Luminic Bulbs

[p5power]

so I've had my luminic bulbs on the p5 for almost a year now. I decided to pull them out cuz I've been doing a lot of night driving lately, and honestly, the light output on the lamps was just disappointing. They looked pretty good, so i dealt with it. Well, anywho, I decided to put the stockers back in and look what i saw:

umm...last i checked, headlights aren't supposed to look like that! kinda glad i pulled them out when i did. what could cause this?? and it wasn't just on this one bulb, the other one was bubbling in the same spot. is it something i'm doing, or just a bulb defect???

 

[P5MoJo]

no i too have a problem with luminics bulbs, one of them is higher than the other and I thought it was the way I installed them but one of the bulbs has a mounting point different from the other. I'm never buying from luminics again!

 

[kudakev615]

looks like the filament got so hot that it melted the glass capsule. i would blame it on a poor quality of the bulb. before i got my hid kit, i always used piaa bulbs for my headlights. they are of high quality imo

 

[thrasher]

I've had a few sets of Luminics bubble like that.

 

[Yaggie1]

Me three. I went thru a set of Titanium whites and a set of Ultra whites. I also had one of my headlight plugs melt a bit too............

Went back to cheepies til I spring for some Helios HID's

 

[clicknext]

Wow, that's pretty horrible. I would recommend the Osram Silverstars. I just got a set ordered from Powerbulbs for about 15 british pounds shipped, and it came in less than a week.

 

[SubXer0]

hmm thats odd maybe its just bulbs with that blue coating on them? i never had a problem with the yellow bulbs i had from them....thats what i was using til i got the hids

 

[p5power]

i hate you all with your hids....lol. I've always wanted to get a set since helios started that group buy a while back, but it seems like everytime i have the cash, i have to fork it out for something else.

Anywho, it seems like i'm not the only one who has had issues with the liminic bulbs. i wonder what my fogs bulbs look like....

Future luminic buyers beware!!!!

 

[importcrazy]

well till i get my HID im strictly going cheap ebay bulbs. no sense in spending 40 plus on bulbs that burn up in a couple months.

 

[amsgator]

so I've had my luminic bulbs on the p5 for almost a year now. I decided to pull them out cuz I've been doing a lot of night driving lately, and honestly, the light output on the lamps was just disappointing. They looked pretty good, so i dealt with it. Well, anywho, I decided to put the stockers back in and look what i saw:

umm...last i checked, headlights aren't supposed to look like that! kinda glad i pulled them out when i did. what could cause this?? and it wasn't just on this one bulb, the other one was bubbling in the same spot. is it something i'm doing, or just a bulb defect???

did you touch the bulb with your fingers? i read that if you do, the oil from your fingers can cause the bulbs to overheat and melt. just a thought

 

[Kansei]

^^ my luminics bulbs did that without ever touching them. when one exploded, I checked the other bulb and it was like that.. I just went back to my stocker bulbs (stanley brand) until I bought HIDs

 

[amsgator]

i also found MTEC bulbs. anyone ever used them? they supposedly have a lifetime warranty (sounds kinda fishy to me)

also, does anyone know what wattage (draw) the P5 h3 (fog) lights take? i found some MTEC bulbs for those as well but the draw is 100W....

 

[Kansei]

don't do the 100W

I think our fogs are 50 or 55.. nothing more than that.

 

[amsgator]

thats what i thought. I also found euro designs bulbs which have a lifetime warranty, $25 shipped.

https://www.eurodezigns.com/shop/detail.aspx?ID=89

Any ideas about those? they appear to be of higher quality than the luminics

 

[Kansei]

They aren't. My friend had them and lets just say.. you have to use that lifetime warranty all the damn time

 

[amsgator]

lol. ok. what about MTEC? heard anything about those?

 

[Kansei]

I haven't.. so that may be a good thing haha

 

[amsgator]

i read reviews and they seem to almost be up there with PIAA but a lot cheaper. and what about our low beams? could I use 100W draw or do i still need 55W for those also?

 

[Kansei]

I wouldn't touch the 100W bulbs for anything

50/55 for the low, 55/60 for high, and 50/55 for fogs (don't remember the exact wattages our stock bulbs were)

 

[amsgator]

k. i found MTEC 55W but i cant find them in yellow, all the yellows are 100W...i may have to get luminics for the fogs :-\