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If i want to change my light bulbs color from 4300k to 8k. Can i just changed the bulb? or do i need to change the ballast? Can someone please tell me what size bulbs the 04 TL uses?

thisaznboi88

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8000k? You rice???

Just buy some Osram CBI if you want a good balance of color and lightout put. No you do not have to swap ballast. You need D2S bulbs.

05_NBP_TL

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D2S bulbs only needed for swap. Like azianboy said...get CBI's or at max go 6000k bulbs. 8K is too blue and you loose light output. I switched from 8K back to 6K and now im satisfied. But i see some CBI's in my future

EvilVirus

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but i thought thisaznboi had the rice

thisaznboi88

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I have brown rice.

Azndjay

no sticky rice no more?? lol

350

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You can, but it looks cheap, and puts out less light. Cheap D2S bulbs are $10 all over ebay, OEM's are usually $100+ a pair. You'd be better served doing a lens swap and having a bluer cutoff than throwing a bluer bulb in.

truonghthe

8000k will kill your visibility when driving in the rain.

CLtotheTL32

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Do 6000k max, trust me.

Also, you don't have to change the ballasts, only the bulb.

JnC

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Osram CBIs if you want a nice white plus potent output

You need D2S style HID bulbs and no you do not need to change OEM ballasts/ignitors.

allykahn

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Put in a set of the CBIs this weekend. They cost a nice penny, but what a difference! Totally satisfied!

blueracer17

This.

350

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Any pics? My stock ones are getting tired and I'm thinking about them or the Philips 85122+, I think the CBI's are the only ones that put out equal light while being whiter.

nate_0022

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Look in my sig and click on my transformation thread and I have comparison shots in there somewhere