like the title says, what are some good brand names of xenon bulbs, and where can I buy them. I went to the dealer today and they charge 150.00 for one!!!!!! I know I could probobly get two for that price somewhere online.

Please help me out I'm new to this!!

Thank you in advance for your help,

Justin

ps: I have an 01 cl-s

 

I got mine from Akinaboy on ebay

either Philips or OSRAM

Oh and i paid $50 for both @ stock color (4300k)

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZaki...QfsooZ1QQrdZ0?

 

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yep i have told many people on here about him. great seller, name brands for cheap. i have bought 4 sets of bulbs from him.

phillips.

 

i tried searching all i could get were HID upgrades, but havent answered my question. so since we already have HID/xenon lamps, cant we just get higher kelvin bulbs and throw em onto our car? from our stock 4000k or 4300k, to a 6000k? i dont know much about car lighting so i dont know if thats good or bad to do that.

 

yes you can, but you will loose some light output the higher you go.

This thread is great timing. I was going to ask today. Cool!

 

so just to clear this up, i can get a 6000k-8000k HID blub without having to buy the whole $250+ HID kit?

 

yes, but you will be loosing light output only to gain ricer color bulbs. i dont really see the benefit.

 

oh ok, that i didnt know. so the hid kits would....increase the light output? im sorry did i just hi-jack this thread?

 

Hold up.....

Your not buying any "kits"

The CL has HID's stock. All you are replacing is the HID bulb. Nothing else. It takes a DS2 bulb.

You can buy this bulb in the stock 4300K color which is the normal HID color & light output.(& the best)
You can also buy other HID DS2 bulbs that are rated a high color temp. Like 6K or 8K. These will give the light more blue color, but will take away some of the brightness. A lot of the brightness if you go 8K & higher.

 

^fuzzy

thats what i thought. then why do some people here buy the kaixen HID kits with 6k-8k for round $300, when i can get reputable HID bulbs for around 60-80 bucks?

 

They don't. People buy the KAIXEN HID kits if they want HID's for their fog lights. They buy D2C bulbs to replace their stock HID's.

KAIXEN is also another great name to add to the reputable HID bulbs and kits.

 

^OOOHHH!!! ok thank you very much for clearing that up. thats what i always thought was the case...thats why it never made sense to why we need hid kits if our cars already have hids..jeeez!! btw is it D2C or D2R?

 

coz from what i know D2R is for mirror housing? and D2S is for projector, so D2R would be for ours, correct? D2C is universal?

 

D2S is for the CL/TL. I had the letters backward

 

Actually the cl is d2r. Although according to akinaboy (ebay screen name) you can buy modded d2s bulbs so they will fit in your d2r housing. I actually just emailed him about that because I might just get the modded d2s bulbs. By the way Excelerate- I went onto your webpage and I couldnt view any of your products? If things dont go well with this guy on ebay I may buy the ones you carry. Since I cant view your page, could you tell me how much 2 bulbs cost in 6k and if the pcice is different 4300k?

Thanks,

Justin

 

You want D2R for the CL replacement bulbs. If you look on the outside of the headlight housing I believe it even says it on there

 

D2R?? Oh damn! Thought I read it was D2S? Opps my fault. Guess I'll be returning mine.

 

 

D2R thats what i thought. and i was gonna listen to you coz ur a mod and stuff..jeeeez.. jk. ehheh.

 

$50??

did he lower his prices? I remember when he was selling them for $98.

 

he sells them for $50 but they have 800 hours on them. He also sells modded d2s bulbs that work in a d2r housing for $65 and there new.

 

hi guys i was just wondering i have 2001 acura cl type-s and wanted to change my headlights hid lights that are i think 4300k to 10,000k hid bulbs will that cause any problems or no please let me know i need some information on this?
sincerely,
alan malagon

 

^ no problems. Just less light output as said above...


On a side note, My one Ballast went out so i bought a set of ballasts off of a BMW and only used the one to make the one other headlight work. With that "kit" (for which i got at at steel paying only $89) I got a set of D2S bulbs. I comared them to the D2R's that i pulled from my CL and the only difference is that the D2S bulbs have a notch in a different spot. I took my dremel and dremeled the D2R notch into the D2S bulb and they fit great. The difference between the two is not that noticible. With the D2S bulbs, there are just some random lines that were not there with the original D2R bulbs.

Wow, I just realised that i have 3 sets of bulbs with one of them being in my CL...

 

Justin here is the link for the KAIXEN pricing:

https://acurazine.com/forums/sponsored-sales-group-buys-10/kaixen-hid-kit-groupbuy-330409/

I haven't populated the website yet fully with items.

And D2C will fit D2R and D2S. D2S is for projectors. D2R is for non projector housings which the CL has.

 

Guess i made myself a D2C bulb in that case