Where would i get them from. I want them to match my regular lights on my 2001 CLS. Any ideas. I dont want anything to crazy. I live in the Bay. Would dealership have them?

 

You know you can just replace the current lights with Polarg M6's or PIAA 19169's. They're a very good match for the regular lights.

Instructions here

and you can buy them pretty much anywhere; they're very cheap usually less then ~$12/bulb.

 

I just replaced the road lamps in my '01 CLS with Prolargs. It was very easy following the instructions that craigyg69 pointed you to. (Thanks, ChodTheWacko.) I am about as handy around cars as a baby turkey, but I had no trouble at all (once I got a long enough screwdriver, that is).

But, that exercise got me to wondering: What were the designers thinking with the stock road lamps? What are "road lamps" anyway? Stock, they are not fog lights - too weak. And they are not daylight running lights - they only come on with your headlights. So, what are they? Anybody know?

 

Lester - I'd say mostly for looks. Then with the 6-speed they realized they don't look good, and they don't do any good. That's why they're gone now.

 

Thanks for your response. 'Preciate it.

I'm thinking that you're right about the road lamps being about looks. And, I think that they can be made to look good. It's just too bad that they don't come from the factory already looking good.

I'd like to see them separately switched, too.

 

Hey craigyg69,

About the PIAA bulb, why the 19169 and not the 16168? Does the 19169 match the stock headlamps better?

Thanks,
Chris

Clean-CL-S,

I seen both the Polarg and the PIAA for sale at:

www.optauto.com

Polarg:
http://www.optauto.com/webstore/prod...tem=1&back=yes

PIAA:
http://www.optauto.com/webstore/prod...tem=1&back=yes

 

Is there anything to do with the lame high beams? I can't believe that they are so 'yellow' compared to the normal head lights.

 

Yes replace those bulbs w/ Super whites or whatever the newest whitest bulb out there... I have them in my high beams.

 

Thanks for all the help

 

Which one is whiter? The polarg m6 or PIAA 19169?