My HID bulb replacement on my 06 prius

Technically, they don't produce as many lumens per/watt.
If you like the blue go for it.

 

Wow!.. not bad Cgates.... Thats approaching the price of Halogen bulbs a few years back "before they got even cheaper!"... thats awesome!.... hard to go wrong if they last any time at all.

Mine are still doing great.. but I paid about double that.

 

Looks like he bounced his price back down to 69.00 too

NEW 4300K HID Xenon Kit Bulbs 2 Bulbs OEM D4R or D4S

 

Good job!... I took quite I bit longer when I did mine!.... 6000K will make you stand out more in the crowd as they will look bluer. They should be fine and many people like them better.

 

I dont think its what you want... they say its for all prius's and that they are D4S... mine are D4R.

The also say:
::: Hyper White, 12V, 5900K, 100 / 90 Watt, H4 (9003)
::: HID-Like

HID Like is not HID..even though they use the term HID above that.

Here is a good article:

Another clue may be as they state they are for low and high beam... HID bulbs are one bulb... the low and high beam happens when the reflector parts move.

Looking carefully at the bulb through the blue lens looks like it could be an HID.. but for that price, I can't say.... its cheap enough to try I guess if you don't mind losing an extra 25.00 for bulbs and shipping?

5900K is quite blue too.. less lumens...

Final straw.... if you look at the Lower right bottom of the box, it says Halogen bulb!!!.. even though just above that it says H.I.D..... they can't be both.. they are using HID as a different term.

 

the ones I get are about 35 a piece, he may take lower if you ask... they sell in pairs for 69.00 usually....sometimes you will see them for 99.00, but he will always take 69.00 at least. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...6888&sspagename=ADME:B:FSEL:US:1123&viewitem=

by stillenmaxima98 (3,291 ) 99.3% Positive Feedback

 

I don't think so... It may be the D4S... not sure though check.... whatever it is, he has those too... just look for them.

I think the difference has to do with how the reflector is made inside the housing.

 

that may be a challenge to accurately depict the color temp with a camera unless you have it side by side with a 4300K or maybe even something else everyone is totally acclimated too like a Halogen.

 

Jaycat, go ahead and run it a few hours and see if that still persist.
It takes a little time for HID bulbs to mature as they need a few hours on them.
The 'flickering" makes me think that.... the material inside has to go into a plasma state during the initial fireup, but normally within 20 - 30 seconds, they should look the same.

I guess what I mean is that I wouldn't worry about flickering on a brand new bulb unless it continued doing it after you used it a few times and it had a chance to mature. Technically they say it takes many hours to full mature, but thats more for full brightness abilities... your bulb should be looking pretty normal within a few minutes.

I own 3 handheld HID lamps and sometimes I will still get a yellow color but it will be isolated to the top or bottom of the field and be very spotty, or should I say "splotchy" dependent upon where the material lies inside that has not vaporized to a plasma state.

If your whole beam looks yellow, it almost sounds like you got one thats a lower Kelvin.... like maybe 3000k or so.... He sells all types and yours could have gotten mixed up.
But if that were the case, it should be quite obvious.

The Asian bulbs will not have the same consistency in quality from lot to lot... out of 4 bulbs, I had one go bad, but the other 3 have been totally perfect!
If you still see that after a few hours, I would say return it.... I contacted him about mine that went bad and he was willing to exchange it but I didn't bother since I still had one of my originals.

Remind him of the exposure his name gets here on PC if needed!
His name is Stan and seems like a nice guy... let me know if you have any trouble.. I don't want to promote anyone who is not playing fair.