HELLA H1 YL Xtreme Yellow Bulbs, 12V, 55W

Awesome all weather high beams. Work really well in the rain fog and snow!

I bought these bulbs to use as high beams on an aftermarket HID projector kit I bought for my truck (the high beams on that particular model are halogen and are not projector). These are exactly what I expected and well worth the $14 I spent on them. They are about as bright as a standard 65W high beam bulb. I say this because they are 100W (brighter) but they use a blue tint (which reduced light output) to reduce the yellow in the light and make them appear whiter. The result is a bulb which is about the same brighness, whiter, and a much shorter lifespan. I highly recommend carrying spares of these bulbs if you don't want a ticket for driving with a headlight out. Also, while they are much whiter than regular halogen bulbs, they are not as white as my 6000k HIDs (which I also expected). All in all, I got exactly what I expected plus spares for what I consider a very resonable price. For that reason I give these five stars.

Hella is/was a very trusted name 20-30 years ago, things change and I see now they are no longer built in Germany. Time will tell if they are still good.The packaging was BAD, a glass bulb in a thin cardboard box in a plastic bag. Box was crushed a little but bulb appears to be intact.

I bought Aftermarket Halogen Halo headlights and the bulbs blew pretty quickly, So I ordered these.I'm not a car guy, but put them in myself which was quite easy, and so far they've been working great! Its been a few months now, and no issues.I have a 2001 Honda Accord Coupe Ex with Aftermarket Halo headlights.Overall - Very happy with them!

The base of the bulbs have ruptured after less than 2 months. I made sure to not touch any of the glass when installing. Very poor quality and would not purchase again.

Full disclosure: I bought my set of lights from Amazon Warehouse. Steep discount versus new. Anyways. They showed up and were both loose in the package which was kind of scary. But luckily both were undamaged.Installation was straightforward once I figured out Hyundai’s weird bracket system. They’re held in almost like an Intel CPU with a latching wire mechanism. And to remove the blade socket you have to push down on a black tab and it was just weird. BUT this is not Hella’s fault. That’s Hyundai. Once removed the new bulbs went in without issue.They’re brighter than my older high beams which may very well be 11 years old, who knows. But these are brighter and the blue filter makes the light whiter as well. There’s a slight blue tint but I’m not really concerned with it.For the price I paid I’d say it’s a good deal even if they don’t last 11 years like the other ones did.

I appreciated the light produced from these bulbs (55W H1 12V), but they didn't last very long. I installed them on 2/8/23 and the first one burnt out on 5/20/23 and the second bulb followed on 5/28/23. Normally I've been getting about 1 to 1.5 years and 7,000 miles out of the aftermarket bulbs I've been using. Note that I've installed many halogen bulbs over the years and know how to insure that the bulb surface is not contaminated during installation. Note also that I have checked my battery for load fluctuations to see if there was an electrical surge that affected the bulbs. The battery has tested out ok.I have attempted to obtain warranty replacement for the bulbs through Amazon but they do not want to seem to honor the manufacturer's warranty of one year. I contacted Hella directly about this and they indicate that as an Amazon partner, Amazon is supposed to process the warranty. Well, I'll believe that when I see a set of new bulbs. The person I talked with at Hella was helpful and may be processing a warranty replacement as I write this but I have not heard back from them yet.I may try purchasing the Hella Long Life 55W bulbs, but since Amazon seems not to want to warrant them per the manufacturer, I believe I'll shop for them elsewhere.UPDATE on 6/1/23: A representative with Hella contacted me indicating that they are honoring their warranty and will be sending me a pair of new bulbs.

I'm an idiot and was bench testing headlights I was making, gave em 18v. They got quite bright for oh 2 seconds and then suddenly no worky. Naturally I assumed one was faulty and did it to the other one, shocker the same result.So uh, don't do that. For the brief time they were alive, they were quite bright