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Old Jan 20, 2016 | 05:49 PM
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Noob question guys so sorry in advance.

Which bulbs are needed for my 05 MCS? Is there an easy way to tell if I have standards or HIDs? I've honestly never paid much attention to my headlights, but I wanna get the yellow bulbs for all my lenses up front.

Sorry for the dumb question, I'm just not in a place to do proper research at the moment.
 
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Old Jan 21, 2016 | 06:56 AM
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In the 05+ cars they went to the projector style Xenons, so if you have projector housings you have Xenon HID, if not then you have halogens.

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Old Jan 21, 2016 | 09:29 AM
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if halogen, they are h7
 
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Part numbers for bulbs HERE. You could also put yellow tint on your lights instead of changing the bulbs to yellow, if you like the look of course.



 
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Originally Posted by JaysinStrife
Noob question guys so sorry in advance.

Which bulbs are needed for my 05 MCS? Is there an easy way to tell if I have standards or HIDs? I've honestly never paid much attention to my headlights, but I wanna get the yellow bulbs for all my lenses up front.

Sorry for the dumb question, I'm just not in a place to do proper research at the moment.

No dumb questions.

The halogens dont have the projectors but the Xenon do . Big change over in 7/2004+ production. Watch not to touch the bulbs, if you do do the yellow they H7 upper and H7 lowers. If you have the Xenons , the H7 will he the lower high beams and low beam xenons are the D2S .

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