[N54Society]

I'm talking about 63217217509 btw. 2008 335i E92 if that matters.

Thanks

[MyCar]

Originally Posted by vbp6us

I'm talking about 63217217509 btw. 2008 335i E92 if that matters.

Thanks

I might be wrong but I am going to say 4300K.

Anything above 5000K and you start getting a blue tint and lose output. 4300K provides the best visibility in all conditions.

[N54Society]

Originally Posted by MyCar

I might be wrong but I am going to say 4300K.

Anything above 5000K and you start getting a blue tint and lose output. 4300K provides the best visibility in all conditions.

Cool, thank you! I had a feeling it was 4300k. I bought a set of Xenons but they sent the 6000k ones. :/

I don't want all that blue so I may go for a 4300k or a 5000k max.

Thanks

[The Nightman]

Stock is 4300K (Osram 66144) but I personally prefer the Osram CBIs that come standard on newer cars. They're 5500K and look pure white

[Jeff@TopGearSolutions]

Stock is 4300K

We offer OE replacement HID bulbs & ballast too if you need.

[N54Society]

Originally Posted by freedomfries

Stock is 4300K (Osram 66144) but I personally prefer the Osram CBIs that come standard on newer cars. They're 5500K and look pure white

Are these the new white ones?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-x-OSRAM-D2...53.m1438.l2649

[MyCar]

Originally Posted by vbp6us

Are these the new white ones?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-x-OSRAM-D2...53.m1438.l2649

Just some friendly advice, spend the extra cash and purchase from a verified vendor such as PowerBulbs. I'm 100% certain 99.9% of the Philips and Osram bulbs on eBay are fake, unless you want a fake bulb don't buy from eBay.

Also if you read reviews and look up YouTube reviews, the CBI have a tint, the Philips WhiteVision Gen2 are pure white.

[alfazrus]

How did you come up with that percentage (99.9 %)?

[Jeff@TopGearSolutions]

Originally Posted by MyCar

Just some friendly advice, spend the extra cash and purchase from a verified vendor such as PowerBulbs. I'm 100% certain 99.9% of the Philips and Osram bulbs on eBay are fake, unless you want a fake bulb don't buy from eBay.

Also if you read reviews and look up YouTube reviews, the CBI have a tint, the Philips WhiteVision Gen2 are pure white.

I know your intentions here but I know several authorized dealers who sell Philips and Osram on Ebay and they are genuine. That being said, if you see them being sold extremely cheap, they are likely fake.

If anyone needs a safe place to buy we've been here for quite a few years now with 100% feedback also.

[wreckman]

Originally Posted by Guy Fieri

Stock is 4300K (Osram 66144) but I personally prefer the Osram CBIs that come standard on newer cars. They're 5500K and look pure white

Hi, I'm confused, is the stock 4300K or 5500K then? As you say the 5500K are also standard...

I have a 2012 E93 LCI and was wondering how to figure out what temperature my original bulbs are without actually extracting one of the bulbs as that is a bit troublesome.

[The Nightman]

Originally Posted by wreckman

Hi, I'm confused, is the stock 4300K or 5500K then? As you say the 5500K are also standard...

I have a 2012 E93 LCI and was wondering how to figure out what temperature my original bulbs are without actually extracting one of the bulbs as that is a bit troublesome.

I meant to say that Osram CBI (5500K) came standard on other makes. AFAIK BMW standard bulbs (# 63217217509) are Osram Xenarc originals, which are now 4500K:

https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/partxref?q=63217217509

https://www.osram.com/ecat/XENARC%20...100/ZMP_83508/

It's been a while and there are newer bulbs now:

https://www.bulbfacts.com/hid-oe/recommended/

[wreckman]

Originally Posted by Guy Fieri

I meant to say that Osram CBI (5500K) came standard on other makes. AFAIK BMW standard bulbs (# 63217217509) are Osram Xenarc originals, which are now 4500K:

https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/partxref?q=63217217509

https://www.osram.com/ecat/XENARC%20...100/ZMP_83508/

Thanks! Yeah that is really confusing that the Osram XENARC D1S seems to keep changing specs (the Kelvin...). I was looking at the Osram website just today and it showed a D1S XENARC Original there that looks exactly the same as the one on your osram.com link above, but it was speced at 4300K and this is 4500K...

And there is a XENARC "Classic" which is 4150K it seems.

Thing is I have angeleyes on the E93 LCI headlights, so it's kind of important that the new lowbeam matches them in color. So I guess I'd want to replace them with the type that was in manufacture in 2012... So, if I get the 4300K (and not the 4500K, if you say they are more modern?) I probably get something similar?