dagigu

i want to upgrade my oem hid bulbs to "philips 6000K ultinon", so i guess the product i should be looking for will be "PHILIPS 6000K Ultinon D2S bulbs"?

there is only one kind of bulb under this name right? (i mean...there's no H1, H2...etc, as long as it says "D2S", then it's good?)

the reason i'm asking this is because i found a set of this on ebay selling for $200 here, on the website it says the bulb type is T-9 which I've never heard of it, so i am kinda worried there are different types of bulbs all under the same name "philips 6000K ultinon".

also, does anyone know where i can get this in good price? is 200 a pretty good deal?

clee109

yes D2S is your your HID headlight, H series would refer to your high beam and fogs.

booboojin

i want to change oem hid bulbs too, so any D2S bulb will work for TSX? so basically D2S hid bulb works for all the cars out there? (seems each individual brand only makes one kind of D2S bulbs for direct replacement for the oem hid bulbs)...is that right?

thanks

ItsHersTL

Im going to throw the total noob question out there & ask what years came with HIDs & if so, what bulbs? D2S for the Low beams & D2H for Highs 7 Fogs?

clee109

D2S and D2R are reference to HID bulbs, your high beams ARE NOT HID. So the ONLY HID bulb you have is the low beams which is D2S. Your fogs and high beams are halogens and I believe the fogs are H11 and the high beams I'm not sure....

HoRRo

All years of the TSX came with HID on the low-beams.

High-beams are H1.

As copied from Sylvania site for the TSX:

Low beam headlamp
HID-D2S

High beam headlamp
H1-55W

Parking light
168

Front turn signal
7440

Rear turn signal
7440

Tail light
7443

Stop light
7443

High mount stop light
7440

Fog/Driving light
H11-55W

License plate
168

Back up light
7440

Front sidemarker
168

Rear sidemarker
168

Map light
DE3175

Dome light
DE3175

Trunk/Cargo area
168

Reach

^ That is GREAT info! So many questions get asked about "what kind of bulb goes where" in our cars now that light changing seems to be all the rage.

We really should have this info in the FAQ somewhere!

It should also be noted that a 168 bulb is identical to a 194 bulb (which is the more common nomenclature, at least for aftermarket parts), and the festoon bulbs in the TSX (map lights, rear dome light, etc) are 10x30mm.

booboojin

great info! thanks

ItsHersTL

Thanks HoRRo!

TacoBellSauce

D2S is for projectors while D2R are for the regular housing HIDs right?
the last gen TLs used D2R also, right?

Reach

^ Correct.

Scottys11

Reach - what kind of headlight bulbs do you have in your car? I have the OEM and i'm looking for something a little bluer kind of like yours...i changed my fog lights to a bluish so i want everything to match...

Audioserf

And Reach, as an extension to this, can you see as well with whatever bulbs you're rocking as with the OEMs? Thanks.

ItsHersTL

We use D2S correct as HoRRo posted?

hrj

iTrader: (1)

Yes.

kostantinos

iTrader: (1)

d2s are for projectors d2r are for reflectors

ultinons come in d2s but they also come rebased as well

i have a rebased set of h1's on my bmw

Reach

Guys, I'm using the stock D2S bulbs. The bluish glow in my housings is from bright white LEDs going through the jdm sidemarkers. Search for the 2006 jdm lights to see big pics of them and you'll get an idea.

Scottys11

where did you get the cleared out headlights from or can i do it myself?

Audioserf

Reach has the 2006 JDM headlights; to my knowledge, he didn't clear them himself.

You can order JDM headlights from a number of places including our board vendors (Mr. Heeltoe?) although I think they're kind of hard to find/back-ordered.

jl1080

Quick question Reach, what kind of bulbs did you use for your fogs?

Reach

Correct. JDM lights come with blueish sidemarker inserts instead of amber ones.

Nokya H9 yellow bulbs. You would have to modify them like I did to work with the stock housings. I posted how to do that in a pic thread in the Photo gallery forum, search for my name.

jl1080

thanks

Scottys11

any online vendors that have the JDM headlights,....

hrj

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Heeltoe Auto.. http://www.heeltoeauto.com/Honda-Gen...R-pr-2252.html
PM him if you want the +06 ones.

Tsx6363

very informative thread