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#119012 - 08/24/06 01:58 AM Head lights
Dre da GP man Offline
Member 		Registered: 06/12/06
Posts: 2694
Loc: Alexandria, Virginia
Tonight as I got into my car and notice the light output was not bright because I live where there is no street lights until you get to the major street, but as I got to work, a bulb was out and I had the sylvania bulbs which are good but this is the third time I had to replace it. Could that be some kind of problem. Also I had to use my high beams alot flicking them on and off alot in the past week. Any details on what this could be. confused
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#119013 - 08/24/06 02:05 AM Re: Head lights
brown Offline
Member 		Registered: 07/16/06
Posts: 1382
Loc: Belleville, MI
I know that the brighter the bulb the sooner they will burn out. They use a smaller, hotter buring filament that will not last as long as standard bulbs. One of the down sides to getting brighter bulbs. I'm assuming you have the silver stars?
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#119014 - 08/24/06 05:00 AM Re: Head lights
Dre da GP man Offline
Member 		Registered: 06/12/06
Posts: 2694
Loc: Alexandria, Virginia
Yes, there silver stars. So basically thats any bulb when you get a higher light output that the bulb burns out faster.

I use to have the silverstars in my fog lights but it keep burning out constantly so I switch back to regular oem bulbs and did not have any problems with them ever since.
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#119015 - 08/24/06 07:36 AM Re: Head lights
HercMan(Rob) Offline
Member 		Registered: 09/12/03
Posts: 14035
Loc: Fort Worth, Texas
Yes the SSs have a short life span. Especially if you haven't disabled your DRLs.
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#119016 - 08/24/06 07:57 AM Re: Head lights
D Offline
Member 		Registered: 03/02/06
Posts: 1059
Loc: Brooklyn, NY
Are any of the Headlight brackets loose. I found out after my second pair that even its a little bit loose it kills the bulbs quick.
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#119017 - 08/24/06 08:37 AM Re: Head lights
Kansas GXP Offline
Member 		Registered: 06/08/06
Posts: 362
Loc: Topeka, Kansas
I have had a few fog lamp bulbs blow out, but they were not the Silverstars, they were some really cheapies on ebay. I do have the Silverstars for HLP bulbs, and I put them in about the week I got the car, and only 1 has burnt out since the (3+ yrs.) I think that is fairly good, considering that the HLP bulb is on the whole time my car is running.
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#119018 - 08/24/06 10:02 PM Re: Head lights
Dre da GP man Offline
Member 		Registered: 06/12/06
Posts: 2694
Loc: Alexandria, Virginia
Well as I think about it when Im near a car I do see the headlight rattle a little bit of the car. So where can I get some bolts for the headlights at because I lost 1 from each headlight while back and replaced it with some screws I found(lol) and it held up well.

Could I get them at the dealership?
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#119019 - 08/24/06 10:16 PM Re: Head lights
D Offline
Member 		Registered: 03/02/06
Posts: 1059
Loc: Brooklyn, NY
I'm not sure, I just put two regular bolts in there.
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