Since the headlights run across the front of the car, it's safe to say that it's easy to damage one in an accident. The brackets are designed to break to save the rest of the headlight from becoming damaged beyond repair. That's good for 1 reason, your bank account....
Smartmods
for all your modding needs, recommended by Evilution
Kane Harrison
Hashtag 1 Key Hole
OK, so your battery is dead and the car won't unlock. Good news, you have a physical key and a physical key hole. Find your physical key. Go to your driver's side door... ...and push the front of the door handle in so it folds out. Look in behind the handle and you'll...
Hashtag Colour Codes
The Hashtag range of smarts are the 1st to come without a data plate telling you the colour code. Your only way to know for sure is to compare the colour of your car with the photos below. Car Model Colour Name Also Known As Colour Code #1 Atom Grey Matte C40 #1 Cyber...
Hashtag Physical Key
If the key or the car runs out of battery, the central locking won't work so you'll need to access the physical key. This explains the excessive size of the fob. It's bloody massive! It's like a Frisbee. Flip it over and you'll notice the smart logo is in the...
HDD To SSD Conversion
2023 Edit The original info on this page is probably in excess of a decade old and, because of software and hardware changes, it's out of date. The cost of SSDs is now 20% of what they cost back then so it's just easier to find a Chinese company that sells MB Star...
Head Gasket Failure Test
Symptoms Do you have oil in your coolant? Coolant in your oil? Losing coolant? Air locks in the coolant system? Car running like a piece of shit? Good news, your head gasket might be screwed. The head gasket sits between the main block and the head. The main block...
Head Up Display
Head Up Display or HUD can be found on fighter jets, attack helicopters and a very few cars, let's try and add a smart to that list.
Headlight Adjustment
If you remove the headlights or change the bulbs, the headlights may be out of alignment. They may be too low or dazzling drivers.
Headlight Eyebrows
Adding eyebrows to the headlights can give a the car a better look.
Headlight Polishing
Headlights suffer from corrosion, it's easy to sort out.
Headlight Scratch Repair
Plastic lenses have their advantages over glass lenses but they do get scratched through general wear and tear,stone chips, road grit etc.
Heated Seats – Retrofit
After working on this project with smart owner BlackDog, everything is now ready to go.
Heated Seats Not Working
The heated seats on the 450 and Roadster seem to have a few common faults that stop them working.
These faults haven't appeared on the 451 yet but if they do, these fixes should help too.
Heater Control Sliders
The heater controls are a bit boring and snap too easily.
Heaters
If you thought the smart had one heater, you'd be wrong.
Heavy/Stiff Steering
Getting to the bottom of stiff steering.
Hella 451 DRL Repair
The 5 per side Hella daytime running lights on the 451 where surprisingly poor quality and failed regularly.
HID Headlight Interference
Radio Interference After HID Installation This is a fairly normal occurrence. The radio signal is fine until you turn on the headlights. But as soon as the headlights are on, you get loads of static interference over the music. What Is It? Radio stations are...
High Level Brake Light
Changing the bulbs in the high level brake light assembly.
Highline – What It Could Have Been
I have always wondered about the miriad of connections on the back of the Highline stereo.