New AMG Emblem LED Projector now available: Upgrade with impressive light effects While we’re not exactly big fans of this gimmick, there seems to be a market for this type of optional equipment taking into account more and more automakers – even mainstream ones like Skoda – are offering such a “feature.” After all, the illuminated “Maybach” name already adorns the door sills of the super-exclusive S650 Cabriolet limited to 300 units worldwide (75 in the United States). Fancy door sills with either “Mercedes-Benz” or “AMG” lettering that light up once you open the doors have been available for a long time.Ĭhances are sooner or later Maybach’s double M logo will be optionally available as well for those with a soft spot for the most luxurious Mercedes models out there. Needless to say, the door-mounted LED projector light is only available for the cars fitted with the suitable door lighting packages featuring the aforementioned entrance lights. By the way, the Mercedes argues its star badge is quite “possibly the world's best-known trademark.” Alternatively, Mercedes-AMG’s logo illustrating an apple tree on the river that symbolizes the company’s headquarters in Affalterbach, Germany can be replaced by Mercedes-Benz’ star to match the glitzy front grille. You can have it at the time of the purchase or retrofitted by simply replacing the factory-installed entrance light mounted at the bottom of the front doors. Mercedes GLE gets mirror-mounted LED projector showing company logo.These rings are created with about a half dozen different technologies like cold cathode fluorescent lighting (CCFL) tubes, LEDs, and even incandescent bulbs.
Even though manufacturers sometimes refer to these as halo or angel eye projector headlights, the ring itself does not use projector technology. Halo or Angel Eye projector headlights: This refers to the distinctive ring, or halo, of light that you see in some projector headlights.If they're never damaged in any way, LED projector headlights can even outlive the operational lifespan of the vehicle they're installed in. They're very energy efficient, and they last far longer than either halogen or HID headlights. LED projector headlights: These are a more recent innovation.In most cases, it's a bad idea to put HID bulbs into projector housings designed for halogen, because they're so much brighter. They're much brighter than traditional halogen bulbs, and they also last longer. These are also known as Xenon HID headlights. HID projector headlights: The second type of projector headlights to arrive used HID bulbs, and they are still available today.These headlights typically project a more even beam of light than reflectors, with a sharper cutoff between light and dark, even though they use the older halogen bulb technology. Halogen projector headlights: The first projector headlights used halogen bulbs, just like reflector headlights.
Some projector headlight lenses also have a feature that softens the cutoff line between light and dark when the headlights shine on the road.