2005 CLK 320 HID headlights, can they be converted back to originals?

[BigRed0803]

Just wondering if you can convert the high priced headlights in my 05 CLK 320 back to the earlier style headlight assemblies. The reason for this is I called for a headlight bulb and they told me it was 105 buck, that is ridiculous. I also don't like the idea of them having modules and all the other high priced items. How hard would it be to swap them back, are the plugs the same?

[Gilly]

If the car is original with Xenon, it would be pretty hard. It's unusual to have a Xenon go bad, I would just bite the bullet and hope it doesn't make a habit of blowing a xenon bulb. I would also check alternate sources for the bulb, think you are overpaying a tad. Check some of the normal sources, eBay, Amazon, etc, I'm sure you can do better.

[mbzman]

If your car came with factory HIDs then there is really no point in going back to Halogen.