| Mercedes has a very rich history of quality | | | | of the system, which in turn reduces the heat that is |
| engineering and reliability. Mercedes HID Headlights | | | | generated. Mercedes HID Headlights of this quality will |
| have given it the right kind of lighting system with | | | | in all likelihood exceed the life of the car. (2500-4000 |
| the, High Intensity Discharge or Xenon lights they are | | | | hours) |
| the latest in automotive lighting technology. Rather | | | | Now its easy to give your Mercedes more stylish |
| than relying on a simple filament in an inert gas or | | | | look with the latest versions of Mercedes HID |
| vacuum to simply get hot and produce light, HID | | | | Headlights and make your road easier in the dark |
| Headlights are specially produced with two | | | | night rides. You might have noticed that the |
| conductors and filled with ionized Xenon gas. When | | | | Mercedes halogen bulbs get hot and the filaments |
| this electrical current flows though the gas a very | | | | burn outs and sometimes this happens frequently and |
| bright and pure light is emitted. Changing the chemical | | | | you then need to replace the bulbs. It's against the |
| composition allows for different wavelengths or color | | | | law not to have your lights working properly and just |
| temperatures of light to be produced. This is how the | | | | a good idea in general to always keep your lights |
| newest Xenon lamps on most high end cars often | | | | operating the way they were designed to. The |
| appear to have a slightly blueish hue. Now it is simple | | | | recent developments in automotive lighting have |
| to install a new Mercedes HID Headlights in your 12 | | | | brought on new technology that is much more |
| volt system a ballast or high voltage transformer is | | | | efficient than the standard halogen setup. Mercedes |
| needed. To excite the Xenon gas takes voltages in | | | | HID Headlight bulbs are the latest thing to hit the |
| excess of 20,000 volts, but then requires a much | | | | scene in recent years. The new design uses a xenon |
| lower 80 volts to stay lit. However even at these | | | | gas and an electric charge to produce and incredibly |
| higher voltages Mercedes HID Headlights requires | | | | bright and impressively efficient type of light. The |
| often 35% less electrical energy to run. A traditional | | | | new Mercedes HID Headlights are up to ten times |
| lamp often is rated at 50 watts, however a digital | | | | brighter than conventional bulbs and last up to ten |
| Mercedes HID ballast only requires 35 watts. This | | | | times longer too. If you want to add some more |
| means everything in the system is plug and play, and | | | | style to rear portion of your car, consider another |
| no additional wiring is installed. By implementing digital | | | | upgrade in lighting the new Mercedes tail lights and |
| controls in the ballast you can be assured that the | | | | brake lights. |
| proper current is being delivered to the bulb at all | | | | Mercedes with common headlights that need to be |
| times as well as maintaining the correct color | | | | replaced include the ML, E class and C class. |
| temperature. This increases the electrical efficiency | | | | |