OK heres the story, i got my gen 1 projectors about 20k miles ago, all was good the both main headlights went out, so i replaced them with silverstars then again they went out in about 3 months, so i replaced again and tonight on my way home the driver side went out, as my passenger side went out yesterday.

Am i doing something wrong when i replace them, i wear gloves and never tough the bulbs, and almost make sure they are in and correctly put back, they just keep blowing on me. Is there anything i can do or just keep replacing them, hence its 40 bucks eachtime, since i run silverstars, and i have NO HID, but thinking about getting sum.

Just wondering what the deal is and what i can do to prevent this from happening ever 3-4 months


Thanks

 

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anyone help?

 

its the silverstar lights they are crap i used to get them all the time but then the same thing started happening to me, one would go out then the other

 

which do you use now? i want to switch over but still want that brightness

 

Silverstars never last more than 6 months.

Also make sure you aren't getting oil from your fingers on the bulb when you install them, that causes faster burn outs.

 

i always use gloves and never touch bulb, what is a good bulb that will last?

 

sylvania xtra vision, have had them for about 6 months now and no problems, and they actually look a lot brighter then the silver stars, to me at least

 

ok great thanks for the help i need to fix these asap since cops hate me already and i dont need a ticket lol

 

the only differance between the silver stars and the xtra visons are the silver stars are 4000k and the xtra visons are 3500k

 

thats BS had my in sine 07 when i got the car and my blazer Xtreme has 9005, 9006 and 880 and its been 3 yrs

 

which why they last longer probably because they are at a lower temperature and pressure. Less light output though.

Well you are the lucky one. I have had 3 sets of silverstars in various vehicles and they just don't last. That's it.