1StGenCL

Someone told me i could use D2S HID bulbs in my reflector headlights w/o much glare but dont i need d2R bulbs or doesnt it matter? TIA

azn5ucka86

which ones are better, which bulbs come wit the HELLA 7000k kit? I think remember see'ing "DS2" on the bulb, but most people say d2s?

tw1112

I believe if you have projector headlights, which we don't, then you get D2S but for ours we get the D2R

1StGenCL

Ok i did alittle investigating myself on the philips lighting forum. I read in the FAQ that the D2R bulbs came about when mercedes wanted to put them in their reflector housings because they didnt want to go with projectors like bmw and such. To do these they used special reflector housings and came up with these d2r bulbs to cut stray light. I read that the only time these bulbs should be used are in housings made for the d2r bulbs, like benzs, and not halogen reflector housings like ours. They said all it did was cut the light but in the wrong places when used in conventional housings. Just thought i would update everyone and answer my own question

azn5ucka86

haha cool, so having the d2s are better for our cars

SumkidwithaCL

almost all cars with HID's use the D2R bulbs, including all new acura's, lexus'... but like 1stgencl said, the projector headlight cars have the D2S bulbs without the "shaded" areas on the glass. I have D2R bulbs in my accord and I tried "making" D2S bulbs on an extra pair by removing the "shaded" area's and I didnt notice a difference.

1StGenCL

Do you like your 8000K bulbs sumkid? I was thinking about getting 7000K bulbs but while reading about the D2R and D2S i read about there being no such thing as a bulb over 6000k unless it had some coating on it to give it color in which case it would severly cut your usable light. I figured i would go with a 6000K kit to be on the safe side made my K2.

SumkidwithaCL

I really didn't like the 8000k bulbs, like you said, they do seem to put out less light. I recently sent them back to the guy I bought them from and put my Osram bulbs back in (which im not sure of the color temp. , they are the same as what comes in the new acura's.) I like these a lot better... my advice is if you can afford HID's, just stick with that, seeing how the price of the 5400K kits has come wayyy down, its not worth the extra money for anything about that color temp.

tw1112

Yeah I wouldnt go with anything over 6000k from what i've been reading. To f0de and 3pointzero, I just want to thank you guys for helping us with the HID groupbuy..it's a lot of work to get something like this together, and whether or not you are getting something back from the groupbuy or not, Good job to both of you!