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Brand & model
OVERALL Brightness Score
Lumens Per Bulb
Peak Low Beam Lux
Peak High Beam Lux
Color Temp. /Kelvin
Video/ Article
Compatible bulb types
Cost/Set (D2S)
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Philips
Philips
X-treme Vision gen2
3.5
5595 LUMEN
+10%
495 LUX (L)
+21%
802 LUX (H)
+0%

4800k

D1S, D2R, D2S, D3S, D4S
$180 †
Philips
White Vision gen2
2.5
5188 LUMEN
+2%
434 LUX (L)
+6%
758 LUX (H)
-6%

4850k

D1S, D2S, D2R, D3S
$180 †
Philips
Standard/ OEM
2.5
5138 LUMEN
+1%
427 LUX (L)
+4%
771 LUX (H)
-4%

4200k

D1S, D1R, D2S, D2R, D3S, D3R, D4S, D4R, D5S
$110 †
Philips
Ultinon (WX)
0.3
3775 LUMEN
-26%
323 LUX (L)
-21%
613 LUX (H)
-24%

5750k

D1S, D2R, D2S, D3S, D4S, D4R
$160 †
OSRAM
OSRAM
Cool Blue Intense NextGen
Best Overall
4.5
5273 LUMEN
+4%
509 LUX (L)
+24%
927 LUX (H)
+15%

5300k

D1S, D2S, D3S, D4S
$140 †
OSRAM
Cool Blue Advance
4.3
3808 LUMEN
-25%
537 LUX (L)
+31%
842 LUX (H)
+5%

6250k

D1S, D2S
$160 †
OSRAM
Night Breaker Laser Next Gen
4.0
5198 LUMEN
+2%
508 LUX (L)
+24%
854 LUX (H)
+6%

4750k

D1S, D2S, D3S, D4S
$160 †
OSRAM
Cool Blue Boost
3.9
4905 LUMEN
-4%
507 LUX (L)
+24%
843 LUX (H)
+5%

5450k

D1S, D2S, D3S, D4S
$150 †
OSRAM
Ultra Life
2.5
5174 LUMEN
+2%
408 LUX (L)
+0%
807 LUX (H)
+0%

4400k

D1S, D2S, D3S, D4S
$130 †
OSRAM
Original/OEM (stock)
2.5
4652 LUMEN
-9%
429 LUX (L)
+5%
768 LUX (H)
-4%

4350k

D1S, D1R, D2R, D2S, D3R, D3S, D4R, D4S, D5S
$160 †
More Premium Brands
DDM Tuning
Ultra 5500k
Best Value
4.7
4603 LUMEN
-10%
583 LUX (L)
+42%
824 LUX (H)
+3%

5800k

D1S, D2S, D2R, D3S, D4S, D5S
$50 †
DDM Tuning
Ultra 4500k
3.9
4965 LUMEN
-2%
534 LUX (L)
+31%
783 LUX (H)
-3%

4600k

D1S, D2S, D2R, D3S, D4S, D5S
$50 †
Morimoto
XB Series 4300k
3.9
4991 LUMEN
-2%
514 LUX (L)
+26%
819 LUX (H)
+2%

4500k

D1S, D2S, D2R, D3S, D4S, D5S
$65 †
Diode Dynamics
Xenon 5000k
3.4
4842 LUMEN
-5%
479 LUX (L)
+17%
809 LUX (H)
+1%

4900k

D1S, D2S, D2R, D3S, D4S, D5S
$60 †
Diode Dynamics
Xenon 4300k
3.3
4703 LUMEN
-8%
482 LUX (L)
+18%
791 LUX (H)
-1%

4500k

D1S, D2S, D2R, D3S, D4S, D5S
$60 †
Morimoto
XB Series 5000k
3.3
4990 LUMEN
-2%
474 LUX (L)
+16%
808 LUX (H)
+1%

5650k

D1S, D2S, D2R, D3S, D4S, D5S
$65 †
Morimoto
XB Series 6000k
1.8
4757 LUMEN
-7%
412 LUX (L)
+1%
691 LUX (H)
-14%

