Aftermarket HIDs

[Ledbelly]

My 2003 CLK320 W209 has aftermarket HIDs installed by a previous owner. They are absolutely crap, the light is scattered all over the place and I have been unable to adjust them succesfully so I have decided to get rid.
Can anybody advise me the best way to go about this? The bulbs are located by rubber grommets so I imagine the original bulb holders are missing.

 

[stephenmercedes]

The bulbs are unlikely to have used 'new' holders to locate them. All the kits I have ever come across use the cars original holders to hold in place. I would try locating your new halogen bulbs into the 'rubber grommets' that hold the HIDs.

 

[lordlee]

If your headlights aren't the projector beam type then HID's will produce terrible beam scatter as you say. Best to go for a performance halogen bulb.