Philips 12361B1 H9 Standard Halogen Replacement Headlight Bulb, 1 Pack

I bought these for my 3rd Gen Prius. The Prius takes H11 bulbs for the low-beam by default, but the H9 bulb is easy enough to modify to fit and it's a big improvement. The stock H11 bulbs are very underwhelming. I tried some LED bulbs. Had a hard time making them fit properly and they just didn't throw the beam far enough. Really sharp cutoff and felt like it was too short downroad to be safe. Tried installing some nice aftermarket HIDs. These were really great - clean white light, super bright, projected very far down the road. But of course HIDs are expensive - the setup is pricey and the bulbs are expensive and IMO an aftermarket HID setup just introduces a lot of additional points of failure. I didn't have many issues, but when I did it was always a hassle to track down where the issue was. Bulbs? Igniter? Ballast? Relay? One of the wire harness connections? In the end it became too big a headache for me. I'm sure it works for some, but I grew tired of it. Anyways. These bulbs. They're certainly not as white/bluish as LED or HID, but at the same time they're not nearly as yellow as the stock H11s. Much whiter color temperature than those. They project further down the road than the LEDs and as far or farther than the HIDs. Super simple install, just put them in the light, twist to lock, plug it in. You know how it goes. Easy. OF course, for my application there's a bit of modification to be done, but all in all the whole job takes 10 minutes, tops. And of course - on top of that - they're dirt cheap. Right around $8 per bulb. LEDs were about $50 for a set of two and a whole HID setup cost about $150. And the bulbs are $40-50 if they need replaced. These guys are $16 for a set - at that price you can even afford to have a handful of spares available. Overall, they're great quality lights at an unbeatable price (They're even cheaper than my stock H11s!). Can't recommend enough.

Great bulbs ! Please stop putting generic LED’s into headlamp assemblies designed for incandescent filaments and blinging passing traffic. Yes, LED’s can produce more light per watt and will eventually take over, no doubt. The problem is the reflector in headlamp assemblies designed to use tungsten filament bulbs are precisely engineered and manufactured to work with the EXACT size, shape, and location of the filament in these types of bulbs. Not to mention they are DOT certified and legal for street use. A lot of LED retrofits spew blinding off-axis light to the sides into oncoming traffic rather than pointing it forward. Annoying, dangerous, and not street legal. Quite a few LED manufactures are now advertising “filament matched” designs. Maybe headed in the right direction but it’s just easier, cheaper, and a sure thing to use these and not worry about failed cooling fans, oversized heat sinks that don’t fit in your application , melted headlamp assemblies, flickering, strobing…… and on and on and on.

For those in the know who use these to replace the stock bulbs in cars that take a less powerful bulb these are great upgrades. I replaced them in my 2019 4Runner a month after I got the car in 2019 and I didn’t have one burn out until this month (December 2024). Great bulbs plenty bright - and reliable for very cheap

I initially decided on an HID upgrade. I understand that most vehicle owners who are unhappy with their halogens are gonna go LED>HID. Camrys however(due to their awful stock projection lenses) are one of only a few vehicles which would be better off going the HID route. So, I bought some Morimoto elites for $200(plus a small cut for my crazy, lovable, uncle— Sam). After forking over some more $$$ for install, we found out that one of the wiring units/ballasts, arrived defective. I ultimately decided to just get a refund rather than a replacement, as the initial wait for the conversion kit was nearly 10 days, as it was coming by way of Atlanta(to the west coast). It was only because of this, that I was forced to return back to the drawing board. This bit of extra research time allowed me to stumble upon an interesting conversation happening in the 'Toyota forums' Camry group chat. I read how a growing number of Camry owners (unhappy with their stock lights just like me), were converting a stock high beam(H9) halogen bulb into their low beam(h11)housing, with great results. Installation was little more than a couple snippits with a pair of metal shears and/or a dremel tool... The end result— MUCH brighter headlights. I figured with each halogen bulb costing no more than $10, it's was worth the risk to try this out(before attempting another HID conversion). The rest, as they say, is history. I instantly had much brighter headlights, and was receiving ZERO high beam flashes from oncoming motorists(thank you, foggy, stock protection lenses). The only real downside I can think of, is they burn out faster than an HID or LED would. I mean, They're $10....😁 There are several YouTube videos that'll entail the adjustments that are needed to your h9 bulb.(just search for 'H11 to H9 headlight conversion).

I got these 65w H9 bulbs to replace the 55w H11 low beam bulbs in my 2012 Charger. They aren’t a direct fit, but once properly modified (trim small tab inside housing), they plugged in and lit up like they were meant to be there! The H11 halogens plus the poorly designed headlight housings on these Chargers makes for a poorly performing low beam headlight. That’s just a fact of life I was prepared to live with, until I read about the H11 to H9 ‘upgrade’ and tried it. My low beam headlights are actually useful now, not to mention much more safe since I can see where I’m going at night. If you don’t have HIDs in your Charger, and your low beam bulbs are H11, and if you strain to see what is ahead of you at night, try a set of these in your low beam housings! (NOTE: you will have to modify these bulbs’ housing to fit your low beam plugs, but it’s not hard and pretty straightforward to get done.)

Bought these H-9 bulbs to replace my current H-11 low beam bulbs in my 3rd gen prius. It did need some modification of the bulb electrical connector. You have to remove one of the plastic tab to fit it into the socket. Just look at the one you took out and you can figure out which one it is. It was a lot brighter than the original ones or replacement ones. I dont know if it will burn out as soon as the replacement ones but we will see. I dont know if it will blew fuses, cause a fire, melt the lens or screw up any of my computer stuff that run the lights. We will see, but really happy with the result for now.

I learned all about headlights from CrashNBurn80 on his massive 300+ page headlight thread on Tacoma World forums. Many premium headlight manufacturers directly use his testing and write-ups for their designs and revisions. The short of it is you absolutely should NOT put LED bulbs into a headlight housing designed for halogen bulbs. It throws out a terrible dispersal pattern which shrinks your pupils and throws extra light into the eyes of oncoming traffic. LED bulbs require housings made for LED, which are not very common since most LED headlights are a complete housing with the lights being sealed inside and non-removable. "AITA?" -- If you put LED bulbs in your car and other drivers keep flashing their brights at you, your are the dick, not them. Please stop doing this, it's very trashy. All that said, I modified the connector on these H9 bulbs to fit into my H11 low-beam connectors, and the results are outstanding, with broad even lighting and great sharp horizontal cutoff for oncoming traffic. If you want to do the same I'd check if that's okay on your make and model, it's a common and safe practice on 3rd gen Tacomas, not sure how other cars are wired. Photo hardly does it justice, but new headlight is on left, old light on right.

I used these instead of the H11 low beam for my Subaru XV (search the web on how to convert from H11 to H9) and have had them on for a month or so. I know I may bother some oncoming drivers and I am sorry for that but there are many cars that have the same high light output right out of the factory and if you have H11s for low beam, you know that the light is barely enough and oncoming traffic is hurting your eyes. It turns out that when you have the high light output too, your eyes are not hurting because you can actually see the road in front of you and not concentrate on the oncoming lights. To try and make other drivers happy, I will lower my lights and see if that helps but going back to the H11s is not an option anymore and I already purchased and tried the zXe ( SYLVANIA H11 SilverStar zXe High Performance Halogen Headlight Bulb, (Contains 2 Bulbs) ) at 4 times the price of these and that did not help much. These have excellent light output but I wish they would make one at higher temperature for a more contemporary whiter look.