are these exacly same as regular 02 headlight models just clear glass? by that i mean, those are fake xenon lights, there for you put normal bulbs in ?
if im right, anyone seen these in real life? how good are they?
UPDATE
apperantly these are hid lights, but why are they so cheap? or am i wrong on this one? lol.. [8)]
hah yea thats what i pretty much meant in the first post, thanks
did anyone try these them selfs? how good do these work?
and do i need to go to my mb dealer to reprogram the lights if i will want to use one of those 6000k bulbs so it will eat least look something like hid :P?
you dont necessarily have to go the dealer...it all depends on what brand hids you get and if it already has all the necessary stuff that will avoid you from going to the dealer
here we go again.. just like in the other topic, for the last time; what brand of lights should i get and what needs to be included with them. or how much are u selling the hid kit and whats in cluded with it?
or dude better, do u have msn ? if so please add me kiriller@gmail.com thankz
To do it right, you need the MB Bi-Xenon headlights and they run about $1,100-1,300 for the pair. To install them you have to remove the bumper cover and to some that's not easy, to others it's easy. You then have to go to the dealer and have the set the Xenon Present option, some dealers will do it, many won't. If your dealer won't, remove the lights, sell them on ebay.
Then there's the poor man's choices -
1. You can buy a chinese made look-alike light like you mention above, it doesn't comes with any bulbs so I don't understand how someone can say it's halogen or HID, it's just a housing and it's about $400. If you want to remain at $400 just transfer the old bulbs to the new like fixture and walla, you have the look of factory bi-xenons for much less. As the bi-xenons, you do have to remove the bumper cover. Also you don't know the long term effects of this light, will it yellow or get hazy after a year or two? Will it fit perfect? Will it fall apart after a year or two?
2. You can buy a retrofit kit that has genuine Xenon light bulbs with H7 halogen adapaters. Basically you remove the bulbs, plug in the H7 adapter into wiring harness plug that went on the old bulb and then stick the new bulb in the hole where the bulb goes, find a place for the ballast/controller box and glue/screw/velcro it in place and you are almost done. Some kits are like the OEM lights and require you to go to the dealer for the Xenon Present option and some don't because they mimic the wattage of the halogen bulbs.
3. You can combine options 1 and 2 but I don't believe anyone's done it so it may not fit or it may have a meltdown, who knows. If you try it, let us know how it works.
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