After the transferring of my bought new '99 E300TD / with 131K miles, I thought I'd post some pics. of what actual "garaged, non-resurfaced" W210 headlight lenses should look like when doing a comparative analysis of a similar 15+ year old MB.

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'06 E320 CDI
'17 Corvette Stingray Vert

So are those plastic or glass? I see the plastic one`s getting all yellowed and nasty looking.

Charlie

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there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works

They are plastic.

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RRGrassi


70's Southern Pacific #5608 Fairmont A-4 MOW car

13 VW JSW 2.0 TDI 193K, Tuned with DPF and EGR Delete.

99 W210 E300 Turbo Diesel, chipped, DPF/Converter Delete. Still needs EGR Delete, 232K

90 Dodge D250 5.9 Cummins/5 speed. 400K

Gone and still missed...1982 w123 300D, 1991 w124 300D

Well that is special. spend $50,000 for a car and a few years down the road you can`t see where you are going.

Charlie

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there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works

Last vehicle I owned with actual glass aerodynamic headlights (not sealed beams) was a 1992 Honda Accord. The 90-93 style had real glass, starting in 94 they went to plastic.

Everybody does plastic now. And every older car going down the road falls into 1 of 3 categories.

1 - cloudy as hell and they are living with it
2 - polished out and not cloudy for now
3 - relplaced either because they were too cloudy to polish or the car has ben in a fender bender

My W124 has glass headlights but the surrounds look like crap. Other things higher on the list right now.

My W210 is in category 2. PO polished lenses and added Lamin-X film to help keep them looking fresh.

And my 2008 ML still looks great, not sure if they buffed them at the dealer as part of the detail or the PO took good care of the car. I'm thinking the latter since the rest of the car is in such nice shape.

My 2004 CR-V is in category 3 due to an impromptu meeting with a Grand Cherokee back in 2008. The replacement lenses still look good but that car has lived most of its life in a garage.

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The OM 642/722.9 powered family
Still going strong
2014 ML350 Bluetec (wife's DD)
2013 E350 Bluetec (my DD)

both my kids cars went to junkyard in 2023
2008 ML320 CDI (Older son’s DD) fatal transmission failure, water soaked/fried rear SAM, numerous other issues, just too far gone to save (165k miles)
2008 E320 Bluetec (Younger son's DD) injector failed open and diluted oil with diesel, spun main bearings (240k miles)

1998 E300DT sold to TimFreeh
1987 300TD sold to vstech

My brother's 2002 W210 has glass lights....change late in the series? Or later replacement? Not documented in the repair history...so no idea. But they look nice.

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

Category *4 Headlamp lenses look as those in Post #1 - because the car was actually garaged with no touching-up of any kind in 14-yrs......when not being driven.

I noticed there's more and more of these old cars coming on-line FS, and every time I see the word; 'garaged' I'm noticing that in case after case, going by the lenses ~ there's little doubt the car hasn't been.

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'06 E320 CDI
'17 Corvette Stingray Vert