Philips D4R Xenon HID Headlight Bulb, Pack of 1

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1. 162 of 164 people found the following review helpful

   
   Same as OEM 2008 Prius HID. Change yourself in 15 min, September 10, 2011

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   Ed Hendrickson Jr. «ace» (Ames) –
   
     

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   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.

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2. 22 of 23 people found the following review helpful

   
   Big savings, January 25, 2011

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   Cowboy Bob (USA) –

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   The dealer was going to rob me to replace my Prius bulbs. With some research and these wonderful and affordable bulbs, I was able to do it myself.

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3. 34 of 40 people found the following review helpful

   
   Perfect for my 2007 Prius, April 18, 2011

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   wrkn4thman (Cleveland, OH) –

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   These are perfect if you have the dreaded Prius headlight problem. After watching a few videos on youtube, I was able to replace both of them pretty easily, without removing the front bumper. I Saved several hundred dollars by doing it myself, instead of paying the ridiculous price the dealer quoted. Total job took about 2 hours, but most of that was just taking my time and figuring out what I was supposed to do. It really isn’t that difficult.

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