I made a impulse buy yesterday and got a d2c bulb instead of the d2r. The d2r bulb have a small sheild on one side which helps prevent glare for those with non projector lights. The 05 Sedan has reflector headlights which need the d2r bulbs. The d2c bulbs fit both the reflector and projector type but they do not have the shield on the bulb.

After reading all the threads here, some people said that they ran d2c in reflectors with no probs and min glare. The place I went to buy my bulbs did not have d2r's in stock and the employee said that the d2c's don't cause all that much glare so I bought them.

After driving around and standing in front of my car at night, I can say that there is substantially more glare on the d2c. My main concern is blinding other people and I have to say that it is borderline. It's not terrible, but the d2c without the sheild causes more light to glare higher into peoples eyes. When I shine them on a wall, you can really see alot more light higher on the wall.

Another thing I don't like is that it gives off that cheap aftermarket glowy hid look as opposed to a sharp clean shine. I can see that these may slightly annoy some people coming from the opposite direction. Along with the cheap glowy look and sloppy shine against a wall, I'll be going changing to d2r's.

Hope this helps someone.

 

good choice, d2c bulbs are one of the worst HID bulbs out there, because they are using people's ignorance on the subject to sell more products cheaper since the manufacturers only have to make a single type of bulb. Very commendable of you to take other's safety into consideration in your choice to not use the d2c's after first hand experience