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gosoho · 03-04-2008, 01:56 PM

Hey all,

I recently bought a 2008 Camry SE and want to change out the stock bulbs to something a bit brighter. I checked online to find out the size and bought a set of GE Nighthawk 9005 bulbs but when I went to install them they didn't fit as the pins were completely different from the stock phillips bulb (they were further apart). I went back to the shop and checked the silverstars (9005's) and they had the same pins as the GE's. So back in the stock bulbs went and back to the drawing board I go.

What is the actual size of the stock/replacement camry bulbs (08 SE)?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Also any suggestions for a good quality HID conversion kit would be great.

njerald · 03-04-2008, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by gosoho

Hey all,

I recently bought a 2008 Camry SE and want to change out the stock bulbs to something a bit brighter. I checked online to find out the size and bought a set of GE Nighthawk 9005 bulbs but when I went to install them they didn't fit as the pins were completely different from the stock phillips bulb (they were further apart). I went back to the shop and checked the silverstars (9005's) and they had the same pins as the GE's. So back in the stock bulbs went and back to the drawing board I go.

What is the actual size of the stock/replacement camry bulbs (08 SE)?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Also any suggestions for a good quality HID conversion kit would be great.

Amazing....................

Try putting the 9005s in the High Beams. They don't fit in the Low Beams!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Your Owners manual might be a place to start.........

http://www.sylvania.com/ConsumerProd...RG-Results.htm

**PRINCESS PEACH** · 03-04-2008, 02:05 PM

low beam: H11 bulb. That's the size of the 07-09 camry lowbeam bulbs.

for HID, there's a Groupbuy going on here at TN for 110$. If not, then you should check out other brands like xenondepot.com and other ones.

Netforcer · 03-04-2008, 02:08 PM

http://www.sylvania.com/ConsumerProd...lacementGuide/

Also try here for the right bulb sizes...

skyxliner · 03-04-2008, 02:11 PM

some members on TN liked just getting brighter halogen bulbs and it works fine with them. go that way if you don't want to mess with hids

though hids are an easy install, but covering squirrel spotters and ect takes time, so be prepared

gosoho · 03-04-2008, 03:24 PM

The 9005's were installed in the high beam's and still didn't appear to fit so thus the confusion.....Is it possible the assembly changed from 07 to 08? Arrgh...

**PRINCESS PEACH** · 03-04-2008, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by gosoho

The 9005's were installed in the high beam's and still didn't appear to fit so thus the confusion.....Is it possible the assembly changed from 07 to 08? Arrgh...

assembly did not change. Just look for H11 bulbs, should fit ur lowbeams perfectly.

go for silvania or piaa.

oh btw, our camries uses stock silvania bulbs neways. If you want a brighter projection, go for the higher end model of the sylvania, the silverstar ultra.

thapranksta · 03-04-2008, 03:35 PM

Sounds like he is looking for high beam bulbs and the ones he have don't fit correctly. If you have the right bulb size (9005), I don't see why they won't fit. Did you compare the stock bulbs to the GEs to see if something was odd?

**PRINCESS PEACH** · 03-04-2008, 03:37 PM

9005SU Silverstar ULTRA for Ultra Night Vision - The Whitest and Brightest Halogen

Did you grab those? I have those in my highbeams and it fits fine and is bright as heck.

GT-R · 03-04-2008, 03:41 PM

This is what I have: PIAA 4700K Lo-Beam (H11) and PIAA 2500K Hi-Beam (9005). I can see good at night & foggy.

njerald · 03-04-2008, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by PrincessPeach

9005SU Silverstar ULTRA for Ultra Night Vision - The Whitest and Brightest Halogen

Did you grab those? I have those in my highbeams and it fits fine and is bright as heck.

I doubt the brightest and they definitely at 4,100 K are not the whitest of all Halogen bulbs.

but maybe in the Sylvania family...........

GT-R · 03-04-2008, 03:45 PM

Oh, just remeber this. When you buy the Hi-Beam (9005) bulbs, they usually come with 2 rubber rings (Black & Red), for our cars use the red ones.

**PRINCESS PEACH** · 03-04-2008, 03:49 PM

iono if its me or im just blind but..

i found the stock halogen bulbs in the camry to be extremely weak.. others said it was actually pretty good for stock? i had to switch to HID, cuz i ran over two things on the freeway that could've been avoidable if i had brighter lights.

GT-R · 03-04-2008, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by PrincessPeach

iono if its me or im just blind but..

i found the stock halogen bulbs in the camry to be extremely weak.. others said it was actually pretty good for stock? i had to switch to HID, cuz i ran over two things on the freeway that could've been avoidable if i had brighter lights.

You're just blind...

... NO! It is weak compare to the other cars.

njerald · 03-04-2008, 04:03 PM

Baloney!!!!!!!