LED Dash Instrument Light Testing: Mercedes W123 W126 W201 W124- Always Looking for Better.!

[@adamkorpysz6789]

Thank You Sir for your in-depth investigation! Surely gonna use some of your findings. Stay safe and healthy. BR from Poland

[@piotr0r_]

Right on time. I had some serious work done on my '92 euro-spec W124 300 TD Turbo, including the replacement of the bulbs inside the instrument cluster. But I chose to go with incandescent again since I have my doubts about the durability of most of the LED bulb I can get my hands on. The thing is that it's a pain to remove the instrument cluster with the speedometer cable, and the less I have to take it apart, the better. I had the dimmer switch changed as well, it was quite oxidized. But I did find some excellent C5R warm white bulbs for the sill lights under the doors, they look great, and are easy to access. Same for the license plate, it looks super neat, much more than cool white.

[@MarcFuller]

Love the quality of your work and attention to details. Thank you Ken!

[@Front242c]

I changed to leds in my w163, and now looks much modern and brighter :)

[@ianchater399]

Thank you Kent for sharing your research and vast knowledge with the world. Please consider shipping your bulbs overseas as the confidence I have in your experimentation would more than offset the increased shipping costs that I would pay for the bulbs in the UK. Many thanks Ian Chater.

[@Mercedessource]

The problem we are faced with right now is with the cost of the extra paper work and increased shipping charges it costs us about $40 to ship even the smallest packet to Europe and people just can't understand why shipping is more than the part - and they get mad at us!!!

[@mchammerberg]

Your work is very informative! I look forward for your videos, I have a great W126.Mike

[@Mercedessource]

Thanks 👍

[@sebastienbougie2795]

Your videos are amazing by the way keep up the great content!!!!!!!

[@172-e5s]

Very interesting info Kent. I have a 124 and would like to swap out the old dim lights but have a hell of a time sourcing them up here in Canada. I will wait till your next video when you narrow down the choices.

[@21stcenturyozman20]

Very interesting, Kent. I have a set of your earliest ones (polarity sensitive warm white) in my C126 and they're an improvement on the incandescents. But when you settle on your new recommendation (warm white or even that orange), I'll be lining up for those.

[@RailGunZ-wf1df]

Your videos are great. I much appreciate your work. Thank You.

[@JamesPattersonGeepfan]

I did convert my 75' 450SL to LED instrument cluster lights at one point. You are correct in that there is no off the shelf LED in that size, so I ended up soldering a resistor to one leg of a 2mm Tower LED and installed them on the ends of the stalks, they're not any bigger than the bulbs and I trimmed the leads of the LED and the resistor to fit in the available space. I don't recall if I have any photos of the install, I know I have photos of the instrument cluster lights being bright as an after picture. I may try this again on my 88' 560SL and take pictures this time of the process.

[@Mercedessource]

Hi James, good work! I figured someone must have installed a "work around." Send some pictures if you have them to me at [e-mail] Thanks. Kent

[@YusufPetersenCPT]

this is interesting... now if only i could put good normal LEDs in my headlights and tail lights without the car freaking out.

[@lp2565]

Great video. Thanks for sharing!

[@alanlewis82]

Greetings Kent! Again your series of videos is by far the most enjoyable and through to watch. While not a Mercedes owner (however I believe that is about to change soon) I have a question. Where do you procure your green technician gloves? I am always frustrated with the disposable mechanic nitrile gloves. If these are on your website I will be sure to order. Tha ks!!!

[@Mercedessource]

We use to sell these on my website but we are currently no able to get them. They are the best! Not sure when we will have them back in stock.

[@joelozano8231]

Where is the link so I can order led bulbs for my w124 cluster

[@arnhemseptember2009]

I had no idea...

[@sebastienbougie2795]

I have a 97 c class that orange looks just like my gauge light color

[@bbccat2]

Hi Kent. Nice video! Will you be selling LED dash lights for the w210 chassis? I have a 2001 e320 wagon and would like to fix burnt out dash lights. Thanks in advance.

[@Mercedessource]

I may work on this next year but no promises... :-)

[@randyphillips2263]

County/country roads are terrible. So many jacked up pickups with bright lights. And so many drive with their fog lights on. Fog lights that are not aimed properly.

[@Mercedessource]

Randy, I am with you totally and each year it is getting worse, especially with big pickup trunks. The lights are getting more white and have so much dazzle it makes my brain rattle! I have gone to wearing orange glasses as well as using a cut back orange visor that double blocks the oncoming lights in the left lane.

[@redmesa2975]

O:40 I`m thinking why are you wearing gloves to work on electronics ?

[@Mercedessource]

To keep from getting shocked...lol. Did you want the whole video carefully? The answer lies there...:-)