led bulbs for clk 200

[mr adolf]

hi every body
I want to replace the dash bulbd for a clk 200 (1999) and I wondered if all those bulbs are B8.3/T1.5 or I need some other bulbs too?
its my first thread here in this site and I appriciate your help.

 

[mr adolf]

nobody who knows about those bulbs?

 

[television]

The snag with LED bulbs is that as they use less current that normal bulbs the lamp out warning will not work and it will be on all of the time.

Welcome to the MB forum

 

[mr adolf]

thanks alot.
you know that some of those led bulbs have resistant inside and they are just plug and play..you mean that there is no possibility to chance to led ones?

 

[television]

Only by fitting a series resistor of a 5W size and these get hot and are difficult to put somewhere. The Osram bright stars are a good alternative and I use them in my indicators to loose the yellow look

 

[bigasotonuk]

Hi,
If the LED bulbs are for only the instrument cluster, they should be ok as there not on the bulb failure circuit.

 

[television]

Hi,
If the LED bulbs are for only the instrument cluster, they should be ok as there not on the bulb failure circuit.

Thanks Andy I missed that cluster bit

 

[mr adolf]

?

what about these ones?
http://cgi.ebay.de/Blauer-Tacho-LED...14&_trkparms=72:1229|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318

 

[mr adolf]

The Osram bright stars are a good alternative and I use them in my indicators to loose the yellow look

where can I buy those osram bulbs?

 

[television]

Sorry I messed up on your thread.

lets start again, in your instrument cluster you have 2 different types of bulbs

The main ones are 2 watt of the glass type with the flat end that just push into the socket, and then turn to lock in the cluster 17 and 20 in the link

The tel tale lamps are smaller and 1.5 watt, the push into the socket and a quarter turn to lock them, 14 in the link.

http://www.detali.ru/cat/oem_mb2.as...417717.418&CT=F&cat=45F&SID=54&SGR=585&SGN=17


I would not use LED if they do come in this size as the instrument dimming would hardly work at all

 

[mr adolf]

thanks alot for your answer,but how about some leds from www.superbrightleds.com? they have all the sizes with diffrent bases and why shouldnt instrument work normaly by changenging the balbs?

 

[television]

thanks alot for your answer,but how about some leds from www.superbrightleds.com? they have all the sizes with diffrent bases and why shouldnt instrument work normaly by changenging the balbs?

The lamps in your cluster dim by turning the mileometer set knob. Though LED's will dim to a point, it could be out of line with other dimming lamps in the car.

I did not see them in the link
http://www.sylvania.com/ConsumerProducts/AutomotiveLighting/LampReplacementGuide/AutoLRG-Results.htm

But if they do, then try some, just a little bit of extra work to change them back to normal bulbs

 

[mr adolf]

thanks

thanks alot.I understood it.I"ll just give it a try