DESCRIPTION
FEATURES & BENEFITS
- Ultimate Balance: The 5.0 doesn't just focus on brightness or width alone. It strikes the perfect balance, ensuring a beam that's both wide and intensely bright, making nighttime driving a breeze.
- Enhanced Distance Visibility: With a hotspot that's about 70% brighter than its predecessor, the 5.0 ensures that most of your driving time is spent under optimal lighting conditions. The controlled light distribution ensures comfort and safety during nighttime drives.
- Superior Width Control: The 5.0 deploys light in a manner that's both wide and flat, ensuring zero bowing. The fine-tuned shield positioning offers an intense light band, making it a leader in its class.
- Anti-Reflective Coating: The blue tint isn't just for aesthetics. The AR coating ensures 10% more light transmission and reduces glare, offering a clearer and brighter beam. Learn more about AR coatings here.
- Upgraded Hardware: The 5.0 comes with MotoHolders for easier bulb handling, stronger CNC machined aluminum lock rings, and torx screws for better lens holding. Every detail, no matter how minute, has been refined for the user's benefit.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
Projectors: 2x (One Pair) Mini D2S 5.0 Bi-Xenon Projectors
Hardware: 2x 9006 Solenoid Input Pigtails, Bulb Holders, Mounting Hardware
WARRANTY INFORMATION
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Power: 35-55w HID Systems
Traffic Pattern: LHD or RHD
Lens Diameter: 3.0in
Mounting Shaft: 35mm Diameter
Housing Depth: 117mm Minimum
Lens Type: AR Coated 'Kuria Optic' Glass
LINE DRAWINGS
COMPATIBILITY
APPLICATIONS: Universal (cars/trucks/motorcycles)
DIRECT FITMENT: H4 Fog Lights (little/no mods required)
MODS REQUIRED: H1, H7, H11, H13, 9005, 9006, 9007 housings
UNITED STATES: LHD (Left Hand Drive)
BULBS: D2S/D2H HID Only
HID SYSTEMS: 35w and 55w
SHROUDS: All Styles Except Mini Gatling/Graphite
CENTRIC RINGS: Not Required
COMPLIANCE
APPLICATION: HID and LED projectors are street legal in the USA for Fog Light use only. Not compliant with DOT / FMVSS108 and not street legal in the USA for Headlights. Legal for off-road use in Snowmobile and ATV headlights and off-road racing use only auxiliary or forward lighting. International street legality varies by country. For detailed clarification on street use, CLICK HERE
Note: This usage regulation is not unique to this item. All LED and HID bulbs from all other brands, regardless of marketing claims, are prohibited from street use in halogen headlights in the USA.
HOMOLOGATION ECE: NO
DOT/SAE/FVMSS108: NO (NOT STREET LEGAL IN HEADLIGHTS IN USA)
INSTALLATION DOCUMENTS
High Five! Morimoto has officially achieved Projector-Perfection with the 5th gen Mini D2S Bi-xenons! If you're looking for the ultimate beam pattern boner; it's really not going to get any better than this folks. Perfectly balanced beam. The crispiest ECE style cutoff. Unquestionable OEM-quality all packed into a projector that's undeniably easy to install. If we died and went to fog light heaven, the 5.0 would be greeting us at the gate.
Projector-Perfection: There are other projectors that produce brighter hot spots. There are other projectors that have unholy amounts of width. But no other option creates the perfect balance of width & hotspot lux (aka distance) quite like the 5.0. In order to create the ultimate weapon for driving in the dark; Morimoto baked in best practices from a variety of well-respected OEM and aftermarket projectors. With over a decade of experience, we trust that their latest and greatest equates to the perfect all-around perfomer.
Distance: The hot spot on the new 5.0 bi-xenon is roughly 70% brighter than the already-impressive 4.0 design. While the high beam unloads a lot more volume of light; virtually no additional intensity has been reserved. What that means: You get the maximum benefit from your bulbs & ballasts in default mode--where drivers spend 99% of their time. The controlled decrease in intensity from the hyper-hotspot down through the foreground results in a distribution of light that makes driving at night very comfortable & safe. Why? Because too much intensity on the ground too close to the front of your vehicle will make your eyes adjust, compromising your ability to see very far. Science!
Width: Power is nothing without control, and even the best D2S bulbs and 50w ballasts won't always result in a satisfying output when projected out on the road improperly--so the KEY is really how that light is deployed. Thanks to the beauty in the center of this beast [all new optics package + flat cast cutoff shield] You really end up with a beam pattern that's extremely wide and flat, with zero bowing. But that's not all: The position of the shield has been fine-tuned so that there is a band of intense light that spans side-to-side directly under the cutoff line. RX350 Bi-xenons, S2000's, LS430s, SC430--all of the best from Koito now need to bite their tongue, because that's all they had on Morimoto prior to the 5.0 party!
Anti-Reflective Coating Lens: The blue tint to the lens is more than marketing fluff too. That's an AR coating, and it serves a real purpose. AR coatings increase the transmission of light through the glass all while decreasing bleed. The result? 10% more light and less glare compared to a traditional clear lens. The blue-hue may not be for everybody, but in this case we're down. Read more about AR coatings HERE.
Hardware Upgrades: Forget the finicky 2 piece bulb holders found on the 4.0s, these come standard with the MotoHolders: an all-new one-piece design that's far easier to work with. The new CNC machined aluminum lock rings are not only pretty looking, but they're 300% stronger than the old die cast part. To tighten them, Morimoto now offers an optional lock-ring tightening tool that works with any 10mm socket set. Torx screws now hold the lens holder on too instead of Philips screws. While the 5.0 get's a big boost in the performance department, it's also clear they've paid attention to the details in the parts department too. We like it!
Installation Summary: On a H4-based fog light reflector for example...Remove the fog light lens, insert the threaded mounting shaft through the pre-existing hole in the back of the reflector, add the alignment plate, tighten the lock ring, and re-seal the fog lights. For other applications, minimal cutting will probably be involved but you'll find the results well worth it! Check out the installation procedure linked above.