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      01-09-2025, 05:02 PM   #23
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You misunderstand. ALL these bulbs are made by Chinese companies. They may slap a Phillips label on it, or an osram, or their own, but they're all Chinese bulbs.

If you're going to do anything short of a projector retrofit, just buy new nice Halogen bulbs. There is a ton of testing on YouTube showing that the halogen bulbs, when fresh, will outperform LEDs thrown in a reflector housing. Most people don't replace headlights bulbs until they totally stop lighting, but reality is Halogen bulbs have a lifespan, usually 1-3 years before they've degraded in output a lot. It's gradual, so nobody notices.

Buy new halogen bulbs from Sylvania or Phillips, nicer ones, and then do your research on a projector retrofit. It looks like your headlights are designed to have the front half removed, so it should be a cakewalk.
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