Bulbs on Litronic

[valcax]

Hi, I know the porsche boxster 986 litronic mounts a Philips D2S as Xenon bulb.

I need to know about these bulb:

- part number

- color temperature (ºK)

Edited November 12, 2007 by Loren
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[Loren]

999.631.036.90

Sorry, I do not know the color temperature.

[Popolou]

IIRC, its 4300ºK which should be daylight.

[valcax]

4300ºK, are you sure? I think philips d2s is available in other ºK ?

[Popolou]

Yup it is, but the standard fitment uses the lower value. Anything higher and you get more colour shift and less effective output.

[Boxster02]

My Litronics came with 5200K Philips D2S bulbs. I later switched to 8000K, which gave a more purple color. ( but less useable light )

[valcax]

My Litronics came with 5200K Philips D2S bulbs. I later switched to 8000K, which gave a more purple color. ( but less useable light )

maybe the old owner replaced 4300 to 5200?

how I can know my K bulb?

[niebyl2002]

Actually it is 5000K. Look at the bulb - 4300K is 85122 (very old model), 5000K is 85123 (they stop making them - color is blue/purple). The most current bulb is Philips 85122+. It is called colormatch. The newest one that will not fit our lights is D4S. Instead of 35W they use 55W.

[valcax]

THEN we could say:

philips 85122 is 4300k (white standard)

philips 85123 is 5000k (blue/purple)

and now 85122+ (colormatch), but... color and ºK?

[niebyl2002]

I would say 85122+ is between 85122 and 85123. It's not blue/purple but not as white as 4300K.

Bulb 85122+ is to match your old 85122. So if one of your 4 years old 85122 died, you would buy 85122+. The best are 85123 and it is almost impossible to get. It takes me more than 7 months to buy one.

What I would do if I were, I would buy philips 85122+ or osram xenarc (PAIR). Osrams change color really nice (hint of purple). You probably've seen acura's headlights.

Or if you have enough patience start looking for used 85123. Belive me it is worth it. If anyone is interested I have one spare 85123 - blue (look at Honda S2000) - just pm me. I left purples for myself.

One more thing. Make sure to buy both bulbs from the same car. 85122 bulbs you can get on ebay for $20 a pair, 85122+ and xenarc around $40-60 a pair and the most expensive one is 85123 around $50 per bulb.

DON'T BUY A NEW ONES - waste of money