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Headlight units — bi-xenon

The bi-xenon (HID) headlamp — a gas-discharge bulb with a moving shutter that switches between dipped and main beam. Mercedes called the system ILS.

Also called xenon, HID, ILS.

How you know it is this

  • One light out, or lighting up pink or dim before failing
  • A flicker on start-up before the light settles
  • A lens cracked or crazed
  • A levelling fault message

Worth knowing before you buy

  • A xenon that has gone pink or dim is the BULB, not the unit. Bulbs are a consumable and far cheaper.
  • If a new bulb does not fix it, the ballast or igniter is next — still far cheaper than a headlamp.
  • Xenon units are legally required to have self-levelling and usually washers. Those parts come with the system and their faults show as a lighting fault.
  • Do not touch the glass of a new bulb. Skin oil creates a hot spot and shortens its life dramatically.

What we need to quote it. A photograph of the headlamp, the chassis number, and left or right. The chassis number settles the generation, the body and usually the engine in seventeen characters — it is on your mulkiya. A photograph of the old part helps where there is more than one version.

Halogen unitBi-xenon projectorLED / MULTIBEAM arrayDaytime running lightIndicatorBallast and igniterLED control moduleLevelling motor and sensorBrackets and repair kitsFog lightWasher jet and cover
Front lighting — schematic, to show where the part sits. Arrangement is right; it is a diagram and not a fitment reference.

Rest of the front

All lighting parts
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Headlight units — bi-xenon for your Mercedes-Benz?

Send the chassis number and a photograph of the old part. We come back with genuine, OEM and aftermarket options priced side by side, with lead times.

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