奔驰 SLK230 侧航标灯

Mercedes-Benz SLK230 Side Marker Lights

Effectively indicate your position and garner the attention your SLK230 deserves with fully operational side marker lights. Though side markers are of absolute importance when it comes to on-the-road safety, an alluring potential for customization ensures that selecting replacements for these indicator lights won’t be a chore. Sifting through the options available will allow you to select the side marker lights that suitably complement the suave curves and solid steel of your Mercedes-Benz sedan.

Side marker lights complement the headlights equipped in your Mercedes-Benz as additional illumination that indicate the position of your luxury car to pedestrians and other drivers. These small lights encased in impact-resistant plastic are generally situated at the bottom front corners of your car and have been required by law in all new vehicles since 1969. Many types of aftermarket side marker lights are available, but every model is designed to activate when the headlights in your Mercedes-Benz SLK230 are turned on to provide supplementary safety while operating your vehicle.

The two types of lighting technologies more commonly used in side marker lights for the Mercedes-Benz SLK230 are conventional incandescent bulbs and LEDs. Incandescent bulbs make use of an electrified filament enclosed in glass to cast a powerful beam through the lens of a side marker light and are rated to last between 1,000 and 2,000 hours. Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are minuscule in size and do not contain any glass components. This type of lighting apparatus imposes a small energy draw on your 12-volt battery and each tiny diode is rated to last 50,000 hours.

Even if the protective lens remains intact, factory-equipped side marker lights will eventually burn out, precipitating the need to equip a replacement. Also, installing LED side marker upgrades in your Mercedes-Benz often requires replacing the entire assembly. Follow these steps to remove the side marker light assembly and get started with a new automotive safety illuminator.

• If replacing both lights, pick a side to start with and turn the wheels so that the wheel well is exposed on the preferred side.
• Depending on the year of manufacture, various bolts may be required to pull back the wheel well liner. Locate and remove the bolts, which are usually 10 mm or 8 mm in size.
• Pull back the wheel well liner and prop open the exposed cavity. Locate the back of the side marker light assembly and remove the assembly screw.
• Press the plastic clip to release the assembly. Pull the old side marker light assembly a short distance away from the car and disconnect the electrical harness.
• Connect the electrical harness to the new assembly and insert it into the cavity. Insert the screw and replace the wheel well liner to complete installation. Repeat these steps for the opposite side if necessary.