I currently have 12000K HID's in my headlights and they're D2S bulbs I believe. The lighting isn't an issue even though most people seem to think the 12000K is completely blinding, etc. But what I'm thinking about doing is replacing them with some more OEM looking bulbs, something like 6000K. But I was thinking about doing D2R instead of D2S, because from what I have read the D2R doesn't have the reflector shield in the bulb. The D2R might be slightly more glarey, but apparently it looks much better from a distance from what I have been told.

Can anyone confirm this? Thanks!

 

You need either an adapter, or you can cut a little tab off the bulb to fit. There's an Ebay seller that sells them. You can search for the posts.

 

i don't understand.. you have D2S's retro'd into your OEM D2R housing ?

 

ds2's are made for projectors so u need to do some modding to get them to work/fit.

 

not exactly! i have d2s 8000k bulbs in my headlights and they are perfect fit!

 

If they fit without any problem, then you got the modified ones... If I remember correctly, the modified D2S's are called D2C...

look on ebay..

 

. yea cuz i was going to put my friends 350z 8000k bulbs in my car to seee if 1. it would fit and work2. how it would look and i got neither accomplished.

 

So let me get this straight, the D2S will fit in our headlights? Because I'm trying to decide between 6000K D2R and D2S. Thanks!

 

D2R is the stock bulb type. D2S is made for projector headlights.

 

Since we are on the topic of replacing bulbs.........anyone know where I can get H.I.D bulbs for the fog lights on a second gen CL?

Thank you.

 

D2S's are for projectors.....they give "ONE HELL OF A GLARE" in our headlights that are made for D2R's. Beleive me, I know........i fucked up and ordered and installed the wrong ones! Sent them back, and replaced them with 6000 D2R's.

 

I Have D2s I Think, Their Bright As Hell On My Cl-s

 

That's why I'm ordering D2S!

 

so you're going to blind people?

 

To tell the truth, I got D2S's with my BMW Ballasts that I bought on ebay and after modifying them and putting them in, the light pattern was not that much different from the stock D2R. Yea, there was a line on the wall that was not there before but it didnt produce too much glare...

But then again, this was at 20, 10, 5 and 3 feet away from the wall so I dunno. I didnt drive with them in but will do that soon...

Art

 

Aiming slightly down.

 

D2S/D2C is brighter but they all fit the same no matter the color or if its D2C/D2S/D2R they all fit the same...in projectors and oem headlight housings

 

a correction,
i have d2c 6000k, d'oh! their bright enough though, compared to the stock 4300 k.