Bulbs (foglights and low beam)
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Bulbs (foglights and low beam)
Hi there, i'd like to replace my car's bulbs for something new, like Osram Cool Blue Hyper (5000K). Do you know what bulbs belong to the foglights, and low beam? Are they H1, H7, H11...?
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Low beams and high beams are H7, fog lights are 9006.
If you want to get a little more umph out of your fogs and you can handle some slight modding with a small knife and file, you can get 9005 bulbs for the fogs, do a little shaving and get an extra 10w/700 lumens.
If you're looking for that 5000K HID look, I would recommend Philips Diamond Vision bulbs. All others I have tried greatly reduce useable light output. Just be careful - there's a lot of counterfeits out there (genuine Philips DV bulbs are made in Germany - if the packaging has Chinese writing, they're fakes).
If you want to get a little more umph out of your fogs and you can handle some slight modding with a small knife and file, you can get 9005 bulbs for the fogs, do a little shaving and get an extra 10w/700 lumens.
If you're looking for that 5000K HID look, I would recommend Philips Diamond Vision bulbs. All others I have tried greatly reduce useable light output. Just be careful - there's a lot of counterfeits out there (genuine Philips DV bulbs are made in Germany - if the packaging has Chinese writing, they're fakes).
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Low beams and high beams are H7, fog lights are 9006.
If you want to get a little more umph out of your fogs and you can handle some slight modding with a small knife and file, you can get 9005 bulbs for the fogs, do a little shaving and get an extra 10w/700 lumens.
If you're looking for that 5000K HID look, I would recommend Philips Diamond Vision bulbs. All others I have tried greatly reduce useable light output. Just be careful - there's a lot of counterfeits out there (genuine Philips DV bulbs are made in Germany - if the packaging has Chinese writing, they're fakes).
If you want to get a little more umph out of your fogs and you can handle some slight modding with a small knife and file, you can get 9005 bulbs for the fogs, do a little shaving and get an extra 10w/700 lumens.
If you're looking for that 5000K HID look, I would recommend Philips Diamond Vision bulbs. All others I have tried greatly reduce useable light output. Just be careful - there's a lot of counterfeits out there (genuine Philips DV bulbs are made in Germany - if the packaging has Chinese writing, they're fakes).
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If you look into the socket on the bulb base where the pigtail plugs in, you will see two plastic bars. Now if you look at the pigtail on your car, it has a slot for one bar in the middle. All you have to do is cut/shave the two bars/tabs on the bulb housing.
Also, the base of the bulb has 3 tabs. Sometimes, you need to shave a little off of one or 2 of those tabs (compare with the tabs on your original 9006 bulb). However, for some of us the bulb will go in with a little wiggling and nudging without having to shave those tabs. That's it!
Also, the base of the bulb has 3 tabs. Sometimes, you need to shave a little off of one or 2 of those tabs (compare with the tabs on your original 9006 bulb). However, for some of us the bulb will go in with a little wiggling and nudging without having to shave those tabs. That's it!
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Here's a DIY I found on the web with a little more in-depth explanation. Many also mention putting in a 2nd O ring, although I never have.
Fitting 9005 bulb in place of 9006
Fitting 9005 bulb in place of 9006
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Low beams and high beams are H7, fog lights are 9006.
If you want to get a little more umph out of your fogs and you can handle some slight modding with a small knife and file, you can get 9005 bulbs for the fogs, do a little shaving and get an extra 10w/700 lumens.
If you're looking for that 5000K HID look, I would recommend Philips Diamond Vision bulbs. All others I have tried greatly reduce useable light output. Just be careful - there's a lot of counterfeits out there (genuine Philips DV bulbs are made in Germany - if the packaging has Chinese writing, they're fakes).
If you want to get a little more umph out of your fogs and you can handle some slight modding with a small knife and file, you can get 9005 bulbs for the fogs, do a little shaving and get an extra 10w/700 lumens.
If you're looking for that 5000K HID look, I would recommend Philips Diamond Vision bulbs. All others I have tried greatly reduce useable light output. Just be careful - there's a lot of counterfeits out there (genuine Philips DV bulbs are made in Germany - if the packaging has Chinese writing, they're fakes).
Alternatively, you can also upgrade to HIDs which would give you that more modern whiter light with the corresponding lumen output. We carry top shelf Morimoto HID conversion kits that are plug and play solutions if interested.
