# HID bulb brand **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [December 16, 2007, 9:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-bulb-brand/40364 "2007-12-16T21:09:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 9:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-bulb-brand/40364/1 "2007-12-16T21:09:02Z")
Whats the best brand going right now for d2s Bulbs, i cant find really any info on them, just alot of no name bulbs on the market ---
**Author:** ![Violator](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/violator/32/7278_2.png) [@Violator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Violator)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 9:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-bulb-brand/40364/2 "2007-12-16T21:24:18Z")
Hella or Osram. Phillips is fine tool. Why would you look at anything else? Expect to pay at least $80 for them ---
**Author:** ![SilverGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@SilverGT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SilverGT)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-bulb-brand/40364/3 "2007-12-16T21:29:47Z")
phillips has been good for me. ---
**Author:** ![ZOMGVTEK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zomgvtek/32/5063_2.png) [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 9:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-bulb-brand/40364/4 "2007-12-16T21:33:45Z")
The best D2S bulbs out are the phillips 85122+. Make sure they have the + and your good. They put out a few hundred more lumens than the rest and maintain that brightness longer. Theyre around $80-100 new for a set. You can get a used pair for $40-50ish. Check out [hidplanet.com](http://hidplanet.com) forums. Or ebay. Any no-name brand hid bulb wont have the precision a true OEM bulb would and the focal point could be crooked or a few mm’s off and it screws up your output. Aka, get phillips or osram. But the 85122+ is the best bulb out there. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 9:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-bulb-brand/40364/5 "2007-12-16T21:34:08Z")
> [@SilverGT](#): > > phillips has been good for me. BITER! (sig) ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 9:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-bulb-brand/40364/6 "2007-12-16T21:41:57Z")
> [@ZOMGVTEK](#): > > The best D2S bulbs out are the phillips 85122+. Make sure they have the + and your good. They put out a few hundred more lumens than the rest and maintain that brightness longer. Theyre around $80-100 new for a set. You can get a used pair for $40-50ish. Check out [hidplanet.com](http://hidplanet.com) forums. Or ebay. > > Any no-name brand hid bulb wont have the precision a true OEM bulb would and the focal point could be crooked or a few mm’s off and it screws up your output. Aka, get phillips or osram. But the 85122+ is the best bulb out there. what abotu the 85122+ vs . Philips Ultinon ---
**Author:** ![layzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/layzie/32/7599_2.png) [@layzie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/layzie)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 9:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-bulb-brand/40364/7 "2007-12-16T21:43:01Z")
> [@ZOMGVTEK](#): > > The best D2S bulbs out are the phillips 85122+. Make sure they have the + and your good. They put out a few hundred more lumens than the rest and maintain that brightness longer. Theyre around $80-100 new for a set. You can get a used pair for $40-50ish. Check out [hidplanet.com](http://hidplanet.com) forums. Or ebay. > > Any no-name brand hid bulb wont have the precision a true OEM bulb would and the focal point could be crooked or a few mm’s off and it screws up your output. Aka, get phillips or osram. But the 85122+ is the best bulb out there. the 85122+ burns at 5k. if you have 4300k after so many hours it color shifts and burns at 5k. the 85122+ was designed to match factory hids if one burns out because they are already color shifted. ---
**Author:** ![layzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/layzie/32/7599_2.png) [@layzie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/layzie)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 9:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-bulb-brand/40364/8 "2007-12-16T21:43:58Z")
they are all about the same burn, but quality is what you want to shoot for. id stick with phillips. pretty much ever oem company that runs hids has phillips bulbs. ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-bulb-brand/40364/9 "2007-12-16T21:45:27Z")
> [@layzie](#): > > they are all about the same burn, but quality is what you want to shoot for. id stick with phillips. pretty much ever oem company that runs hids has phillips bulbs. any differance from one phillips to the other? ---
