Has anyone fitted front daytime driving lights to a 119 CLS?

[DeltaD]

Ideally they want to dim or extinguish when 'night' lights are in use. As well as if close indicators are operating.
On a Vito I installed LED dual lamps into the indicators. Bonded into the lamp holder the DRL feed was drilled through the back.
I picked up the feed from a spare fuse in the fuse box and that was extinguished via a relay powered from the sidelight.

I think it was something like this kit I adapted

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Many thanks

 

[DeltaD]

I am going back around eight years ago when i first got my CLS , there now maybe some plug + play DRL`s from the far east.

K

Thanks

 

[DeltaD]

Ideally they want to dim or extinguish when 'night' lights are in use. As well as if close indicators are operating.
On a Vito I installed LED dual lamps into the indicators. Bonded into the lamp holder the DRL feed was drilled through the back.
I picked up the feed from a spare fuse in the fuse box and that was extinguished via a relay powered from the sidelight.

I think it was something like this kit I adapted

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Thanks

 

[DeltaD]

Television fitted some to one of his R230’s and had a few issue, LED strips were still quite new at the time

Thanks,

Television fitted some to one of his R230’s and had a few issue, LED strips were still quite new at the time

thanks

 

[V6Matty]

DRL’s only need to dim if they are within a certain distance to the headlamps, so with the Brabus option I was mentioning (and @Blobcat reminded me) they didn’t need to dim and you still had cornering function as there was both fog and DRL’s present.
I nearly bought a 219 like that a few years ago, just didn’t complete the deal as they didn’t want to part ex my plug at the same time, it was a cracking motor though with distronic and airmatic too

 

[mattkh]

DRL’s only need to dim if they are within a certain distance to the headlamps,

I would be grateful to be educated about the source of this rule. Thanks

 

[DeltaD]

Television fitted some to one of his R230’s and had a few issue, LED strips were still quite new at the time

Any chance of a photo of the front of your car.

DRL’s only need to dim if they are within a certain distance to the headlamps, so with the Brabus option I was mentioning (and @Blobcat reminded me) they didn’t need to dim and you still had cornering function as there was both fog and DRL’s present.
I nearly bought a 219 like that a few years ago, just didn’t complete the deal as they didn’t want to part ex my plug at the same time, it was a cracking motor though with distronic and airmatic too

Thanks. Yes you‘re right, a really good car.

 

[V6Matty]

I would be grateful to be educated about the source of this rule. Thanks

I believe it’s under some of the UNECE directives, afraid I couldn’t say which one exactly though, @Craiglxviii might know exactly though

 

[Craiglxviii]

I believe it’s under some of the UNECE directives, afraid I couldn’t say which one exactly though, @Craiglxviii might know exactly though

300mm to the nearest position of the lens from memory.

 

[bembo449]

I fitted 90mm LED on my 216 in place of the front fogs , the fogs themselves , I just turned to face backwards as there was enough space , then simply wired up + & - with a piggyback fuse from the fuse box , looked factory and no issues in 2 years with them in use

 

[Craiglxviii]

I fitted 90mm LED on my 216 in place of the front fogs , the fogs themselves , I just turned to face backwards as there was enough space , then simply wired up + & - with a piggyback fuse from the fuse box , looked factory and no issues in 2 years with them in use

In fairness the DRL regulation beam pattern is, technically, a bit crappy. So almost certainly never likely to be pulled up on it.

 

[bembo449]

In fairness the DRL regulation beam pattern is, technically, a bit crappy. So almost certainly never likely to be pulled up on it.

the rozzers have bigger fish to fry than someone rocking DRLs that are 3mm out of regulation pal lol

 

[DeltaD]

Thanks for all your replies. Much appreciated

 

[EmilysDad]

In fairness the DRL regulation beam pattern is, technically, a bit crappy. So almost certainly never likely to be pulled up on it.

there's actually a regulation? On my way to work yesterday morning at o'crack sparrow fart I saw a car on just DRLs ... the dazzle from them was unbelievable. Obviously none on at the back pf his/her car.

 

[Craiglxviii]

Obviously not!

Impatient much?