For any 500E (and E500) owners living in right-hand-drive countries, I have a question regarding headlights. I am aware that the 500E (and E500) were only manufactured in LHD. I am also aware some are used on RHD roads (eg. UK). I am wondering if these cars have had the headlight lenses replaced with RHD versions (ie. with a low beam cut-off pattern like this \_\_ instead of _/_/). If so, do these lenses still have virtually clear driving light sections for the long range high beam lights rather than the usual heavily fluted fog light lenses? I am specifically intersted in those for the 500E rather than the E500 as I have a '90 300TE and I live in a RHD country (I think you can see where this is leading). This leads to my next question. Does anyone know if the 500E driving light reflectors are the same or different to the standard W124 fog light reflector? I also believe 500E lights were all Hella whereas those in my 300TE are Bosch. Are Hella and Bosch headlight parts interchangeable (eg. can Hella lenses be fitted to Bosch housings)? Finally, if there are true 500E RHD headlight lenses (ie. with driving rather than fog lights), does anybody know the part numbers?

Thanks,
Greg

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