replacing e46 oem hids

[NYTRYDR]

anyone know of any local shops that will replace the oem hid bulbs in my e46. trying to avoid taking it to bmw and paying a million dollars for a couple hid bulbs.

[scat330]

Dude it's so painfully easy - do you have bulbs? Or do you need to buy those too?

[NYTRYDR]

no i need to buy those too. if its so easy can you reccomend a place to buy the bulbs?

[NYTRYDR]

preferably locally id be loooking to replace them today type idea

[NYTRYDR]

anyone?

[bspot]

I've always ordered the bulbs online because they are a ripoff otherwise.

[scat330]

I can give you a hand, you'll want to buy them online like bspot says.

They'll be a phillips, 4300k, D2S bulb IIRC.

Or eBay, but be weary of fakes.

[NYTRYDR]

any site recommendations?

[lesreynolds]

If yours are anything like my C300 they cost like 215 bucks or something fucking ridiculous from the dealership. I bought mine off the EBAY, shipped from CA to Calgary I paid like 150 bucks for two. When the rep at Mercedes quoted me 215 per HID D1S bulb from them. You might have to wait a few days but its worth it since I got two bulbs for less then the price of one here. Fucking scam artists I swear.....200+ for the bulb, I asked about bulb and install it was something like 300+ per light. I just told them to pound dirt and I will do it myself since I have the most expensive part as it is and a monkey can pop out a bulb and stick the new one in.

Also don't bother with crappy tire as they quoted me 270 per bulb "special ordered".

Don't know if yours are similar to mine but if they look like this then definitely buy off EBay.
http://www.carxtc.com/catalog/D1-bulb.jpg

Otherwise prepare to be bent over without lube.

[scat330]

I'd go with the official list from Philips, because like I said, so many fakes.

http://www.lighting.philips.com/us_en/automotive/where_to_buy.php?main=us_en_automotive&parent=0&id=&lang=en

EDIT - bulbs.com has them instock.

^^ They D2S, like I said earlier, with separate ignitors.

[lesreynolds]

Originally posted by scat330
I'd go with the official list from Philips, because like I said, so many fakes.

http://www.lighting.philips.com/us_en/automotive/where_to_buy.php?main=us_en_automotive&parent=0&id=&lang=en

EDIT - bulbs.com has them instock.

^^ They D2S, like I said earlier, with separate ignitors.

I knew that I just can't read.......yah.....that's it. :rofl: :facepalm:

[bspot]

http://xenonfactory.com/ sells real Phillips gear. Good prices last time I used them.