I had the older headlights for a while, WHILE I had the 94-95 hood... they will scratch up that part of the headlight but it's hidden by the hood so no problem.

If you plan on discarding the older headlights then I'd say go for it.
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85 190E 2.3(SOLD)
86 230E (-->300D) sold
87 300D (-->300TD) sold
68 250S w/ a 615 and manual tranny (RIP)
87 300TD (SOLD)
95 S280 "The KRAKEN" (Turbo 2.9 602 transplant) traded
86 190E 2.3... current project