Philips Automotive Lighting D4R Authentic Xenon HID Headlight Bulb with 4200K Intense White Light, Fits Select High Beam and Low Beam Positions, 1 Pack

I bought these bulbs for my 2008 Prius with HID headlights, and they were a perfect match — they appear identical to the original OEM bulbs. I had previously tried aftermarket options that didn’t last long and would start flickering or randomly shut off. These have been rock solid so far. Installation in a Prius is a bit of a challenge due to tight access, but that’s a car design issue — not a problem with the bulbs themselves. Now that they’re in and working flawlessly, I don’t expect to touch them again for another 300,000 miles. Highly recommend if you want quality and reliability without the headaches of cheaper alternatives.

My old headlamps were constantly being replaced by various repair shops and dealers, then burning out after about a year or so, every time right after the warranty is up. I went through several set (not kidding, like 4 or 5 set in 7 years), which was crazy-making until I finally got fed up and started googling about it (looking for recall program, thinking maybe I had a bad ballast or bad hardware controller board, bad electrical grounding, bad water sealing, etc.) After extensive research I discovered the short life of the previous bulbs was due to a flood of uncontrolled counterfeit lamps in the market. Yes, there are regular counterfeits of this product on the street, reaching dealers and repair shops, despite their mark-up compared to simply buying online. If you've gone through a few of these and have had enough, I suggest you google how to examine any new lamps, and especially your old dead lamps, looking for counterfeits (just be careful not to touch the glass with your fingers, supposedly the oils from your fingers will cause the glass to overheat when the lamps are lit, causing premature failure as well...) These were fairly priced and (the ones I bought here, specifically selecting supplier as Amazon) are not counterfeit. I bought them, compared with the photos and videos about how to detect counterfeits, and they're legit. Then I found a repair shop that would install the bulbs for labor-only cost, which saved like ~$100 or so compared to having them buy their own lamps. That was just a minor plus, compared to eliminating the regularly failing counterfeits. I asked the shop to provide my old lamps when they were done, which I also examined, and yes, exactly as suspected, my old lamps were counterfeits. Gah! Anyhow, the new, legit lamps have been burning bright for years, no new ballast or new controller board needed. Just no more failed lamps.

I bought 2 of the D4R bulbs here at Amazon. My wife's 07 Prius had the original 9 year old HID bulbs in them and for the last 2 years the front right bulb would go off all the time requiring her to turn the lights off and on to get it to come back on. So I figured it was time for me to tackle this. The dealer wanted nearly 500 dollars for bulbs and labor to change them. I got these for less than 100 delivered and decided to try and do it myself. After viewing many youtube videos just to get an idea of how things were taken apart I decided to go at it. Most of these videos had so much camera shaking and cameras pointed at things other than the actual work being done that I had to end up inventing my own method of changing them. But like I said the videos showed the basics. I started with the passenger side bulb and it took me a couple of hours. I then went to the drivers side and that took another hour. I did manage to get both of them changed and everything works great now. I will tell you that although the task may seem impossible, once you actually do it you realize it was not that hard and that if I had to do it again I could probably do it in less than an hour total as opposed to the 3 or 4 hours it took me. Saved a lot of money here. Thanks Amazon for fair pricing on authentic bulbs.

I started hearing the stories from other Prius owners that the HID's were burning out early and sometimes at the same time while driving down the highway (scarey), and at first dealers were charging $800 per bulb (even more scarey). I was hoping mine wouldn't burn out, but guess what :-) I didn't even bother with the dealers, and I checked at Autozone and they wanted $176 each. Wow! I'm impressed that Amazon is almost 1/4 the price of even Autozone. My first HID started going out at 54,000 miles. When they start to go they will go out for awhile, then come back on if you turn off and on the headlamp switch. It might go out one time a week, then it will be one time a day, then multiple times per day. So don't delay, if you have this intermittent issue you might as well get two of these and change them yourself. I bought 1 at a time, I replaced my passenger side first because my driver side didn't have any issues at that time. Seconds after I replaced the passenger side HID, I was standing in front of the Prius testing the new bulb, it looked great and bright, and I was happy, and wouldn't you know it, but the driver side flickered out right then. What timing! My Daughter laughed about that. So I should have just bought 2 of them at the same time and changed them both at the same time. When I pulled out the old HID from my 2008 Prius, and put them side by side with the new HID, they were identical, same numbers, same Philips manufacturer. That was a pleasant surprise. Don't remove the bumper, no matter what anyone tells you. All you need is a small mirror and a flashlight and a screwdriver, search youtube for "How to change your Prius HID bulb in 10 minutes (part 1)". If Jay can change this HID one handed while holding a video camera in the other hand, then anyone can do this. I am 6-3 and have large hands and I was able to do this without removing the bumper. update: April 21, 2015. both HID bulbs are still working 4 years later !! I did have one small issue after I changed the HID bulb myself. The drivers side was always on HIGH beam (annoying to me and to many other drivers). I searched the internet and found nothing about this problem. I finally figured out when I had installed the bulb, I had put the HID bulb ever so slightly at an angle and the high beam / low beam actuator couldn't move all the way. The solution was to re-seat the HID bulb, I un-clicked the HID pulled it out an inch and put it back in straight this time. Problem solved. Update 2: August 2016, 5+ years later, drivers side HID replacement bulb just burned out at 126,000 miles on the 2008 Prius. The replacement bulb lasted 70,000 miles and 5+ years, much longer than the original factory HID. I drive with my headlights on, day and night. Also, the passenger side has flickered out once, at one point both went out (scary), so going to order 2. I will scout around for a cheaper price but just wanted to update how long this one lasted.

perfect match to Toyota altis

No issues and they worked at advertised.

Title says it all. In my case for some magical reason the existing bulb in my car magically started working again!? Now I have a spare that came in original sealed box... obviously can rate its brightness until I have a reason to install it. Yes, I know that doesn't help you, but I can confirm that it arrived on time and is original. Price was way cheaper than buying locally. My current bulb continues to work weeks later... total mystery to me as there are no issues with my car.

Worked well for my Forester 2015. Very bright. Hard to tell if it's the same color as the original one because my second original bulb is dying as well. Will definitely replace it with this bulb.

Exactly what I needed