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Old 23rd November 2023, 06:16 PM
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Default For sale pair of Philips X-tremeVision gen2 D2S bulbs.

I have a pair of Philips X-tremeVision gen2 D2S bulbs that I bought for D3 when I had it but sold the car before fitting them and they have been in drawer ever since. Apparently there are a lot of fakes out there but I bought these on Amazon, sold by Amazon not 3rd party seller, I would assume they get them directly from Philips so should be genuine. And the pass Philips online authenticity checker. I think I paid around £100 for a pair back then but it looks like they are almost £60 each now. I think £80 collected or £90 posted should be a fair price. Link to current Amazon listing https://amzn.eu/d/4XgREh1
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Old 23rd November 2023, 06:22 PM
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Just a gentle word of warning; I bought some very similar bulbs a while back and they too passed the online check, until I realised that both bulbs had the same ID; it should be unique.
In my case there were other clues in the quality of the packaging that didn't quite smell right, but there are a lot of fakes and they can be very good!
PS I did get a full refund.
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Old 23rd November 2023, 06:24 PM
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Picture upload from phone did not work, tried from laptop and still no go. If needed can send pictures to email or whatsapp
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Old 23rd November 2023, 06:31 PM
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Just a gentle word of warning; I bought some very similar bulbs a while back and they too passed the online check, until I realised that both bulbs had the same ID; it should be unique.
In my case there were other clues in the quality of the packaging that didn't quite smell right, but there are a lot of fakes and they can be very good!
PS I did get a full refund.
Checked the numbers and on the box they are 3222 311 74361 and 3222 311 74362 and on the lamps it's 33A028 and 339L21. so that's a good sign and I would think Amazon would get them straight from Philips so less chance for fakes comparing to going through several different wholesalers/importers.

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Old 23rd November 2023, 06:57 PM
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Thanks for checking Ainars.
I believe these will also fit a D2.
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I've just made a test post and uploaded photos ok.
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I've just made a test post and uploaded photos ok.
Tried again and and still nothing. Just says upload failed, did the same earlier on Laptop. Used Chrome on both, maybe should try another browser or clearing cookies
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Same with Firefox. Uploaded them here
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Thanks for checking Ainars.
I believe these will also fit a D2.
Bi-xenons use D2R on D2 but projectors could be D2S.
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Old 17th December 2023, 03:03 PM
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Would anybody like to make me an offer before I put them on eBay? It's 80% off final value fees on eBay so if nobody is interested, I will put them on eBay on Monday.
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