Jahn D2S HID 'bulb' any good?
 

Well its finally time, driver's site HID has flamed out. Any experience with the 'Jahn' brand that FCP and Pelican sell any good? Or should I go with the Sylvania from Pelican?

Jahn - $48.50 /ea
Sylvania - $70.50/ea

Haven't called the dealer yet, assuming they have seriously marked up version of the Sylvania?

Any trouble with them matching the passenger side OEM? Thanks..

Like shoes, if you have a hole in one shoe will you just buy one shoe or buy a new pair???

Change both side since bulbs do degrade with use.

STOP RIGHT NOW

Buy a genuine pair of bulbs from HIDbulbsRus | Home (cheaper) or The Retrofit Source or Headlights, Car Lights, Headlight Bulb, Car Bulbs, Car Light Bulbs | PowerBulbs - Replace them in a pair since they match

You'll also notice they will be brighter as they have lost about 1/2 their brightness over the past 10 years

STAY AWAY FROM AFTERMARKET JUNK BULBS - The $25 you'll save is not worth the output you get from aftermarket bulbs

Okay, lots of options on these two sites. What is the stock color temp (4300K I'm assuming)? Not looking to go 'bluer'..

I wouldn't pay more than $10 for HID bulbs that are not name brand

Ditto above...and it looks like you have an 06...so that means you either have the bi-xenon headlamps or the adaptive bi-xenon headlamps...and if you also have the headlamp washers...you're going to have to remove the front bumper cover (really easy if you follow the DIY on xoutpost.com).

And since the bumper cover needs to come off to get to the DS2 bulbs...you might as well replace both so that you don't have to go back in to do the other side if it goes out no longer after. Plus, two new bulbs will have the same luminosity instead of the one new bulb be brighter than the older bulb. :)

Not trying to scare you...but again, if you have the headlamp washers...the headlight assembly is not going to come all the way out...which makes it nearly impossible to get to all the screws holding the covers on etc to get to the bulb. You'll need a lot of dexterity & ability to work in tight quarters...possibly blind or use of a mirror, a good light source, and magnetic tools if you plan to change the bulbs without fully removing the headlight assembly from the vehicle.

Remove the bumper cover (piece of cake) and the headlamp assemblies from the vehicle (piece of cake) and changing the bulbs will be "a piece of cake". Trying to change the bulbs with the headlamp assembly half removed from the vehicle...and you have a long tedious & frustrating job ahead of you. :banghead:

I have a facelift and I didn't have to move or remove my headlights at all to replace the bulbs

:wow: Well that's discouraging. I know HID last awhile, but to engineer the car needing to pull the front bumper cover and headlamp assembly to replace the bulb is ludicrous!!

Anyway, I pulled the front bumper last year to replace the A/C Fan, so I guess I can do it again, but didn't really expect to have to go through all that. And it is cold now, so more risk of broken plastic parts, yippee..

Stock color temp is 4300K, either of the options from Osram or Philips would be great as an OEM replacement.

Also, since you have an I6 you may have more room in your engine bay to work with your hands. On the one side you may have to move the EVAP canister, and on the other you may have to remove the airbox, but as far as I can tell you should be able to get the bulbs changed without removing the bumper. You have a few torx screws to access (long screwdriver) on the back bulb cover but it should be fine without dropping the bumper. The 3.0's have a ton of room to work on bulbs

However, if you are doing the turn signal bulb, since access is buried in the fender yes the bumper would need to be dropped

Well that is a relief, thanks Guys!! I guess I will try Power Bulbs, they seem to have reasonable prices..