titanium

Bought white 6000K xenon headlight bulbs instead of the original 4300K.
The only problem is that the 6000K bulb burns out allready after a couple of days. Have now changed 2 bulbs. Both on the same headlight.
It?s strange that the original bulb doesn?t burn out at all.
The 6000K bulb must be of poor quality, or what ?
Or can it be the xenon igniter that is causing the problem ? If so why is only the 6000K affected ?

ramyar

You only replaced the bulb, correct? This wasn't a hid conversion of halogens, right? If you only swapped bulbs without changing ballasts/ignitors, then it's probably not the ignitor or ballast. Make sure you have a good quality bulb. Some no name or bargain brand bulbs will have issues. I've had great results with the philips ultinons 6000k. I've used the same bulbs in my last three cars without a problem.

titanium

You probably are right !
The bulbs are "no-names" but still not cheap.
I?ll have to look for someone selling Philips then. I?ve tried but not succeeded to find 6000K yet.
Thanks.

( the strange thing is that the bulb is working correctly today ???? )

dv8ed

RAMYAR:

I have a 2004 E60 525i my left Xenon bulb died I'm thinking of replacing it with Philips 6000K do these bulbs run hotter than factory 4300K bulbs or do they run at the same temperature? Is 4300K and 6000K just the color of light not temperature?

I don't need to change anything else just the bulbs right?

KnIgHtCoM

Kelvin temperatures represent the color spectrum and not the actual heat output.

dv8ed

I have D2S bulbs... 2004 E60 i saw a thread some where that said I could move head lamp assembly a little out and replace bulb rather than removing entire bumper. Now do I need to disconnect the battery or I should be OK? There is no current going through when there is no ignition in the key hole correct?

titanium

You do not have to remove the entire bumper !
I?ve had problems with "no name" bulbs and been forced to change to new bulb at least 3 times. In between, changing back to the original bulb. So now I can almost change bulb in my sleep
You don?t have to disconnect the battery. There is no current when the ignition is off !

Just loosen the 2 screws at the bottom of the unit a little bit and fully unscrew the 2 big ones at the top of the lamp assembly.
Use a long torx screwdriver to reach them at the bottom.
Move the whole assembly about 1/8 inch forward to loosen the whole lamp assembly from the plastic rails underneath.
Then you have to lift the assembly a little bit at the rear end to get it over the fender.
When the head lamp assembly is free disconnect the big electrical connection and you can easily work with the whole unit at your work bench.

dv8ed

so i replaced my burned out xenon d2s bulb with part number 63 217 160 806 but the new bulb seems to be slightly yellow in color to it's whiteness. original bulbs are bright white. why is that? i heard some where that i should give it two weeks for bulb to set in? is that true?

titanium

The xenons becomes whiter just before they die and the new bulb has 4300K in the beginning.
It will get better

EBMCS03

That is true.