Thread: Halogen headlamp bulb upgrade

I went for Osram Nightbreaker 90+ bulbs imported directly from England approx $40 a pair including postage,

Same wattage, just more light.

Osram Night Breaker H7 from Power Bulbs | Free Worldwide Delivery

Takes about a week to get here.

Ryall

doesn't the D3 have Xenon globes?

The Xenon globes are only on the low beam while high beam is halogen "H7" globes

ahh

I have a 09 D3 S which comes with Halogen bulbs not Xenon, unfortunately.

We used to up the wattage to 80 dip, 100 main,you may need to up the fuse by 5 amps.

My D3 has Xenon lights with Halogen parkers and highbeam fill in. I was not happy with the yellow light produced by the halogen lights compared to the xenon.
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So I changed the Halogen lights with Phillips Chrystal Vision 4300 k lights which phillips claim to match the output of the xenon lights.
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I am happy with the result. The phillips website claims they are not road legal in all of aus but i figured i would run the gauntlet.

Originally Posted by brennanmar

I have a 09 D3 S which comes with Halogen bulbs not Xenon, unfortunately.

Installing an aftermarket xenon kit is dead easy in the D3s with haolgen bulbs.

I upgraded my Dad's RRS and it was about 30mins work for both lights.

Because the D3 haolgen lights are projector lights the light pattern doesn't change when you install xenon bulbs.

When I did my FL2 (which doesn't have projector lights) the pattern changed significantly which means other driver occasionally flash their lights at me. No such problem with the RRS \ D3.