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Old Nov 27, 2007 | 06:57 PM
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If one of your bulbs burns out can u buy a different bulb or does it have to be from the same company ? or just the same bulb size
Old Nov 28, 2007 | 06:51 AM
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Originally Posted by xkazik
If one of your bulbs burns out can u buy a different bulb or does it have to be from the same company ? or just the same bulb size
It depends how long you've had the bulbs. If they're within 400 (or so) hours of use, you can replace just one bulb - although for a while the new bulb will have a different color output as the old one as colorshifting hasn't taken place.

If you're using the 85126 from Philips, get the 85126+ which is a colorshifted bulb for those who just need one.
Old Nov 28, 2007 | 11:54 AM
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what i mean is . does it have to be the same brand as the on that came with the H.I.D kid or i can get 2 new ones from any H.I.D bulb company
Old Nov 28, 2007 | 07:52 PM
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what i mean is . does it have to be the same brand as the on that came with the H.I.D kid or i can get 2 new ones from any H.I.D bulb company
You can do that if you want.
Old Nov 29, 2007 | 09:01 AM
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I would reccomend buying some from a diffrent company rather than the POS bulbs they aready sent you...
Old Dec 12, 2007 | 12:57 AM
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same company will be better, the color will be easy to match
Old Dec 12, 2007 | 08:47 AM
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yup same company will be better since different company's K ratings aren't always the same...like for example Abrand's 12000K will be purple and Bbrand's 12000K will be darker or whatever so it's hard to tell.
Old Dec 29, 2007 | 07:42 PM
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same company is better because of the different colors and shades you can get.
Old Dec 31, 2007 | 09:56 AM
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