I wanted to see how easy it is to fit the newish style changeable DRLs (those flexible ones that turn yellow when you indicate) into a W169 headlamp, and whether that will look OEM-ish
The trial headlamp unit was kindly donated by David Richardson (don't worry, he's not driving around with one headlight - he's got a new one).
the headlamp:
daytime light:
turn signal light:
It doesn't look too bad, I suppose, but it's not perfect either - the light is not in fact, as uniformed, as I wanted (expected the white light to be continuous); the mounting clips are pretty crude; the glue that holds the headlamp together is a horrible sticky ... substance (thanks to Craig for a great tip on dealing with it, by the way); there's a problem with the ends of the flexi tube - too crude to leave as is, particularly the wired end (I fed that inside the chrome trim).
All in all, having done this, I have to conclude that, I won't be doing it with my car - too fiddly, and the end result is, well, questionable.
The trial headlamp unit was kindly donated by David Richardson (don't worry, he's not driving around with one headlight - he's got a new one).
the headlamp:
daytime light:
turn signal light:
It doesn't look too bad, I suppose, but it's not perfect either - the light is not in fact, as uniformed, as I wanted (expected the white light to be continuous); the mounting clips are pretty crude; the glue that holds the headlamp together is a horrible sticky ... substance (thanks to Craig for a great tip on dealing with it, by the way); there's a problem with the ends of the flexi tube - too crude to leave as is, particularly the wired end (I fed that inside the chrome trim).
All in all, having done this, I have to conclude that, I won't be doing it with my car - too fiddly, and the end result is, well, questionable.