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Replacement Xenon bulbs

Specific discussion about the E89 2009 Z4 (sDrive35is, sDrive35i, sDrive30i, sDrive23i)
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Replacement Xenon bulbs

Post by Lazza » Thu Jan 11, 2018 12:29 am

I believe the Xenon bulbs in my car are probably the originals from 2009. Do they lose a bit of brightness/colour over time?
To be fair, they seem bright enough, just not particularly white.

Is there a recognised best replacement/upgrade bulb? I know they aren’t supposed to fail, or rarely at least so it might not be a common discussion.
I have seen the OSRAM Xenarc Night Breaker Unlimited D1S 4350K bulbs on the Powerbulbs site for Β£125 for a pair. Anyone have any experience of these or similar?
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Post by mcbutler » Sat Jan 13, 2018 12:28 pm

SO long as you buy a matching pair from a well known manufacturer you will be ok. My car is 2009 and I have been considering this also.

For example https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Osram-HID-D3 ... SwXsFaUNCC
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Post by J1mmys » Tue Mar 26, 2019 12:02 pm

What fitment are they D1S or D3S?
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Replacement Xenon bulbs

Post by tintoverano » Tue Mar 26, 2019 12:25 pm

Philips XENON X-TREMEVISION GEN2 85415XV2C1



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtLKpf_IYTs
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Post by J1mmys » Tue Mar 26, 2019 5:20 pm

D2S?
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Post by flybobbie » Wed Mar 27, 2019 12:52 am

I fitted Philips Xenon X-treme Vision gen2 HID Car Headlight Bulb D1S , much brighter than the originals on my 80k mile car.

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Replacement Xenon bulbs

Post by tintoverano » Wed Mar 27, 2019 7:58 am

flybobbie, thanks for sharing, was waiting for it :thumbsup:
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Post by flybobbie » Wed Mar 27, 2019 8:42 am

And the beam pattern has a better spread. Previously there was more pronounced two vertical bright spots with wasted light up towards the sky on mains and i noticed daytime i could see the dipped beam on the curb which i never noticed before.
After tyres i think the best mod on my car.

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Post by J1mmys » Sat Mar 30, 2019 10:39 am

So D1s fitted the main beam on your car?
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Post by flybobbie » Sat Mar 30, 2019 3:22 pm

Main/dip is the same bulb.

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Post by J1mmys » Sat Mar 30, 2019 11:54 pm

Mine has adaptive bi xenons not sure if they all do?
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Post by tintoverano » Sun Mar 31, 2019 7:43 am

J1mmys wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2019 11:54 pm Mine has adaptive bi xenons not sure if they all do?
you can and should always check on Realoem the part numbers to make sure and also ask the shop
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Post by flybobbie » Mon Apr 01, 2019 8:35 pm

If adaptive is like the one's i had on the MR2, i found them really annoying.

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