HELLA H7TB Standard Halogen Bulbs, 12 V, 55W

I recently installed these low beam head light bulbs on my 2014 BMW 328xi. While these are great light bulbs for your low beams, they are very difficult to install. They are a bit whiter than my old low beam head lamps, please see my photos above for additional information. *I highly recommended watching a few “how-to” videos online before you even try to install these light bulbs. If you still want to do it yourself after watching the video, then following my advice may help you avoid some of the headaches that I experienced the first time that I tried to install my low beam head lamps. To begin, you will need a good flashlight or shop light and a regular sized flat head screwdriver. 1) First, turn the front wheels of your vehicle all the way to the right to install the left bulb, and to the left to install the right bulb. You need to turn the wheels in order to access the light compartment without removing the wheel which for some insane reason is in the wheel-well of the vehicle. (Thank you BMW for making this process extremely difficult). 2) MAKE SURE TO TURN YOUR VEHICLE OFF BEFORE PROCEEDING TO THE NEXT TASK! Once the wheels are turned you can then access the light bulb compartment in the vehicles wheel-well. 3) To remove the plastic cover of the light compartment loosen the two tabs at the top and carefully pry it off with the screwdriver. Once removed you will see the round cover for the low beam light bulb. 4) Turn this to the left to remove, remembering that this one screws on and off. Do not try to pry the round cover off with the screwdriver or you will break it. Both of these covers should come off rather easily. Once inside the light compartment feel around for the back of the bulb. Once you discover the back of the bulb. 5) To remove the bulb you will need to very carefully stick your flathead screwdriver into the light compartment to move the small clip at the very top of the bulb so that it releases the bulb. (You’ll see this in the video when you watch it). You should hear a slight click sound when the top tab is released. The bulb will still be connected to the cord at this time. 6) Carefully pull the bulb and cord out of the light compartment. 7) Once out slowly wiggle the bulb off the plug being very careful not to damage the plug or cord. This may take a few minutes to do, but it will eventually come off, just make sure not to damage the plug or the cord. After you have removed the old bulb, take the new bulb out of the package being very careful not to touch the glass part of the new bulb. 8) When you have the new bulb out, slowly install the bulb onto the plug making sure that the small tab on the back of the bulb is facing up, and the circular part of the back of the bulb is facing down. (*SEE PHOTOS) 9) Once the bulb is on the plug, you can start to install the light bulb into place. 10) While working the bulb with one hand, you can watch from the front side of the vehicle to see that the tip of the new bulb is going into the correct hole. Watching from the front of the light compartment will help you to correctly guide the bulb into place. If installed correctly, (small tab UP), you will feel the bulb click into place. 11) Once installed, test the bulb to make sure that it correctly works. After your test, if the bulb correctly works you can 12) replace the round cover on the light compartment, (remember that this cover screws on) 13) then reinstall the square cover of the light compartment that is in the wheel-well. Make sure that this clicks back into place to ensure that debris does not get into the light compartment. You are now ready to do the other side of the vehicle because we always install new bulbs in pairs.Lastly, I highly encourage anyone that is going to attempt to do this to watch any of the great “how-to” videos online that will very clearly show you how to install the low beam light bulbs in your BMW. Good luck with your adventure, I hope that this review will offer some assistance to you with the difficult task of changing your low beam head lamps in your BMW 3-Series vehicle. Tom Feddor, Chicago IL

Bought this for a 2011 Subaru Outback to replace the burned out headlight bulb. Works great and the +50 Performance bulb seems to match the brightness of the other bulb perfectly.

Cheap and lasts a while

Got these installed the other day on my 2010 Subaru Legacy. Getting into the headlight compartment on these is a pain, especially when 15 degrees out. Have to either take down the plastic fender lining and reach around blindly, or remove the bumper and take out the housing. So the mechanic ended up taking care of that haha. They aren't the most bright, but safer than putting LED's in the factory housing. Hopefully these last longer than OEM as my OEM bulbs both went out super super quick. Believe it's pretty common on the 5th gen Legacy/Outbacks.(PS: If you are also having the issue of premature burnout on your Legacy/Outback, don't use the "Auto" headlight feature. Well reported online this is what causes the premature burnout unfortunately.

I'm a big fan of these bulbs. I have them in my car and now in my motorcycle. They aren't the whitest light, but they're bright and I enjoy them.As always I will update when they burn out.

Fit BMW 228iWorked goodGreat fit

This is exactly what I needed for my 2008 Mercedes ML350! It was pretty easy to install and seems like a great quality bulb. I can’t speak to the lifespan yet but I’ll circle back in a year or 2 (if I remember). As for right now it’s a really bright bulb and gets the job done at a great price!

Recently purchased a pair of these for a 2011 Subaru Outback. For the majority of people who have never had to replace a headlight bulb on these cars, consider yourself lucky. There are many methods online, but all involve some level of disassembly of the vehicle. Personally I go for the remove the front bumper and light assembly route.I had one bulb burned out when I started, but was replacing both due to the amount of work to get to them. After replacing with hose Hella units, I had two working lights that produced less light than the one single previous one did. It was so bad that during a night test drive you literally couldn’t tell the headlights were on.Replaced with some Sylvania one’s that I could get quickly from a local source. Immediate difference. So the Hella’s definitely had something wrong with them. I’m going to do Hella a favor and assume it has to do with Amazon’s counterfeit issues. I specifically was wanting to use the Hella Long Life versions as they seem to have a reputation of lasting a very long time.But think twice before buying these from Amazon.