Philips automotive lighting UltinonSport 9005/9006 LED Bulb, 2 Pack

I bought two pairs of these for my headlights. I’m almost certain three of the four bulbs in the spare car (2004 Civic) were original. I installed these and it completely improved my vision at night. The light is a very pure white, which is what I wanted. I can now see further down the street with low beams, and the high beams punch quite a distance now.

As for the beam pattern, it does scatter a little more on low beams than halogen bulbs, but not as bad as others I have seen. The bulk of the light still remains low, out of the line of vision of oncoming cars.

There is one area of concern. In my headlights, one of the bulbs is a 9005 and the other a 9006. The difference is in the mounting flange. As this Philips bulb can be used in both locations, it includes an extra set of plastic mounting flanges, which are easily swapped. If you find your new bulb is too loose or too tight, you may need to switch that flange over.

I bought both pairs through the Amazon Warehouse. One package was OK. The other, however, was missing the extra pair of flanges. Luckily I had the spare from the first package. So this is something to watch for if you are not purchasing a new package of these–the extra flanges might be missing.

I normally ran HIDs. But the ballast kept going bad. So I thought, why not! These are crisp and bright! I live in Minnesota so the cold hasn’t affected them! I have had them for a week and have been very surprised at the brightness! Someone asked me if I had a Touring version of my Suv because of the crisp bright lights. It’s a 2013 Rav4
Great price too!

My Mom has a 2015 Mazda CX5 Touring. I put these 9005 Philips LEDs in my Moms non-projector high beams. I also put H11 Philips LEDs in her Projector Low Beams and H11 Philips LEDs in her non-projector fog lights. The photos speak for themselves. The New LEDs gaskets are big and thick allowing them to seat right into the sockets perfectly. Not to right or loose. They plugged right in with no issue and you can’t hear the fans on them from outside of the cx5 or inside. They cause no radio/speaker interference. All the lights are equal in output as well. The flat line these lighter project thru my moms Low Beam projectors is astonishing haha. Honestly! For an LED that is “plug and play” and have no Ballasts or extra wiring to perform this great is the reason why I went with Philips.

Also make sure YOU check your vehicles bulb codes. Just because your low beams are H11 doesn’t mean your foglights are. Or that your high beams are also H11. It’s never that easy and all vehicle are different. There are 9005/H11, then there are just H11, then there’s just 9005. So make sure you research the bulb codes and make sure they correspond with what you purchase.

For one Philips is a staple in the automotive lighting world. These bulbs are very well built with some true quality materials. I did have these installed, and they were super quiet with no fan noise whatsoever.

The only downside to these bulbs is that the socket adaptor that goes into the headlamp assembly while it is also well built, it does not fit the cut out quite so easily. The bulb does lock into the removable socket, but once it’s in the headlamp it an be quite difficult to remove, and in my case it did not fit all the way into headlamp..

Besides that small issue they are a pretty good set of bulbs. They are bright and produce a very good beam pattern of light, they do illuminate the road better than Halogens, but for them being only 20 watts per bulb, they aren’t as bright as competitors bulbs. For you’re driving at night quite a lot I would look for better options. But if you don’t drive at night a lot, these are a great alternative to Halogens