**Author:** ![ZOMGVTEK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zomgvtek/32/5063_2.png) [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-bulb-brand/40364/10 "2007-12-16T21:52:28Z")
> [@layzie](#): > > the 85122+ burns at 5k. if you have 4300k after so many hours it color shifts and burns at 5k. the 85122+ was designed to match factory hids if one burns out because they are already color shifted. The phillips spec sheet says 4300k for the 85122+, and the 85122 spec sheet says 4100k. Im well aware that the 85122+ is a color match bulb. But it also is rated it 2 or 300 lumens more output than any other phillips D2S. The output is whiteish with a yellow hue. Ive been running them for 6 months, and had 85122’s with low hours before. The color match are yellowish, and maintained that. Unlike the 85122 who shift to white after long hours and the output steadily drops. Theyre designed to resist color shifting, thus more light longer. ---
**Author:** ![ZOMGVTEK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zomgvtek/32/5063_2.png) [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-bulb-brand/40364/11 "2007-12-16T21:52:44Z")
> [@Viper966](#): > > any differance from one phillips to the other? Yes ---
**Author:** ![ZOMGVTEK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zomgvtek/32/5063_2.png) [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-bulb-brand/40364/12 "2007-12-16T21:55:15Z")
> [@newman](#): > > BITER! > > (sig) Except his looks obviously photoshopped, and yours looks almost real… And yes… ---
**Author:** ![ZOMGVTEK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zomgvtek/32/5063_2.png) [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 9:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-bulb-brand/40364/13 "2007-12-16T21:56:21Z")
> [@Viper966](#): > > what abotu the 85122+ vs . Philips Ultinon The ultinon are rated at 6K? output, and theyre quite expensive and hard to find. Sure you get nice color, but you loose around 20-30% of the light vs a 85122+ ---
**Author:** ![layzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/layzie/32/7599_2.png) [@layzie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/layzie)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 10:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-bulb-brand/40364/14 "2007-12-16T22:20:45Z")
the higher kelvin you go the darker the output will be… id go no higher then 6k but stay around 4100-5000k you will get the best output and brightest light. dont you have 6000k in your headlights now? i may have some 85122 phillips d2s bulbs laying around ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 6:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-bulb-brand/40364/15 "2007-12-17T06:00:37Z")
> [@layzie](#): > > the higher kelvin you go the darker the output will be… id go no higher then 6k but stay around 4100-5000k you will get the best output and brightest light. > > dont you have 6000k in your headlights now? i may have some 85122 phillips d2s bulbs laying around yea i have 6000k in my headlights right now when they were new the light output was pretty good with the e46 projectors … LMK if you have any of those 85122’s id rather not spend 200 bux on lights @ xmas time but the ones that i have right now are some cheap no name brand and the output has tanked over the last couple months ---
**Author:** ![SilverGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@SilverGT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SilverGT)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 8:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-bulb-brand/40364/16 "2007-12-17T08:26:03Z")
> [@newman](#): > > BITER! > > (sig) Alot of people tell me im your prodigy hahahah so its all good in the hood. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ZOMGVTEK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zomgvtek/32/5063_2.png) [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 8:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-bulb-brand/40364/17 "2007-12-17T08:36:40Z")
> [@Viper966](#): > > yea i have 6000k in my headlights right now when they were new the light output was pretty good with the e46 projectors > > … LMK if you have any of those 85122’s id rather not spend 200 bux on lights @ xmas time but the ones that i have right now are some cheap no name brand and the output has tanked over the last couple months standard 85122’s can be had for around $25-40 in good shape on ebay and hidplanet forums. and $80 new. ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-bulb-brand/40364/18 "2007-12-17T08:38:24Z")
> [@SilverGT](#): > > Alot of people tell me im your prodigy hahahah so its all good in the hood. 🙂 really? talk about a slap in teh face ---
**Author:** ![SilverGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@SilverGT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SilverGT)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-bulb-brand/40364/19 "2007-12-17T14:19:31Z")
hhahahaah PHILLIPS FTW!