dko3tgk,

Frankly, I do not use my high/pencil beams much but I do find them useful. Generally, the only time I am forced to use them is when when flashing someone or when on really dark country roads and I want to see a lot farther ahead.

The HID's are just AMAZING. I would never have it any other way especially because generally I do not blind oncoming traffic due to the ecode light output design.

I agree that the 500E ecodes are costly and if I were to do this over again I would still buy them over 300E ecodes.

I had initially purchased my HID kit for my Subaru Legacy. I lost high beam capability on the Subaru which proved to be frustrating on many occasions. (The Subaru also did not have ecodes so I know glare was a problem and the light pattern was not nearly half as good as it is on the Benz).

Given the choice between fogs and high beams, I would rather have high beams. Just my $.02.

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