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Old Nov 12, 2004 | 09:40 AM
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Bulbs Keep Burning Out?!?!?

i have gone through 3 different brands of headlight bulbs and they keep burning out
im not touching the bulbs.
i have tried all h4 bulbs with following brands:
RAZO
XENON (i think name of brand)
PIAA

they will at MOST last 1.5 months
its always one or the other

i have a 2k maxima se

is there some kind of wattage specifically for the headlights i need to look at?
Old Nov 12, 2004 | 09:51 AM
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Wattage is 55. Aren't PIAAs warranteed to a year?

Do you want better lights or stockers?

Try autolamps-online.com.
Old Nov 12, 2004 | 09:55 AM
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i want better lights
something blue/purple in color similar to HID
Old Nov 12, 2004 | 10:01 AM
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For the fake HID look there are:

http://www.autolamps-online.com/halogen/sbcentre.htm

http://www.autolamps-online.com/halogen/ebcentre.htm

http://www.autolamps-online.com/halogen/bvcentre.htm

http://www.autolamps-online.com/halogen/gt150centre.htm

All these blue tinted fake HID look bulbs undercut the costly PIAAs. I would recommend the GT150s because they look like they have the strongest output without sacrificing too much blue look.
Old Nov 12, 2004 | 11:11 AM
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Try the sylvania 9003ST ( silver stars)
Old Nov 12, 2004 | 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by takkar
Try the sylvania 9003ST ( silver stars)
That is what I have. I will replace them with either Phillips VisionPlus or Osram Silverstars when they go out. I might even go for the GT150s depending on how mature I feel.
Old Nov 12, 2004 | 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by crzyballa33
i have gone through 3 different brands of headlight bulbs and they keep burning out
im not touching the bulbs.
i have tried all h4 bulbs with following brands:
RAZO
XENON (i think name of brand)
PIAA

they will at MOST last 1.5 months
its always one or the other

i have a 2k maxima se

is there some kind of wattage specifically for the headlights i need to look at?
Took me 5 pair, burned up harness and a lot of curse words b4 i paid for HID's now i will never look back
Old Nov 13, 2004 | 01:33 PM
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I had the same problem with Eurolights on both H4s and H3 so now I'm gonna switch over to MTEC for the H4 and Candlepower Golds for H3s. We'll see what happens.
Old Nov 13, 2004 | 02:39 PM
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make sure your greasy ass paws don't touch the bulb...it shortens bulb longetivity
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