Hi

My 2001 Audi A4 (B6) is telling me my dipped left bulb is blown. So after following a few guides here I removed the headlight housing at lunch today. The housing indicated that I had D2S bulbs but removing the bulb from the housing looked tricky. I left it for this evening to attempt to remove it. I took a crap pic with my phone which I have attached. Can someone confirm that this the D2S and any hints on removing it from the housing would be most appreciated. My understanding is that I can just replace the bulb and all will be sweet again?

Thanks in advance

Diarmuid

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It should say on top of the headlight housing. Pop the hood and on top of the clear housing. It should say H6 and DS2 sounds right but check the housing.

 

H6? Do you mean H7?

Also, for Diarmuid, HID bulbs are available in a lot of different color temperature ranges. OEM bulbs are all ~4300k temperature. If you buy a bulb from a dealer, you don't have to specify this. However, you will pay out the ying-yang probably. You could look into aftermarket HID bulbs as I'd imagine they'd fit the connectors (someone else with a B6 wanna confirm that?). If they will, you can buy a pair of bulbs for less than $50. By putting in one new bulb and having one old one, you may see a difference in beam color. Replace them with a matched set and you won't have to worry about that.

 

Thanks for the input guys. I have read about the different temp lights and will be going for the standard 4300k Philips. In fact I have sourced a pair for 50Euro on Ebay already. They seem ok (as in not some unbranded Chinese model) to me.

However what I am really looking for is someone to confirm that I am getting the correct bulb based on the picture (if that is possible). The headlamp was marked with D2S it's just that I didn't get an actual visual on the bulb itself. I might just take the headlight off again tomorrow just to confirm before I buy the new pair

 

D2S is basically a standard nomenclature for the bulb, indicating it's meant to go into a projector housing (the flip side would be a D2R bulb, for a reflector housing). Most companies sell only D2S bulbs now, since they work fine in reflector housings as well as projectors. D2S is not as important a designation as H7 (bulb style) is. Confirm the bulb style and order your HID bulbs with confidence.

 

ok. then I am pretty sure it's H7.

 

If there is no yellow trianglewarning for high voltage,
you have standard H7 bulbs.

 

my bad.

 

You have the D2S bulbs. I am going through the same deal right now and bought H7 only to find out they dont fit.

 

well at least you can replace the main beam bulbs at the same time then... (while you have the headlight off)