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Ouch I hope not, I just got them a couple months ago on my sedan. So far so good. A friend of mine has had them in his truck lights for a long time, never heard any bad news from him so far. I did notice that they run hot as hell, maybe your friends somehow got some dirt / finger oil on them. :?:jfrolang said:Everybody I know that's had silverstar headlight bulbs (that's 3 people) had to replace them within 6 months. They just don't seem to last.
I've had the same issue. I got the bulbs as a pair (as opposed to two individual bulbs) and noticed that one's filter color seemed to be just a hair different than the other. I chalked it up to manufacture variations and installed them (being meticulously careful not to touch the glass to anything, blah blah blah). Once they were in, I noticed the color was a little different as well. One bulb looked sorta blue while the other looked slightly red in comparison... Not yellow, red. Anyway, the plain blue bulb died after 6 or 7 months while the other has been going strong (this was about 3 months ago).Ragnaarok said:maybe your friends somehow got some dirt / finger oil on them. :?:
What's this "9005" conversion you mentioned?? :?:grouch said:The better solution for sucky low beams is to do the 9005 conversion and run regular, decent life bulbs.
I did this a couple of months ago...best. mod. ever.grouch said:The better solution for sucky low beams is to do the 9005 conversion and run regular, decent life bulbs.
http://www.gutterslide.com/fourthgenhatch_mirror/9005.htmlRagnaarok said:What's this "9005" conversion you mentioned?? :?:grouch said:The better solution for sucky low beams is to do the 9005 conversion and run regular, decent life bulbs.
a nice cheap & easy mod. the best kind! thx for the link charles.
Hey! I think I just got mugged by the Credit Thief...bastard!I'm surprised I've never heard of this before. Thanks for the link Charles