Hi,
I did the searches, and I got confused; Relays, e-somthings, an indicator light staying on???
I have a 95 SL500 and a 95 C280. I'd like to do something to improve the high beam and low beam. What can I do without dropping a ton of cash, or having to pay someone a lot of money to help me out.

Additionally, can I really replace my 'fog' lights with really really bright lights?

Thanks

David

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David Weis
Old Rides================
70 250
73 450SL
78 300D
88 Grand Am
Current Rides=============
95 280C *
98 SL500 *

david

just about all automobile manufacturers save money by using wire that is too small a gauge.

relays use a larger gauge wire and are hooked up directly to the battery. you get all the juice you can, no voltage drop.
they do make a difference.

what kind/type of bulbs are you using? [for the 202]

a premium bulb [+30 or +50] would help. you can also consider something a bit hotter than standard because of the glass lenses.

daniel stern sells relays.

http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/relays/relays.html

you could upgrade the sl oem factory hid.

peter

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*92 400e 124.034, SOLD

*92 300e 124.030, SOLD

Peter,

Thanks a ton for this info. I have no idea what type or kind of bulb i use for the 202.

And what doyou mean by
you could upgrade the sl oem factory hid.

(Whats the HID? )

Thanks

David

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David Weis
Old Rides================
70 250
73 450SL
78 300D
88 Grand Am
Current Rides=============
95 280C *
98 SL500 *

david

your 202 takes H4 headlight bulbs, H3 for fogs.

there are many bulb options for you, different wattages, colors.

your sl takes a 9004 bulb, a pretty inadequte bulb.

to upgrade the sl's lights, you'd need to either get , 'european headlights'
or OEM mercedes 'high intensity discharge' aka XENON lights. both types can easily be retrofitted.

[url][http://www.bekkers.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=BI&Category_Code=mhlightsl/url] has good info on these.

peter

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*92 400e 124.034, SOLD

*92 300e 124.030, SOLD

The really late model R129s in Europe had Xenon Projectors for the low beam and I even think the high beam as well. I am sure they had projectors for low beams though.

Those would be amazing.

For the 202, try getting your hands on some C43 Xenon lights OE (original Equipment).

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Current Stable:
1994 S500 v140, 210k miles, white with grey.

Former Mercedes in the Stable:
1983 300CD Turbo diesel 515k mi sold (rumor has it, that it has 750k miles on it now)
1984 300CD Turbo Diesel 150 k mi sold
1982 300D Turbo Diesel 225 sold
1987 300D Turbo Diesel 255k mi sold
1988 300 CE AMG Hammer 15k mi sold
1986 "300E" Amg Hammer 88k mi sold (it was really a 200, not even an E (124.020)
1992 500E 156k mi sold
etc.