Fog light bulbs - Crystal Vision (Phillips)
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Fog light bulbs - Crystal Vision (Phillips)
Anyone use these fog lights in models with Xenon headlights ? I don't know what years came with them but was looking for a color that would match the headlights a bit better. The stock fog light bulbs seem to be your typical, yellowish incandescent bulb. Phillips describes them as "Bright white Xenon look".
As far as the fog lights go, I'll admit, I'm only doing this for the "look" aspect. At least the current, old bulbs, the output or coverage they offer is pretty minimal....
As far as the fog lights go, I'll admit, I'm only doing this for the "look" aspect. At least the current, old bulbs, the output or coverage they offer is pretty minimal....
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Those aren't the same style fogs on my 2006 coupe, mine uses H1 lamps and I THINK the sedan uses 9003, I put in Sylvania silverstar lamps last fall. However I use mine for pure functionality so my advice probably doesn't apply to someone going for cosmetics but the light output and functionality of them are very nice.
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Every bulb "selector" tool indicates the bulbs are 9006 but the Field Service Manual says "H1". I suspect Infiniti fixed this in a revision.... Ahhh, the owner's manual says it uses an "HB4" which is a 9006.
What bulb did you end up with or did you just live with the Crystal Vision ?
Every bulb "selector" tool indicates the bulbs are 9006 but the Field Service Manual says "H1". I suspect Infiniti fixed this in a revision.... Ahhh, the owner's manual says it uses an "HB4" which is a 9006.
What bulb did you end up with or did you just live with the Crystal Vision ?
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Hall the kit I bought is this one, for the GTO they were truly plug and play. Came with ballasts and the bulbs have fans to cool them. They produce 360* light and fit in my headlight housings with the dust caps on. 2 Year warranty and almost 500 reviews with a 4.3 out of 5 rating between them. I've had them for 3 months with absolutely no issues, they didn't cause any electrical issues such as hyperblinking either. As you can see they have available replacements for a number of headlight bulbs. Not sure if they offer kits to replace D2R or D2S bulbs but I haven't looked.
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I'd prefer something in between ! Going the "cheap eBay" route is fine but if the bulbs only last 6 months or even a year, I'd still prefer not having to swap them out (doesn't always matter how easy it is either) too frequently. I played that game in previous cars using those 'extra bright' halogen bulbs from GE, Sylvania, etc. They're marginally brighter, but not enough to justify costing $50 vs $10, and worse, they never lasted more than 18 months. I went back to the $10 'standard' bulbs and they lasted 2-3x longer.
Looking at 9006-style LEDs on Amazon, I only see one name I recognize - JDM Astar. I bought some LEDs for my wife's car and have had to replaced (3) in less than a year already. LEDs are supposed to last years, right ? Even filtering the selection to 5-star ratings only, I still get 471 items to pick from... Almost all of them have these cooling fans, heat sinks, and so on. That's just something else to fail, isn't it ? Also, how are you sure they'll fit ?
Looking at 9006-style LEDs on Amazon, I only see one name I recognize - JDM Astar. I bought some LEDs for my wife's car and have had to replaced (3) in less than a year already. LEDs are supposed to last years, right ? Even filtering the selection to 5-star ratings only, I still get 471 items to pick from... Almost all of them have these cooling fans, heat sinks, and so on. That's just something else to fail, isn't it ? Also, how are you sure they'll fit ?
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I'd prefer something in between ! Going the "cheap eBay" route is fine but if the bulbs only last 6 months or even a year, I'd still prefer not having to swap them out (doesn't always matter how easy it is either) too frequently. I played that game in previous cars using those 'extra bright' halogen bulbs from GE, Sylvania, etc. They're marginally brighter, but not enough to justify costing $50 vs $10, and worse, they never lasted more than 18 months. I went back to the $10 'standard' bulbs and they lasted 2-3x longer.
Looking at 9006-style LEDs on Amazon, I only see one name I recognize - JDM Astar. I bought some LEDs for my wife's car and have had to replaced (3) in less than a year already. LEDs are supposed to last years, right ? Even filtering the selection to 5-star ratings only, I still get 471 items to pick from... Almost all of them have these cooling fans, heat sinks, and so on. That's just something else to fail, isn't it ? Also, how are you sure they'll fit ?
Looking at 9006-style LEDs on Amazon, I only see one name I recognize - JDM Astar. I bought some LEDs for my wife's car and have had to replaced (3) in less than a year already. LEDs are supposed to last years, right ? Even filtering the selection to 5-star ratings only, I still get 471 items to pick from... Almost all of them have these cooling fans, heat sinks, and so on. That's just something else to fail, isn't it ? Also, how are you sure they'll fit ?
These ones (fog/high position - bottom) use Philips ZES LED chips as opposed to generic replica chips. I've been running them for the past 6 months or so, no problems at all, and they're always on whenever the low beams come on. The high beams from the LED's are phenomenal. I'm curious to get a D2R set and see how they perform for the low beams too. Crystal white light, fit perfect in the housing and they also don't have the bulky current drivers ("ballasts").