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Where to get HID (D4S) bulbs to convert 4300k to 6000k???

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Old 05-31-06, 07:56 AM
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Default Where to get HID (D4S) bulbs to convert 4300k to 6000k???

I am interested in swapping my 4300k stock HID bulbs for 6000k or something similar. I emailed Steve at Xenon Depot and he said he was sorry but they do not carry D4S bulbs!!! Where do I get these then??? I want a nice quality bulb, so maybe Philips or MTEC (which I have heard is actually Philips?). Maybe check ebay???

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Old 05-31-06, 09:03 AM
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Does this help?

http://www.xenonvalot.com/
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I want to order from xenonvalot....but i'm weary about it, Someone wanna order first?
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Originally Posted by pocky
I want to order from xenonvalot....but i'm weary about it, Someone wanna order first?
See I googled those bulbs and that site came up . . . but I had never heard of it as well and was kinda worried about it. It doesnt even look like the prices were in US $ either (from what i remember) so I wasnt too sure of it.

Anyone ordered from there?
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Originally Posted by mwaull
See I googled those bulbs and that site came up . . . but I had never heard of it as well and was kinda worried about it. It doesnt even look like the prices were in US $ either (from what i remember) so I wasnt too sure of it.

Anyone ordered from there?
Same here, first thing that pops up when I google for D4S bulbs.

It's in Euro Dollars.
Old 05-31-06, 11:51 AM
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yeah thats it . . . so anyone know if this place is legit?
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Yes....this place is legit. I got my D4S bulbs from them. It took alittle longer to get.....since it's coming from overseas.
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lol the highest kelvin rating out of these philliips are 5800k d4s and if they are phillips dont you think there is another site they can be found =P i personally arent getting these cause they are too low i want 6500k or 7000k for mines and they have yet to come out from what ive been researching.
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I don't understand all the pursuit for blue-looking HIDs at the cost of useable light output.
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Agreed to Conekiller. Don't just consider the color temperature but also the lumens.
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am I missing something here....do you have 1st gen or 2nd gen? Isn't the 2nd gen h11 for low beams.
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H11 low beam is only for the non-HID equipped 2nd gen IS. For those that have the factory HID low beam, it's D4S.
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So you want to change the bulbs to higher kelvin to get a bluer look? The new generation d4s lexus projectors have poor output compared to previous d2s projectors and seeing how alot of people complain about not beeing able to see very far your viewing distance should decrease considerably if you move from the current 5000k bulbs to 6000k.
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Originally Posted by shrka
am I missing something here....do you have 1st gen or 2nd gen? Isn't the 2nd gen h11 for low beams.
lol lets not get this confuse the low beams are h11, that is the kit setup code for the hids....the bulbs themselves are d4s d4r bulbs.
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Originally Posted by vicestan
So you want to change the bulbs to higher kelvin to get a bluer look? The new generation d4s lexus projectors have poor output compared to previous d2s projectors and seeing how alot of people complain about not beeing able to see very far your viewing distance should decrease considerably if you move from the current 5000k bulbs to 6000k.
my projectors actually should help my lights not come off so obvious towards cops and i need a little bit brighter color with a tint of blue so that i can slap my fogs on that are 6500k =P and the replacements would be from 4300k to 6500k


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