It looks like it might be from an overly conservative reading of 49
CFR 571... Which requires a bonded reflector/lens assembly (unless
some very stringent/specific on-vehicle aiming device requirements are
met. It appears that the requirements MAY be incompatible with the
European requirement for self levelling devices on vehicles with high
intensity headlamps.
Iirc, you can sometimes get replacement lenses for the non-HID lamp
housings...
The truely annoying part is that the 210 HID lamps do not use the
front clear cover as a lens; it is just a windscreen/impact protector
for the glass lens that is buried a little deeper inside... When it is
not fogged/milked, the front cover has little to no optical effect
upon the light pattern.
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John W Reames
jwrea...@comcast.net
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On Jun 9, 2010, at 15:51, Alex Chamberlain <apchamberl...@gmail.com>
wrote:
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Mitch Haley <m...@voyager.net> wrote:
John Reames wrote:
Yeah. I hate them. Especially the hid version. New assemblies are
the
ONLY (legal) way to get the lenses... Iirc 1100 per side for hids,
700 per
side for h7
That'll keep me out of the W210 buyer's market, permanently.
Same deal with W203?
I know for sure it's the same deal with the W211, which is a shame
because
I've heard from other people (not just Jamie K. here!) that it is
far and
away the best Benz in a long time, especially with the big gas V-8
(if you
want Corvette-like performance in a family sedan) or the diesel (if
you want
amazing fuel economy).
Alex
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