would have spent more for the European bulbs.

Sixto

marked Osram-Geramny, they are the brighter europes-ebay, they do not sell these in US stores. Sylvania (owned by Osram-Germany)is the US DOT approved.

Can i get an H5 Osram silver star-Geramany bulb for my 1993 w124? autozone just has the US 9004st Sylvania ($19 each).

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1993 Mercedes Benz 300D 2.5 205K (ex wife's)
1984 Mercedes Benz 300SD 320K (SOLD)
2004 Mercedes Benz C240 75K
1995 GMC Sierra 2WD 5.7L 188K
1983 Mercedes Benz 300SD 239K (SOLD)
1987 BMW 325i 220K (SOLD FOR SALVAGE)

609 Certification

Silverstar bulbs for $19 each? That's fairly cheap. Try ebay or do a google search for a european store that can ship some euro silverstars to the US.

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'82 300TD
'77 6.9
'75 280S
'74 280
'87 Porsche 944 turbo

While I'm here I might as well ask. Is there an aftermarket source for THESE kind of european headlights?

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'77 6.9
'75 280S
'74 280
'87 Porsche 944 turbo

Hmmm,

The 126 ended production in 1991 well before the invention of xenon headlamp technology...... To be quite honest I think it would look funny on a car that old to have xenon headlights...... Are you doing this for an appearance upgrade or just for additional light? You would be amazed at how much light the european lamps put out on their own with standard halogen bulbs. Additionally without an automatic leveling system you may be blinding other drivers. A head on crash with a night blind blue haired old woman in a Lincoln Townhouse would easily outweigh any visual benefit.

I have factory installed Euro lamps on my 126. http://beostar.paunix.org/newmbzpics

I have thought about xenons on my 140 but will probably hold off because I would want the factory components rather than go aftermarket. While the headlamp units look the same on the outside they are somewhat different on the inside as I think there is a leveling system on the xenon headlamp.