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).

Nice upgrade for a Tacoma

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.

Like most 2019 4Runner owners, I could not believe how dim and horrible the factory headlights are. I drive my wife's Subaru Ascent and it's literally, like night and day difference. While LED bulbs seemed to be the quickest and easiest option, they are vey expensive, not designed for Halogen headlight buckets and aren't technically legal because they blind oncoming traffic. For $8-10 a bulb, it seemed like a no-brainer to try...and it is! I followed Youtube videos explaining how to mod/trim these bulbs to work in my 4Runner and they worked perfectly. I only did this a few months ago, so I can't comment on long term reliability. I did notice an increase in brightness and spread on my lowbeams. Note, it's actually quite hard to find these bulbs in store, so, depending on where you live, Amazon may be your only option.

I used these to replace the H11 low beam bulbs in my 2016 Toyota 4Runner. I had to modify the connector on the bulbs and one of the locking tabs on the bulb, but it sure helped brighten things up (as this bulb is rated for more watts than the H11).