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Old 02-25-2016, 04:49 PM
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Those seem waaayyy to cheap to be legit07. They are in the headlight.
Cool maybe you can get them from diode dynamics for the fogs if you can't find any on retrofit
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Old 02-26-2016, 11:40 AM
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Wow all this talk about headlight bulb replacement and not a single person mentions Osram CBI bulbs?

They are the rolls royce when it comes to factory quality HID Bulbs.

I've had both the XB35 Morimoto and the Osram CBI.

Osram CBI is the winner. It definitely does cost a lot more but you will love it. The color is crisp 5500K white.

Do yourself a favor and just search for Osram CBI reviews on Google. You will come across many users that praise them like me.
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Wow all this talk about headlight bulb replacement and not a single person mentions Osram CBI bulbs? ...
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I have the "famous" Osram CBI's 5500k and am unfortunately not that impressed. They are closer to the stock "tinge of yellow" than a true white or even having any "tinge of blue" at all. There is a touch of blue on startup but it changes pretty drastically once warmed up...
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Old 02-26-2016, 12:48 PM
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He probably bought fakes from ebay amazon or some other website.

I have pictures that can prove they are ice white and not that "tinge of yellow" bs.
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Old 02-26-2016, 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by qmantran





Those are my headlights in my 2011 with Osram CBI bulbs. Very white

Not a really good picture but heres a glimpse of the light output on the back wall.




The bright white light output you see in front of the bumper is actually from my 5000K LED fog lights from VLEDS

Lights are

5000K Triton v3 switchbacks
5000K sidemarker light from VLEDS
5000K H8 fog light from VLEDS

Where's the tinge of yellow? If anything my 5000K triton v3 switchbacks have more of a tinge of yellow than my Osram CBI
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Old 02-26-2016, 01:28 PM
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Do you have a link to the Osram? Want to be sure i find a link which is not selling a fake version.
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Old 02-26-2016, 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by qmantran
He probably bought fakes from ebay amazon or some other website.

I have pictures that can prove they are ice white and not that "tinge of yellow" bs.

Wrong. They are factory sealed from Retrofit. Have LED Yorkim sidemarkers and Retrofit fog lights and the CBI are yellow by comparison when they are all on.
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Old 02-26-2016, 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by qmantran
Lights are

5000K Triton v3 switchbacks
5000K sidemarker light from VLEDS
5000K H8 fog light from VLEDS

Where's the tinge of yellow? If anything my 5000K triton v3 switchbacks have more of a tinge of yellow than my Osram CBI
Do your LED fogs actually do anything in bad weather or are they mainly for show? I have some LED fogs i got off amazon and they don't do a damn thing. I need to replace those as well.
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Originally Posted by iCrap
Those seem waaayyy to cheap to be legit

probably hit or miss.
https://www.myg37.com/forums/body-in...ml#post3977058
https://www.myg37.com/forums/g37-sed...ml#post3936776
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Old 02-26-2016, 06:19 PM
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Wrong. They are factory sealed from Retrofit. Have LED Yorkim sidemarkers and Retrofit fog lights and the CBI are yellow by comparison when they are all on.
Idk what to tell you. The pictures i posted above clearly shows how pure white they are.

How many hours have you put on them? I hear they color shift to their true colors after a bit of use
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Just got around to modding my headlights. STI-R clear lens, modified the shield on the inside, and OSRAM CBI bulbs.

Need to go back and modify the passenger side shield a bit more, but I'm satisfied for now.



Looks white to me
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Originally Posted by qmantran
Idk what to tell you. The pictures i posted above clearly shows how pure white they are.

How many hours have you put on them? I hear they color shift to their true colors after a bit of use

I am pretty sensitive to any warmth at all (always shift my monitors and TVs to the "cool" setting) so it could be the contrast with my other lights that brings it out more, but still my lights look pretty different from yours. They have been in for about a month and my lights are on every day for my drive home from work. It's bluish when the car first starts but settles into the warmer color after a few minutes.
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I bought the morimoto lights, should be here soon...
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Osram Nightbreakers
Brightest is terms of output and 100% functional. I love mine and couldn't be happer. I had the CBI's before, they were ok but not as bright.

https://www.theretrofitsource.com/co...l#.Vtj0MRiGbBE
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I bought the morimoto lights, should be here soon...
Me too, mine arrives Friday. I got the 5500k ones, but kinda wanted the 6500k. What about you?
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