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Don't buy the cheaply made Asian HID bulbs, stick with the OEM quality brands. The difference in price is not worth the risk to your ballast or your wallet.
Don't buy used bulbs, no way to verify how used they are or remaining life.
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To buy OEM (Philips, Osram, GE ) quality you will pay about $45 shipped per bulb or about $75 shipped for a pair. It is best to replace both and keep the good one as a spare. Old bulb and new bulb color will NOT match.
Don't buy the cheaply made Asian HID bulbs, stick with the OEM quality brands. The difference in price is not worth the risk to your ballast or your wallet.
Don't buy used bulbs, no way to verify how used they are or remaining life.
Don't buy the cheaply made Asian HID bulbs, stick with the OEM quality brands. The difference in price is not worth the risk to your ballast or your wallet.
Don't buy used bulbs, no way to verify how used they are or remaining life.
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I'm convinced all bulbs are made nearly the same... Ive been running the same DS2 8k bulbs for over 3 years now in 4 different cars and theyre still running strong. I also recommend the cheapies to many many many people and i've yet to hear back from anyone that they had problems and i always do ask for you guys to contact me if i suggest something and there are issues so i can help resolve or if in fact the product has gone downhill so i can find the new best thing.
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I'm convinced all bulbs are made nearly the same... Ive been running the same DS2 8k bulbs for over 3 years now in 4 different cars and theyre still running strong. I also recommend the cheapies to many many many people and i've yet to hear back from anyone that they had problems and i always do ask for you guys to contact me if i suggest something and there are issues so i can help resolve or if in fact the product has gone downhill so i can find the new best thing.
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Those are great prices. Especially compared to the 160-200 price range for HID bulbs for the Porsche parts I charge out which are Phillips or Osram in most cases. I love evo part prices!
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Also these same 3 brands of D2R are also interchangeable as well.
Try seller HIDbulbzRus dot com for great HID bulb pricing. They only sell new bulbs and no damaged bulbs. They sell Philips, Osram and GE brand bulbs.
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BS, the same (what is NEARLY the same). Asian made HID bulbs are ALL CRAP. The quality standards between OEM quality and Asian made HID bulbs is no comparison. I work for a major USA HID ballast manufacturer and the Asian vs European made bulbs (Philips, Osram, GE) are very different. Asian made bulbs can and frequently do damage the ballast when they fail. Everything about them is cheap, the fill of metal halide salts, the non thoriated tungsten electrodes, the quartz glass, the base support, on and on it goes. For only a little more money you can get new OEM quality bulbs.
And that is only if we talk about initial lumens, because over time, HID lamps depreciate and lose efficiency. Near it's life end, an HID lamp might have only 70% of it's initial lumens remaining. An asian lamp with cheap components might get a steeper depreciation for that reason. It may still work, but the light output won't be as good as a branded lamp.
Lighting is like everything else, you get what you pay for.