#Do i have halogen vs hid plus

H7, H are bulb designations for halogen bulbs. Wait a minute are you saying that my 2001 BMW 530i did not come originally with xeon lights? QUOTE=Fudman 6831123]D2S is a bulb designation used for a true HID lighting system. The silver box is the ballast it sits behind the high beam and sends power to the low beam via the cord. Some of the notes on them are for something else so ignore most of them The easiest way to tell which one you have is open your hood and look at the back of the light. The halogen setup used H7 halogens for the high beams, and H7 halogens for the low/high combo lights. Remember with either the high output halogens or the xenon look halogens they will probably both be an improvement over your current bulbs if they have been in use for some years as the output diminished over time.īMW had a halogen set ups as well as a HID/Xenon option on the e39. Sylvania Silverstars that can be found in US autoparts stores are blue coated and are not the same as the Osrams. Those bulbs can usually be found on or ebay if you find a seller you trust. Don't buy completely into those numbers, but you should notice an improvement over standard halogens.

#Do i have halogen vs hid plus

Philips Vision Plus or OSRAM Silverstar claim 60% and 50% more light on the road than standard halogens.

Philips X-treme Vision or OSRAM Night Breaker Plus claim 100% and 90% more light on the road than standard halogens. If you want maximum output halogen bulbs get high performance halogen bulbs. Having said all that if you want the Xenon look go ahead and get them, just don't expect the light output to be better. Do not believe any hype the manufactures tell you, Xenon look bulbs have been independently tested and shown to have diminished light output. Regular halogens outperform xenon look halogens. However the light output from these bulbs is diminished due to blue coating. So manufacturers coat halogen bulbs with a bluish coating so the halogen bulbs throw a bluish white light giving it a Xenon look. HID/Xenons throw a whitish blue light some people like that look versus the yellowish light from halogens. HID and Xenon (most people use the terms interchangeably) are a whole different technology that use ballasts to power the bulbs. Halogen is one type of technology it uses the standard type bulbs cars have been using for the past 50yrs. Halogen and HID/xenon are two different technologies (keep in mind this is a vast oversimplification) There seems to be some confusion over what type of bulb you need and the diff b/t halogen and HID/Xenon. Perhaps I am just missing something, but there are a couple things off here.