Where do you buy the Kizashi OEM Xenon bulbs?
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 5:16 am
I can't find them anywhere! All I see are Halogen ones and I drive the 2011 SLS which has Bi-Xenon.
You must live outside North America if you have factory HIDs.
While not of much importance, I do want to say that it's technically not "bi-xenon". This term means the same HID bulb is used for both the high and low beam (hence the ""bi" for dual purpose) but the Kizashi has halogen H7 bulbs for the high beams. Your car uses a HID bulb for the low beams only.
More importantly, factory HID bulbs are not proprietary to the car maker. They are made by companies like Denso, Phillips, Matsushita, etc. and actually use standardized types of HID bulbs. It took me a while to find the info to confirm (though I suspected it from the start) but can say with confidence that the Kizashi uses D2S bulbs in the factory HID system. These are very common HID bulbs used by many cars. I looked it up in Osram Sylavania's website, but had to jump on the UK site because no HID bulbs would come up in the search by car for the NA version.
Specs for the factory HID D2S bulb include 85V, 35W.
D2S bulbs aren't hard to find so perhaps an auto parts store may sell it. One thing to note: it is typically advised that HID bulbs be replaced by professionals. The reason is that they operate by very high wattage to be ignited so the risk of electrocution is higher. While I believe disconnecting the car battery should prevent that threat, I am simply not familiar enough with factory HID bulbs to be certain about the replacement procedure.