6050k

D1S, D2S, D2R, D3S, D4S, D5S
$65 †
Diode Dynamics
Xenon 6000k
1.2
4252 LUMEN
-16%
369 LUX (L)
+10%
676 LUX (H)
-16%

6000k

D1S, D2S, D2R, D3S, D4S, D5S
$60 †
DDM Tuning
Ultra 6500k
coming soon
0000 LUMEN
00%
000 LUX (L)
00%
000 LUX (H)
00%

7100k

D1S, D2S, D2R, D3S, D4S, D5S
$50 †
Amazon Budget Bulbs
NiLight
6000k
(Blue Box)
3.6
3962 LUMEN
-22%
540 LUX (L)
+32%
728 LUX (H)
-9%

7050k

D1S, D2S, D3S, D4S
$30-40
DMEX
4300k
Extreme Value
3.5
4937 LUMEN
-3%
517 LUX (L)
+26%
751 LUX (H)
-6%

5100k

D1S, D2S, D2R, D3S, D4S
$20-30
Car Rover
6000k
3.4
4737 LUMEN
-7%
511 LUX (L)
+25%
756 LUX (H)
-6%

7000k

D1S, D1R, D2S, D2R, D3S, D3R, D4S, D4R
$20-30
Beamtech
6000k
2.4
4306 LUMEN
-15%
425 LUX (L)
+4%
751 LUX (H)
-7%

6450k

D1S, D2S, D3S, D4S
$20-30
HYB
6000k
2.2
4651 LUMEN
-9%
422 LUX (L)
+3%
734 LUX (H)
-9%

6800k

D1S, D1R, D2S, D2R, D3S, D4S, D4R
$20-30
Yandirect
6000k
1.9
5534 LUMEN
+9%
339 LUX (L)
-2%
723 LUX (H)
-10%

6100k

D1S, D2S, D2R, D3S, D4S, D5S
Sub $20
RCP
6000k Xenon
1.7
4188 LUMEN
-18%
415 LUX (L)
+1%
667 LUX (H)
-17%

7200k

D1S, D1R, D2S, D2R, D3S, D3R, D4S, D4R, D8S
Sub $20
SOCAL-LED
6000k Xenon
1.1
3768 LUMEN
-26%
383 LUX (L)
-6%
628 LUX (H)
-22%

5850k

D1S, D2S, D2R, D3S, D4S, D4R
Sub $20
DMEX
6000k
0.2
4468 LUMEN
-12%
351 LUX (L)
-14%
543 LUX (H)
-32%

7550k

D1S, D2S, D2R, D3S, D4S
$20-30
Innovited
6000k Xenon
0.1
4167 LUMEN
-18%
373 LUX (L)
-9%
490 LUX (H)
-39%

5750k

D2S, D2R
Sub $10
HID-Warehouse
6000k Xenon
-2.2
3936 LUMEN
-23%
203 LUX (L)
-50%
456 LUX (H)
-43%

6100k

D2S, D2R
Sub $20
LED Replacement Options
DDM Tuning
50w Saber Pro (Gen2)
2.2
4644 LUMEN
-9%
507 LUX (L)
+24%
568 LUX (H)
-29%

5750k

D1, D2, D3, D4, D1S, D1R, D3S, D3R, D2R, D2S, D4S, D4R,
$160
DDM Tuning

SaberProX 55w (Gen1)
1.2
4340 LUMEN
-15%
466 LUX (L)
+14%
475 LUX (H)
-41%

5850k

D1, D2, D3, D4, D1S, D1R, D3S, D3R, D2R, D2S, D4S, D4R,
$180
Morimoto
2Stroke 3.0
-0.5
2025 LUMEN
-60%
359 LUX (L)
-12%
413 LUX (H)
-49%

5300k

D1, D2, D3, D4, D1S, D1R, D3S, D3R, D2R, D2S, D4S, D4R,
$205
Alla Lighting
L-NF
-3.6
2711 LUMEN
-47%
212 LUX (L)
-48%
218 LUX (H)
-73%

6450k

D1, D2, D3, D4, D1S, D1R, D3S, D3R, D2R, D2S, D4S, D4R,
$100-125

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