I am trying to install a set of Bosch Euro headlights in a USA version 1991 W126 350SDL.

The existing headlight wiring would not plug into the Euro lights. I read a post that said to use the taillight plugs. I got some taillight plugs from a W126 and they did not fit because the pin holes were spaced too far apart. So then I removed the taillight plugs from a W123, and they fit. So, that was taken care of.

I put the headlights in place on the body and screwed in the two top screws. Then I looked under the car and saw that the brackets for the headlight wipers aren't even close to fitting. It seems that the USA and Euro headlight wipers are different. I think the wipers would work with the new Euro headlights if I could figure out a way of securing the motors so they aren't flopping around underneath the lights.

I thought these things would be plug-and-play like the W111 and W116, but they are being really difficult to install. Has anyone else run into this problem and found a way of making the wipers work? I was thinking of taking some steel and cutting out an adapter bracket, but the dang wiper motors fit directly in the way of one of the mounting holes on each light, which sort of destroys that idea.

I can't imagine a set of euro wiper motors and brackets would be easy to find or cheap. And then... would the holes in the valance panels be the same between the USA and Euro wiper motors?

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