My bulb clip fell off after i went over a railroad track the other night and it was a huge pain the arse to fish it out of the surround with only the light off a lighter. Looking at in the morning i realized the guy who owned the car before me put the wrong screw to hold the clip in. Bastard
why low beam bulbs are a pain in the ass
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- '04 RX8
It wasn't that bad for me. The only problem I ran into was not realizing that there was an adapter on it and trying to put a new bulb in without the adapter. At the time it seemed way to stupid of a design idea for there to be adapter so I didn't even consider the possibility until having to look it up online.
i agree that the p5 bulbs suck ass to replace...but all this bitching really isnt necessary. ive changed mine three times (2 of the 3 were one bulb changes, third was a new set of 4000Ks) and i replaced the passenger one at night with a flashlight...granted it was a pita, but oh well...ya learn to deal with it
chronus377
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I guess I got lucky, I just replaced my stock bulbs with silverstars and it wasn't too big of an ordeal. I just used a pair of pliars, and wiggled them while pulling. Took me a little while to figure out exactly how they were mounted, then it wasn't too bad.
I was wondering how do you adjust the beam? my headlighs feel a little low, is there an adjustment for this?
I was wondering how do you adjust the beam? my headlighs feel a little low, is there an adjustment for this?
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- 2006 Infiniti M
took 2 minutes in the dark with just my phone as illumination
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falsedawn said:
Folks, we have a winner........ (first) (band2)
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- 03 Mazda PR5
changed my bulbs yesterday, and i didn't read this beforehand so i didnt take off the black adapter, and i just tried to get the connection in without it.. finally i figured it out and my silverstars are good to go (cheers)
anarchistchiken
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People, if you want a bulb that is not going to go out prematurely, USE THE STOCK ONES! 90% of people I talk to are still running stock bulbs. They provide decent ilumination and a great beam pattern, and the dont blow up! I've had my car for almost 3 years and I'm still on both the stock bulbs.
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- 2006 Infiniti M
i have oem sylvania replacements
anarchistchiken said:
I feel you.
But the stocker blew a while back and I replaced them with Silverstars which have never blown for years on any other of my cars. So I got them for the P5. Then the other day the driver blew and so I replaced just the driver since the passenger was still pretty new.
Next time, oem's. I don't have time for this.
