yuanja888

Recently my city light bulb burnt out. After doing some search on the web on which H6W to buy, i decided to pick these up.

http://www.ambulbs.com/products/description.php/II=12

After I installed them last night I almost wanted to kill the guy that wrote the product description! Total false advertisement. The lights are yellow as stock.

I know that Josh and Danny both did extensive test on bulbs. Josh has LEDS and Danny has some kind of custom ones. Anyone has other good experiences??

CLK430ROB

Those bulbs are garbage. This includes the M17s, the Blue Visions, and pretty much any other bulb I have ever tried in the H6W slot. I'm a bulb freak, so i bought so many ... trying to get the perfect hue. I finally ended with LED's. Here is what mines look like:

Headlights (Replaced with HID D2R 7200k Natural Blue)
City Lamps (www.superbrightleds.com) H6W 4-LED Style (White)

Picture:
www.sfdreamworks.com/rob/lightsafter.jpg

-Rob

yuanja888

Hi rob, thanks for the info, I am trying to find that 4 led h6w style bulb. Can you be more specific which one u got?

I assume the bulb is on this page?
http://www.superbrightleds.com/1157.htm

smalldog

Lights look nice. I would like more info also.

CLK430ROB

im talking about these:

http://www.superbrightleds.com/BA9S6_specs.htm

BA9s-W4 White LED bulb
BA9s Bayonet base bulb with 4 Super White 3mm LEDs
Available for 6 or 12 Volt AC/DC operation
$ 2.98

*note if you get these bulbs, you will need to file off one of the prongs to make them them fit into the benz housings of the H6W. If you don't, you wil break the housing. (Easy Mod)

The 7200k Natural Blue D2R's i bought from SPW Auto Lighting ... I dont remember the website.

I always get stopped by fellow benz owners and they ask me why my lights look like that ... and they love it.

Rob

smalldog

The light is 12 Volts correct?

CLK430ROB

you are correct :P

yuanja888

Do i need to attach a resistor inline with the bulb? I remember a few members had to do that to trick the computer to think it's not burned out. Appearantly the LED and a lower resistance than the normal bulb.

Thanks.

myNAMESterry

hey rob.. great info... im hoping you could give us a step to step from which kind of bulbs you purchased to how you did it. i broke both city light housing plugs and i'm waiting to find the right bulbs before i reinstall the housing, for convenience sake.

CLK430ROB

My housings are cracked too.... learned the hard way. You wont find any bulbs that will have the prongs off aligned like the OEM city bulbs. All the bulbs I have ever seen had the prongs at 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock. Since my housings aren't cracked THAT bad, they will still hold a bulb. Any h6w bulb u get, you will want to use a metal filer and file down one of the prongs so that only one prong is present. You should be able to insert the bulb then.

Rob

myNAMESterry

so for the LED bulbs.. you put them on directly? no inline resister? if so, can you tell me which bulbs you ordered from the site.. item number etc... thanks in advanced

smalldog

Just ordered 4 bulbs. Total was 16.92 includes shipping. Two extra blubs in-case I **** something up. $20.00 not bad if the lights work.

yuanja888

Haha so did I. I bought a set as soon as i saw the link. Can't wait to replace those brand new, false advertised bull sh*ts.

yuanja888

Ok I just installed the LEDS. They are dimm. Very dimm. But they are blue.
And the funny thing is that when the egine is off, i don't get the "malfunction lamp" message. But as soon as i turn the key the message pops up. I guess the computer doesn't "scan" the system till the engine is on.

anyone know how to put in that resistor? Do i have cut and splice the wire leading up to the socket? Is there a "adaptor" that fits in the socket i can buy?

Thanks in advance.

CLK430

yea yea i know i forgot to file down one prong...now the lights dont work at all....i tried sitcking the OEMs back in and the parking lights dont come on anymore....did I short the parking light system? if so, how do I replace this? or fix this? HELP!!!!!

smalldog

hmmmmmm......don't know if I should install the ones I have?

yuanja888

Dude you should just installed it for the kicks. Just check it out. I would keep them on the car if i know how to disable that message.

It's a cool looking blue. Just a bit dim.

smalldog

yuanja888 , did you order the super blue or super white leds? 6 or 12 volts?

CLK430

well its definitely NOT a blown fuse. it looks like a resistor may be bad??? HELP!!!

CLK430ROB

You guys MUST file off a prong as I said in earlier posts or you'll ruin your housings! Yes they are bluish, but a very cool blue. Which is why I went and bought 7200k HID bulbs and they match exactly. I would think philips ultinon 6000k should match up too. They are somewhat dim, but then again ... very noticeable at night. The citylamps don't serve any purpose as for lighting... for those who are thinking city lights are for actual lighting of the road. I believe city lights are for European cities, where there is so much street lighting, there is no need for turning on the headlights. Please check the first page for the models... for those who are asking.

yuanja888

smalldog: yes i did order the super white ones.

clk430rob: Do you get that "malfunctioning lamp" message? How did u get around that?

CLK430ROB

Yuanja888 -

I am not sure, as I know I have a bulb that is out. One of the sidemarkers from the front bumper is out. Being too lazy...I didn't really care for it because I have painted side bumper reflectors. I moved the bulbs into the engine bay to use for lighting up the engine bay at night instead. So to tell you the truth, I dont know if i get the malfunction or not, because it already is malfunctioning :P

Rob

clkcrazy

I just bought these LED's and they look great..but im in the same situation as you guys my malfunction light turns on when i start the car...i know there isnt any other bulbs out...any ideas why the malfunction light is turning on since i got the new LED?? HELP please its annoying having a malfuntion.

CLK430ROB

The Computer checks most of the bulbs on the car, during initial start of the car. Eventhough, you have a bulb in your housings ... the wattage readings are not correct ... the computer is fooled to think a bulb is out. The only way to fix this is to put a resistor in the wiring to trick the computer to thinking the current is correct. I have not bothered on doing this.

Rob

smalldog

OK ....SO who on the forum knows the correct size resistor to use?