Aftermarket HID Conversion Kits & required setting XENON=PRESENT thread

[samaritrey]

Originally Posted by krisv420 could someone help me my HIDS flicker when my car is turned on... but they work fine when its turned off how much flickering and do they cut off completely? if you want to leave them in until you do version code turn the lights on before you put the key in the ignition wait 30sec then you can start the car and avoid flickering. this works most of the time but some hid kits still won't work until you do the setting.

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[samaritrey]

http://www.mbworld.org/forums/3530548-post8.html

[jcnash]

Hi all,

I just got a 6000K 35W HID kit installed in my car...and it works perfectly at night.

Im in Canada and by law we are supposed to have running lights during the day....but when its bright outside, no lights come on and I get an error on my dash.

Will the Xenon = Present setting fix this?

Thanks.

[dlwiser]

Well after 1 hour of going back and forth with the service advisor and the Va bch mb dealership about this and finally showing him this page he finally admitted they could do it. Be careful of those service guys that say it can't be done! It can!

All in all it took the tech about 10 min to complete. Then the ass charged me $120.

[dj_rzn]

I am sorry but please tell me how i can set XENON mode please. I have no patience in reading 70 pages.

[dlwiser]

Originally Posted by dj_rzn

I am sorry but please tell me how i can set XENON mode please. I have no patience in reading 70 pages.

im sure you need more than just a reader to change the settings. and from what i can find, the scanner needed to do this yourself is very expensive.... best to prolly take it to the dealer.

just an opinion, no facts here.

[Glyn M Ruck]

Originally Posted by dj_rzn

I am sorry but please tell me how i can set XENON mode please. I have no patience in reading 70 pages.

Here

http://www.mbworld.org/forums/c-clas...=1#post2273509

[samaritrey]

Originally Posted by dj_rzn

I am sorry but please tell me how i can set XENON mode please. I have no patience in reading 70 pages.

lol read the link i posted print that and go to the dealer and you are good to go.

[dlwiser]

Originally Posted by samaritrey

lol read the link i posted print that and go to the dealer and you are good to go.

thats exactly what i had to do today. the fought me and fought me untill i went to this page on HIS computer and printed that off for him.

[samaritrey]

Originally Posted by dlwiser

thats exactly what i had to do today. the fought me and fought me untill i went to this page on HIS computer and printed that off for him.

I fought with three dealers and an indy who wanted over 100 to just see if it was possible then more $ for doing it. then i went in to my favorite dealer and talked with my long time sa. he hooked me up with the shop foreman who told me to go get my car and park it right next to the sl 65 black in the shop. he unplugged the star from it and into my c320. lol i gained some hp that day. he spent over 30 minutes trying to figure out why the star wouldn't talk to my car then did the setting change and told me to have a nice day and would not accept money as a tip or to the dealer. but it took me about a month of searching for a dealer to do it.

hey dlwiser i saw you are in the va,md,dc group. where do you live? just wondering what dealer fought with you on this.

[dlwiser]

Originally Posted by samaritrey

I fought with three dealers and an indy who wanted over 100 to just see if it was possible then more $ for doing it. then i went in to my favorite dealer and talked with my long time sa. he hooked me up with the shop foreman who told me to go get my car and park it right next to the sl 65 black in the shop. he unplugged the star from it and into my c320. lol i gained some hp that day. he spent over 30 minutes trying to figure out why the star wouldn't talk to my car then did the setting change and told me to have a nice day and would not accept money as a tip or to the dealer. but it took me about a month of searching for a dealer to do it.

hey dlwiser i saw you are in the va,md,dc group. where do you live? just wondering what dealer fought with you on this.

I live in Va. Bch. yes im in the group but dont visit that part of the site much. It was Phillips MB down here that gave me the hassle. They said it would be at least $60 to try and fail, more if it worked..... ended up being a tit over $120.

[samaritrey]

Originally Posted by dlwiser

I live in Va. Bch. yes im in the group but dont visit that part of the site much. It was Phillips MB down here that gave me the hassle. They said it would be at least $60 to try and fail, more if it worked..... ended up being a tit over $120.

you could have gone to my dealer in Arlington had lunch at one of the nice restaurants and drove home and still be ahead. oh well it is done now and you can enjoy your bix or whatever you have.

[dlwiser]

lessons learned.... they gave me a free coke! lol yes, i have hid's in my heads and fogs

[samaritrey]

Originally Posted by dlwiser

lessons learned.... they gave me a free coke! lol yes, i have hid's in my heads and fogs

a coke lol i had a dealer that was doing warranty work for me and i told them that i could not get my car to them for a few days. my sa said that he would come and pick it up even though my dealer at that time was over an hour away. then when they brought my car back i got my cookie as usual and the sa remembered i loved Vanilla Coke so he got a case and left it in my front seat. now that is service. he got a nice "Holiday Gift that year" aka Christmas. lol

[dlwiser]

your SA needs to become mine aswell! lol

[rnsmelody]

Originally Posted by crazyfox
thanks for the pic! i will go and talk to the dealer who said it can't be done! C.C Chan (Service adviser from Richmond auto mall) just wait me there! i am coming!

Originally Posted by JohnCL

These SA's that say it can't be done are just plain lazy and filling their customes full of !!

Glad to help guys.

Hi I was wondering what picture is crazyfox talking about? I have reading through so many pages but I just can't find it. I have been arguing with so many bay area dealerships for the longest time trying to get my xenon set to present!!

I have the menu location list that "steve_bris" posted in the #1109

Is there anything else that I need to bring with me to the dealer so I can get them to set it? I have the oem bi-xenon headlights, they have been waiting for be installed (which I can do myself) and xenon=present for the past 3 months. No bay area dealerships wants to do it for me. any help? Thanks!

[samaritrey]

Originally Posted by rnsmelody

Hi I was wondering what picture is crazyfox talking about? I have reading through so many pages but I just can't find it. I have been arguing with so many bay area dealerships for the longest time trying to get my xenon set to present!!

I have the menu location list that "steve_bris" posted in the #1109

Is there anything else that I need to bring with me to the dealer so I can get them to set it? I have the oem bi-xenon headlights, they have been waiting for be installed (which I can do myself) and xenon=present for the past 3 months. No bay area dealerships wants to do it for me. any help? Thanks!

Free i am sure someone in your area knows of a kick ass dealer that will hook you up! lol i could give you two that i have found that will do it but they are on the east coast so that is one long drive to get a setting changed GL