Infiniti m35 xenon bulbs

[Mohanad35x]

Guys
Any advice on which one is best aftermarket xenon bulb? Osram vs philips and which one has a better white color and brighter? I found philips and osram on ebay for around 150$ for the pair
Thanks

[Ilya]

Be warned that eBay might not be genuine products. I recommend buying ANY of the bulbs that TheRetrofitSource.com sells. Many of us have the Osram CBI's or similar from them.

[Larz]

Ilya is correct. It has been estimated that more than 75% of bulbs sold on Ebay, Craigs, even Amazon are not officially licensed bulbs and are likely cheap but convincing copies sold at authentic prices. The Retrofit Source still obtains bulbs directly from the manufacturer so everything there is safe. I am currently using the Osram CBH D2S bulbs and love them. Previously I had the Osram CBI D2S and I loved them as well. I believe I have vids of both Osram bulbs in my sig on my 07 and 09 Ms.

[Wangtang408]

My car has the factory HID, can I buy bulbs as mentioned above or do I have to replace the factory ballast ?

[Mohanad35x]

Be warned that eBay might not be genuine products. I recommend buying ANY of the bulbs that TheRetrofitSource.com sells. Many of us have the Osram CBI's or similar from them.

Thanks for the info

[Larz]

My car has the factory HID, can I buy bulbs as mentioned above or do I have to replace the factory ballast ?

If your problem is the bulb itself has gone bad, then yes buy new bulbs from The Retrofit Source. If your problem is a bad ballast, then you might want to consider buying one of the aftermarket 'kits' from them. I can't be certain, but I think I have seen other members here reporting that factory ballasts cannot be replaced and you must buy the whole headlamp assembly or use an after market kit. That info needs to be verified as my memory might be wrong.
Also make sure you check the bulb type your car came with - it's either a xenon (D2S) or a halogen (don't know the bulb #)

[Mohanad35x]

Its the xenon d2s size. And my ballasts are fine its just that my bulbs r getting dull and weak so i thought of replacing them with new philips 4800 855xvc1 50%

[Ilya]

Its the xenon d2s size. And my ballasts are fine its just that my bulbs r getting dull and weak so i thought of replacing them with new philips 4800 855xvc1 50%

Check out this thread...I went through and listed each bulb 'on paper'...TRS tries to upsell certain new models as most business would but here is the data from the manufacturers spec sheets...the bulbs you're considering are listed on there. Since you are keeping your stock ballasts, you will be running at 35w. To achieve the 55w numbers, you'll need to upgrade your ballasts to 55w.


official-lighting-thread-t515012-240.ht ... e#p6726877

So a member on the FB group brought some info to my attention because a user asked about replacing bulbs. I was educated, as a result, and I figured I'd post it here so people are less confused.

Seems like TRS isn't as honest/good as I thought. They are fibbing their product information. Their customer service is excellent, still, but their ability to 'upsell' by making stuff up is just as good it seems lol.

There is no discernible difference between the Osram Xenarc Night Breaker (4350k), Osram Xenarc 66240 CBI (5,500k) or the Osram Xenarc 66240 CBH (6,000k). They are ALL rated at 3200 lumens directly from Osrams data sheets. So the TRS numbers of 3,500lm and 3,600lm for the CBI and CBH, respectively, is a bunch of BS.

So here's a little chart (sorted by brand):



Sorted by lumens at 35w:



Keep in mind that Morimoto seems to be the TRS "house brand" so their data might not be accurate (I say that because Morimoto's website looks verrrryyyy similar to TRS's so either they hired the same developer, or they are owned by the same people).

[EniGmA1987]

My favorite "perfect white" color and brightness bulbs have been the Phillips 85122 Extreme's. Pricey though.