The headlamp lens on the W126 and W124 is glass, but I suspect that on the 99 W210 is plastic. Stupid, in my book, as one should not be tossing things every 5 years or so, very wasteful.
Peter -----Original Message----- >From: WILTON <wilt...@nc.rr.com> >Sent: Jun 9, 2010 9:50 AM >To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >Subject: Re: [MBZ] 124 headlight "rims" or "doors" replacement > >Noticed front light lenses on friend's '99 E430 yesterday; their're >completely opaque, and he doesn't even know it. Lenses on my 24-year-old >124 and 20-year-old 126, though, are still nice and clear. > >Wilton > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "OK Don" <okd...@gmail.com> >To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <Mercedes@okiebenz.com> >Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 11:28 PM >Subject: [MBZ] 124 headlight "rims" or "doors" replacement > > >> Do you have to remove the entire headlight assembly to change the clear >> plastic that surrounds the main light, or can you loosen enough to change >> it >> in-place? Anyone BTDT? >> I want to move the nice looking ploastic from the vergasser to the Diesel >> with the old, checked and cracked plastic, and the reverse as well. Don't >> want to damage the old cracked plastis, as it needs to end up on the >> vergasser. >> >> A complcating factor is that the vergasser has headlight wipers, and the >> Diesel doesn't. I wonder if the wiring is in place to just swap the whole >> light assembly? >> >> Obligatory beer content - my current favorite is Fuller's London Porter - >> wonderfull brew! >> -- >> OK Don >> Panic! (the national past time). >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com >For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
