Philips D2R Standard Authentic Xenon HID Headlight Bulb, 1 Pack

Item shipped well packaed and on time. Authentic packaging ans item. this fit perfectly in my e46 coupe, restored the brightness my older OEM bulbs had lost over the years. Working perfect so far!

I bought an off-brand, a 2-pack for about $35, which was great until one bulb decided to come on only when it wanted to. Took my JGC SRT to the dealer for service and asked them to diagnose whether it's a bad bulb or another issue. Dealer was nice to give me a free diag. Cost from them to replace both bulb was $850 + $250 per bulb. Service manager told me if a new bulb does not fix the issue, then I may need to replace the ballast. WTH!!!!!I decided to save over $1K, buy a known brand - Philips, which I believe is also OEM. O'Reilly's had this same bulb for twice the cost. Folks there are awesome, but I bought two here for the price of one there.Long story short. Both bulbs are working great, but the installation is a major pain! Took me over an hour the first time I installed the driver side bulb and only 15 minutes for the passenger side.This second time the driver's side took me 15 minutes and the passenger side took me an hour. You can YouTube vids on how to replace these headlight bulbs, which can be done, not really hard, but a major pain. Wear cheap silicon gloves to protect your hand.Quick tips: You will need to remove your air filter to get to the driver's side. You'll need to move the ECU over a bit on the passenger side.Very difficult, near impossible to see what you are doing. I used my phone to take a vid of the open bulb compartment to get a "visual". You will have to install by "touch". Removing the bulb was pretty easy.Bottom line, great buy, great value. Good luck on the installation. Grab a beer or two or three. Cheers!

I can't believe how difficult it has become to replace a bulb. That being said, research your vehicle for installation help.My vehicle had an access panel in the wheel well. Most important is not to get finger oils or and other dirt or grease on the glass. That will cause the bulb to overheat and become unusable in a short time. This was a great price compared to local parts stores, and it came carefully packed. My recommendation is to order it separately, so it does not get damaged in transit with other items.

Fits perfect and works great on my 2009 BMW 328i (E90). I just wish BMW didn’t make it such an extreme pain is the a$$ to access the headlight housing and install it (i.e. remove the front wheel and liner).

I took off one star because the item I purchased did not come in a box as described in the product listing.The box on the left in both pictures show what I received with this order. The box on the right in both pictures is what I received in a previous order. The white box foes not have a hologram on the bottom next to the QR code that is used to validate that the bulb I received is not a counterfeit bulb. When I follow the instruction on the QR code, it says to take a picture of the box and submit it to the Phillips website for verification. When I submitted the picture of the box, the website auto replies saying that the box "Appears" to be "Authentic" On the yellow box with the Hologram, when I submitted the codes, I get a reply that the box "Is Authentic".Other than that, the bulb fit into the headlight housing of my 2008 Mazda MX-5 GT as a direct replacement for the original bulb. The physical appearance of the bulb, the Kelvin rating and brightness of the bulb, met all the OEM requirements of the original bulb that burnet out, without costing $251.00 each, which is what the Mazda dealer would have charged for their OEM bulb, plus over $200.00 in labor to install the bulbs, that's well over $700 to replace two low beam light bulbs (I had to remove the front bumper to get to the headlight housing).Note: I want to add a notation to this review: I made two purchases of this item. The 1st purchase was received in a box as listed and had a Hologram next to the QR Code so I could validate that the bulb received was not a counterfeit bulb. For some reason, Amazon would not let me review both purchases separately. Maybe because the were listed as the same item. I want to give the 1st bulb a 5 Star rating because it was received in a box as described in the listing and the 2nd bulb a 4 Star rating because it came in a different box than that shown in the listing and could not be 100% verified as not being a counterfeit bulb. But both bulbs do work as well as the OEM bulbs that they replaced.

Bought a pair for replacing a burned out bulb - recommended to replace in pairs. They fit perfectly on my CLA250 and if anything the light is somewhat brighter and I can see better farther down the road than with the original bulbs that came with the car.

I’ve had these in for about two months now and they are still coming on as they should, not like the cheap knockoff ones that only work when they wanted to. Worth the price due to the quality.