Vwbuge,

Thanks for posting these pics. It made my install a breeze last night and left me much more time to enjoy the new look!

For the sake of posterity I'll list the part numbers below so they will be in this thread.

qty (2) - 006 545 80 28 - six-pin electrical connector, socket - $2.40 each

qty (2) - 009 545 30 28 - six-pin electrical connector, cover - $3.00 each

qty (2) - 003 545 26 26 - pin, connector (female pin sockets for city lights) - $2.80 each

qty (2) - H4 bulbs (I used Osram)

Thanks!!

vwbugge... thanks for sharing the picture of where which wire goes to which hole. That made my job so easy. Took me under a minute to open the old socket and put the new one in.:D

It took me an hour and a half to do both headlights. Thats uninstalling the old ones and putting the new ones in. I was lucky enough to find a seller who sold me 2 new bosch headlights for roughly around $200 after exchange rate. I couldn't wait to put them on once both arrived. I put them on and then realized I had no bulbs! So right after putting them on, I went to Autozone and went looking for silverstar headlights. I heard about them on commercials and from users here as well. I asked for H4's and they didnt have any. So I saw this "ricer" type bulb that said H4/9003. I figured if its either H4/9003, then perhaps a 9003 silverstar would work. I found the last 2 9003's for about $19 each. Bought them and installed them. I am waiting for it to get dark so I can level the lights and test out my new headlights:cool:

BTW... I took some pictures on a 35mm camera. I will post them once I get them developed and scanned.

yo columbus

SWWEEEETT

how do you like seeing at night????

that was an awesome deal, you'll be glad you have oem bosch.

now on to aiming them...

where are in in columbus?

i may be rolling thru your town on sunday

peter

Beautiful picture of your 420 SEL, Tim!

Peter... I'm in northwestern Columbus in a town called Upper Arlington. Its a small upscale town... nothing in here at all.

Wanna know anything else, drop me a PM.

take care

*enjoying my new road vision*:D

niceee
 

nice 420!
i am gonna install my euros soon with philps and also 18 in monoblocks come tmrw!
what size are yours?
any other mods?

Why did the 80's and early 90's USA mercedes come with ugly headlights in the first place?

to conform to VERY antiquated u.s. dept of transportation regs.

go to the dan stern website and do some browsing. like i heard one person say "he sure knows his way around a light bulb"

with my u.s. lights, i truly felt like i was driving at night with DARK,DARK SUNGLASSES ON!! hard to see squat.

it still amazes me people have 400watt sound systems, $3000.00 wheels and tires, etc etc, BUT refuse to get euro lights because they cost TOO much.

well i just hope & pray none of their BLIND arses hit me.

will anyone second this opinion?

peter

I'll second the opinion.

I've done a lot of upgrades, and the OEM Bosch Euro headlight upgrade has to be the one I appreciate the most.

Yes, the euro headlamps may be very good and all that but how in the world do you align the darn things? Some say that the driver side fits fine with the stock wiper system but for some reason mine is stuck way up high and the passenger side is awaiting the fabrication of a metal piece so I can get that one a bit higher. So at the moment drivers side is too high and the passenger side too low.


Sohaib

sohaib
i read this too fast initially. align or aim?

http://lighting.mbz.org/tech/aim/aim.htm

personally i would not use the u.s. wipers, because the don't wipe enough area and it's a huge pain to set them up where they really weren't meant to be and just don't look right. MY opinion.
some people have done this and seem happy.

do a 'search' here of the archives. the procedure is wriiten about.

i recently converted to the euro wiper set up from a '94 w124 car.it looks nice and gets about everything.

aligning these lights perfectly, to me is a pain. i usually use some kind of shim to bring them up high enough. for me the driverside is the hardest.

peter

6 pin adaptor
 

How Do I get one of those 6 Pin adaptors? I have just purchased a Euro upgrade but no adaptor or instructions.

Stephen

6-pin holders are at the dealership.. about 1.50 each

Your MB dealer should have them, and they are very cheap. Some owners have found that the rear tail light connector is the same six pin plastic housing for the pins as for the euro headlights.

Suginami; could you post a picture of your 300E with euro lights? I would like to change them on mine. Thanks.