I think I'm going to upgrade both ballasts and bulbs.
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#18
Now that I looked more closely at it, using those in a reflector housing would be a horrible idea, the bulbs don't have the ceramic glare shield so it will blind everyone else on the road. I don't recommend those at all. Also, d2r and d2s bulbs are not interchangeable so you can't use them on projector headlights unless you do some modification to the bulbs which will likely void your warranty
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Originally Posted by redlude97
Now that I looked more closely at it, using those in a reflector housing would be a horrible idea, the bulbs don't have the ceramic glare shield so it will blind everyone else on the road. I don't recommend those at all. Also, d2r and d2s bulbs are not interchangeable so you can't use them on projector headlights unless you do some modification to the bulbs which will likely void your warranty
Last edited by meatbag; 01-10-2008 at 12:48 AM.
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#21
Originally Posted by meatbag
They are completely interchangeable. The only difference is the glare shield thats present on the D2R and not the D2S. The base and everything else about them are exactly the same. You can use either bulb in either style of headlight but a D2S bulb in the old style housing will blind everyone and a D2R in the new housing will have diminished light output.
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#25
Originally Posted by pjames
i've been thinking about converting the fogs /highbeams to hid, but i'm thinking that it might be difficult to run the drl, i assume that running half power to the ballasts won't halve the output of the bulbs (much like a fluorescent tube), any options there?
#26
well, good to know, didn't think it would be as much of a problem since the fogs are aimed so low, i know what you're talking about though, i see it every day.
say i did find a kit meant for reflectors such as the fog/HID, or did a projector retrofit, can they still serve as DRLs?
thanks for the info so far.
say i did find a kit meant for reflectors such as the fog/HID, or did a projector retrofit, can they still serve as DRLs?
thanks for the info so far.
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#30
Originally Posted by Moog
yeah he's ordering D2R bulbs for me