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> On May 14, 2016, at 9:48 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > After dinner tonight I finally go around to installing the Euro headlights I > had for the car. I’ve been struggling with doing relays and all that, but > finally decided I’ll go ahead with the stock 55W lamps and Euro headlights > and probably install relays at a later time. > > Installation was pretty straightforward, especially since I had gotten some > six pin sockets from the dealer so I could just swap out the wires from the > original four pin sockets. Pop the cover, pull out the connector pin, insert > into the new six pin socket, easy. I also got a couple of female terminals > so I could connect the city lights to the running light circuit in the turn > signal connector, too. > > In order to preserve my headlight alignment, I pulled the car into the garage > just far enough so that all four tires were on the garage surface, since it’s > level and uncracked. I took some butcher paper and hung it on the wall in > front of the car, and using a Sharpie, I marked the beam center for both > original low and high beams. That gave me a point of reference for aiming the > Euros when I installed them. > > Got the headlamps installed, plugged them in, made a few adjustments and > voila! I can see better at night. > > Took the car out for a drive. There is a stretch of road in the neighborhood > where the streetlights have been out for about 1/4 of a mile. I know it’s > been reported to the utility, but they haven’t done anything about it yet. > Anyway, drove along there and was simply amazed at how much better I could > see. > > You can see some photos I posted of before/after the Euro lights were > installed, along with a very, very special courtesy light on my driver’s door > in the last photo: > > https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gbydq67yxipyep6/AAAwHmj26jGNoZ5JhvwQMpHTa?dl=0 > <https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gbydq67yxipyep6/AAAwHmj26jGNoZ5JhvwQMpHTa?dl=0> > > Enjoy! > > Dan > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
