Headlights Hella or Depo

Definitely Depo. Well known brand, they fit perfectly and are made for cars equipped with the halogens standard. They also look exactly like OEM.

I bought a used pair of almost new Depo 9-3 2003-2008 headlights, nice beam pattern and performance.

I'm happy with my Depo ones, but have only had them installed for like 4 or 5 months.

Depo at $140 each are excellent quality for the money!

Fit and finnish pretty good, the HID base reflector and the H7 base reflector are made out of metal. Also the shutter is made also of metal, something treated against corosion. The bi-xenon solenoid has no overheating signs in almost 2 years of use.

Depo would probably improve on the design. Me and a lot of fellow Optima owners have burnt headlight bowls.

I would get some Hella or Bosch smilies and order the euro connectors and wires, then splice into the harness. More expensive but well worth having the genuine lights.

DEPO is about the best you could get as far as aftermarket goes. everything else are about a few tiers off as light output concern. but then compare to OEM it's still not as good.

You throw em in the trash. Cuz no e36 deserves cheap headlights

Main problem with depos, is they aren’t always sealed properly, so the headlights will have moister inside.