T3X4S Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 One of the headlight assemblies on my car filled with condensation, blew out the HID bulb.. and of course, the local Infiniti dealership wanted $1500 to replace... I laughed, and decided I would try it on my own. Found the headlight assembly online for $280. Bought (2) OSRAM 5500K CB HID bulbs for $80 And after 6 hours yesterday - here are the results: Now the new Kelvin rating matches the LED fog/running lights perfectly - pretty happy with myself. But Im sticking with computers - so much easier than car maintenance Jim K 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gary7 Subscriber² Posted May 16, 2016 Subscriber² Share Posted May 16, 2016 I have an Acura 3.2TL and I feel your pain. T3X4S 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc302 Veteran Posted May 17, 2016 Veteran Share Posted May 17, 2016 16 hours ago, T3X4S said: One of the headlight assemblies on my car filled with condensation, blew out the HID bulb.. and of course, the local Infiniti dealership wanted $1500 to replace... I laughed, and decided I would try it on my own. Found the headlight assembly online for $280. Bought (2) OSRAM 5500K CB HID bulbs for $80 And after 6 hours yesterday - here are the results: Now the new Kelvin rating matches the LED fog/running lights perfectly - pretty happy with myself. But Im sticking with computers - so much easier than car maintenance It really depends on the car....Japanese/luxury cars they like to make it especially difficult almost to where you need to be a contortionist to be able to get to things. Sometimes I really wish my arm could bend about 3 more times to get to the things in those cars. They really like to put things in cavities where your arms can't reach without a lot of disassembly or completely ripping things out. I remember a late ford probe (96) 4cyl....they put the oil filter against the firewall half way up the engine. It takes a special kind of idiot to do that but an even more special kind of idiot to run a brand new car for 18k miles without changing the oil, oil filter was basically welded to the motor being that the owner had no pedal control (off or on). T3X4S 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrynalyne Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Can you link those bulbs? It doesn't look ricey blue does it? My 4500s are bright but this looks clean. Any before and afters to compare OEM to these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3X4S Posted May 18, 2016 Author Share Posted May 18, 2016 8 hours ago, adrynalyne said: Can you link those bulbs? It doesn't look ricey blue does it? My 4500s are bright but this looks clean. Any before and afters to compare OEM to these? Here is the link, they are called OSRAM CBI 5500K - mine took bulb model D2S. It doesnt look ricey or, what I call "mexican HID" - that nasty blue $20 wannabe crap that is annoying to every driver on the road. (not being derogatory to hispanics - but tthats who you see doing it 95% of the time. The main thing I wanted was to match my LEDs & to look OEM, but better and brighter - these are considered one of the best brands on the market if you want an OEM, nice look (no rice/cheese) (what the infiniti forums and amazon said) My main concern was exactly like yours - I dont want that cheap crap - I want it to look exactly like a new luxury car... or as close as I can with my headlight assembly. You definitely want to do both at the same time since HID fade over time. So - see what part you need - and find it in the OSRAM CBI 5500K Anything over 5500K starts to get blue-ish Im sorry I dont have before & after shots adrynalyne 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrynalyne Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 (edited) 17 minutes ago, T3X4S said: Here is the link, they are called OSRAM CBI 5500K - mine took bulb model D2S. It doesnt look ricey or, what I call "mexican HID" - that nasty blue $20 wannabe crap that is annoying to every driver on the road. (not being derogatory to hispanics - but tthats who you see doing it 95% of the time. The main thing I wanted was to match my LEDs & to look OEM, but better and brighter - these are considered one of the best brands on the market if you want an OEM, nice look (no rice/cheese) (what the infiniti forums and amazon said) My main concern was exactly like yours - I dont want that cheap crap - I want it to look exactly like a new luxury car... or as close as I can with my headlight assembly. You definitely want to do both at the same time since HID fade over time. So - see what part you need - and find it in the OSRAM CBI 5500K Anything over 5500K starts to get blue-ish Im sorry I dont have before & after shots Yeah mine are D2S as well. Thanks! I've wanted to so this for a while but had trouble finding a happy medium between 4.5. and 6K. I definitely didn't want 6K. T3X4S 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3X4S Posted May 18, 2016 Author Share Posted May 18, 2016 1 hour ago, adrynalyne said: Yeah mine are D2S as well. Thanks! I've wanted to so this for a while but had trouble finding a happy medium between 4.5. and 6K. I definitely didn't want 6K. No problem. eBay is where I bought them for $80 BTWThey still have some adrynalyne 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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