Xenon bulb type?

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Xenon bulb type?

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Does anyone know what type of bulb is in the Xenon headlamp? Is it a D1S, D1R, D2R, D2S? Just asking because you can get upgraded Philips ones, quite pricey, but just doing some investigating the now!

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Re: Xenon bulb type?

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If anyone is interested, according to someone with ETKA the bulb is a D1S 35w.
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Re: Xenon bulb type?

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Just out of interest what about the Philips bulbs make them an "upgrade" over the OEM ones? Do you know who makes the OEM ones?
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Re: Xenon bulb type?

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The upgrade ones are a slightly different colour temp, 6000k instead of the standard fitted 4100k. So give better light. Its just a guess, but most the bulbs I've changed on the Roc so far have been Philips, so I would imagine rightly or wrongly, that the HID's are probably philips too. I changed the HID's on my Audi for the 6000k temp and they were a good bit better. But a bulb had gone on it, so I had to get bulbs anyway.
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