Those little covers between the headlights

[Riot Nrrrd]

OK, this is probably the lamest question ever asked here, but my manual seems to have sprouted legs at the moment ... All of our cars seem to have these little oblong covers between (and below) the two sets of headlights ... I notice the most recent ones on the W209's are more triangular in shape, but my W208's are oblong, like a "tabbed blob". I was putting the cover back on mine the other day and noticed the driver's side one was a bit loose ... thought hmmn, I better have that looked at when I take it in for my 9000 mile service ... Well, sure enough after last weekend's little warming-up jaunt, I get back home and there's a hole where said cover used to be Before it fell off, it was pretty visible in this pic (I'm sure you all know what I mean anyway): http://www.mbworld.org/forums/attach...5&d=1106392130 Looking more closely it almost seems like the thing broke off internally, which I don't get at all - I don't remember ever getting the car cover snagged on it. I see some stuff inside that now-open aperture, but the bottom line is - what the heck are those little oblong covers for, and what is the stuff inside that they are covering?

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[Zal]

Originally Posted by Riot Nrrrd

OK, this is probably the lamest question ever asked here, but my manual seems to have sprouted legs at the moment ...

All of our cars seem to have these little oblong covers between (and below) the two sets of headlights ... I notice the most recent ones on the W209's are more triangular in shape, but my W208's are oblong, like a "tabbed blob".

I was putting the cover back on mine the other day and noticed the driver's side one was a bit loose ... thought hmmn, I better have that looked at when I take it in for my 9000 mile service ...

Well, sure enough after last weekend's little warming-up jaunt, I get back home and there's a hole where said cover used to be

Before it fell off, it was pretty visible in this pic (I'm sure you all know what I mean anyway):

http://www.mbworld.org/forums/attach...5&d=1106392130

Looking more closely it almost seems like the thing broke off internally, which I don't get at all - I don't remember ever getting the car cover snagged on it.

I see some stuff inside that now-open aperture, but the bottom line is - what the heck are those little oblong covers for, and what is the stuff inside that they are covering?

They are covers for the headlight washers.

[Riot Nrrrd]

Originally Posted by Zal

They are covers for the headlight washers.

Aha! I see, said the Blind Man. Thanks Zal

(Given that fact, now I get to wonder how the heck the thing broke off in the first place )

[ColoCruiserJeff]

On my W209 AMG, I don't have any covers. I've seen them on the DTM version, but mine is lacking

Hmm....Oh well

[Stiggs]

Originally Posted by ColoCruiserJeff

On my W209 AMG, I don't have any covers. I've seen them on the DTM version, but mine is lacking

Hmm....Oh well

Do your headlights look like mine in the pic below. If not then you probably don't have Bi-Xenons. If you don't have those headlight sprayers then you don't have the Bi-Xenons on the W209.

[ColoCruiserJeff]

Nope, I've got the halogens.

SO....those covers are actually hiding the washer/squirter....and when you actually flip the switch, they move out of the way?

How do they work??

[unlukky]

Originally Posted by ColoCruiserJeff

Nope, I've got the halogens.

SO....those covers are actually hiding the washer/squirter....and when you actually flip the switch, they move out of the way?

How do they work??

They push out forward about 3 inches. Revealing the squirters. Looks kinda like a dragon.