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Philips Ultinon 6000K installed!

Old Nov 11, 2012 | 09:47 AM
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Philips Ultinon 6000K installed!

Boy, what a difference in lighting! My driverside headlight was showing pinkish tone and flickering, so I figured it was time to replace bulbs on my 2004 S500.
I ordered Philips Ultinon from ebay and installed. What a difference in brightness! It is significantly different in light output.
I paid $99 for pair of bulbs and well worth the money!
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Old Nov 14, 2012 | 10:54 PM
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OH!!!! Thank goodness. I thought you were saying you paid $6K to install a headlight. I thought that was a bit much even for MB.
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Old Nov 15, 2012 | 02:58 PM
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Funny S600! I thought $99 was outrageous for two bulbs, but after the install. it was way worth it every penny!
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Old Nov 22, 2012 | 07:24 PM
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Kinda pointless to post without pics. I am in the process of replacing my bulbs as well but I am debating between spending 50.00 a pair of 5k morimotos or going all out and getting the 185.00 Osram Xenarc CBI.
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Old Nov 22, 2012 | 10:38 PM
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Wonder if anything on fleabay is real?
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Old Nov 25, 2012 | 07:42 AM
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no all the ebay HID are fake regardless of packaging
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Old Nov 26, 2012 | 02:12 PM
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Old Dec 7, 2012 | 10:01 PM
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incorrect

Originally Posted by tusabes
no all the ebay HID are fake regardless of packaging
I beg the differ. I did research on the bulb to avoid the fake ones. There is a seller who gives you comparison to detect the fake ones. I did avoid and compared the description and pictures. It is the genuine ones I have purchased and light output is clearly superb.

I will take some pictures and post soon. It is raining like mother outside.
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