Special: Philips Ultinon 6200K D4S HID light bulbs

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02-14-15, 10:37 AM

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airforcejo

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Osram CBI 5000K are pure white with slight blue

Hi everyone, I read over and over about folks wanting cooler looking front lights -- especially the high beams. I don't believe the Japanese Philips 6000 and 6200K HID bulbs are made in Germany. Philips Automotive Lighting is being spun off from the Dutch/German company -- Philips will soon be concentrating on their health products and no longer manufacture light bulbs (Sept 2014, Wall Street Journal). It appears Philips is licensing their name to Japanese and Chinese manufacturers. Japan makes terrific bulbs, don't get me wrong, but be careful what and where you buy. I replaced my 2013 ES 350 fog bulbs with the JDM Astar 1200 Lumens Extremely Bright 144-EX Chipsets H16 (type 2 with 90-degree angle) LED bulbs (Amazon.com). They run approximately 5500 to 6000K and look fantastic! The OE fog lamps do very little to light up the road anyhow, but the LEDs tend to widen the visibility more than stock. I also have placed extra DRLs in my right and left corner of the lower "spindle" grille which also runs around 5500K (Philips Daylight9 -- ordered from England -- Ebay / autolightsdirectUK; not available in the States). To match the whiteness of my two new sets of front lights, I purchased Osram Cool Blue Intense (CBI) 5000K HID bulbs (XenonDepot.com); they also look terrific and offer the same lumens and the same down-the-road light projection of my stock HIDs. However, they are almost pure white once they burn in. You can view many guys using the CBI HID bulbs on YouTube and you'll see they first spark on blue and within seconds start glowing white with a tinges of blue on the edges. After about 20-hours of use they are pure white. They are a great upgrade to your stock HDI bulbs and to me, I see further and wider. Back to the subject of high beams --- I agree with many other members that raising your Kelvins just lower your usable light. If you think about it (and lower your desire to be a cool driver around town) you really want a great bright bulb for your high beams. I have found that Philips X-treme 9005 bulbs offer the brightest and furthest projection of light down the road of any bulb I've tried. They also project further to the right and left than stock. I've tried tip-colored halogen bulbs to get the "cooler" 5000 to 6000K color of HIDs, but I'm always disappointed in the dimmer light. Besides, you're suppose to have the "brights' on when no one is seeing how cool you are in the fist place right? For overall appearance around the city, I highly recommend adding the Osram CBI to replace your stock HIDs, change the fogs to the JDM Astar LEDs, and add the extra safety factor of Philips DRLs . For your high beams stay with the lower Kelvin Philips X-treme.