creednet69
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GNO said:
I've goinge thourgh about 4 aftermarket bulbs and I've always gone back to my stock ones. The stick one's always work no matter what... You'r having the same problem with OEM one's?
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I've goinge thourgh about 4 aftermarket bulbs and I've always gone back to my stock ones. The stick one's always work no matter what... You'r having the same problem with OEM one's?
mountjonas
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Sadly enough, I'm having prety good success with APC hyper white bulbs (they were cheap so I figured why not give them a try). They're slightly whiter than stock, but definitely not blue-ish. And they've lasted for a year now. My silverstars only lasted about 6 months.
Stormtrooper77
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For Canadians:
I have a theory as to why the bulbs do not last as long with the Protege's. I believe it has to do with the way our daytime running lights are set up. They use the low beams instead of the high beams and the current going to the DRL's is not much less than the current going to the regular low beam. Hence the low beam is on all the time thereby greatly reducing the life of the bulb.
My old Eagle Summit had the DRL's on the high beams and there was a huge difference with the amount of current between the two. That is the DRL highs were quite dimmer than the standard lows. These were 9004 bulbs. The SilverStars I had in there were at least 2 years old and were still working when I traded the car.
If we could find a way to rewire our DRL's to operate on the high beams and with less current draw than it already has, then we would have longer lasting bulbs.
But that's just a theory. I may look into this more when it is warmer outside.
I can't explain the American Protege's though. Maybe just unlucky with the bulbs (bad batch or something?)
I have a theory as to why the bulbs do not last as long with the Protege's. I believe it has to do with the way our daytime running lights are set up. They use the low beams instead of the high beams and the current going to the DRL's is not much less than the current going to the regular low beam. Hence the low beam is on all the time thereby greatly reducing the life of the bulb.
My old Eagle Summit had the DRL's on the high beams and there was a huge difference with the amount of current between the two. That is the DRL highs were quite dimmer than the standard lows. These were 9004 bulbs. The SilverStars I had in there were at least 2 years old and were still working when I traded the car.
If we could find a way to rewire our DRL's to operate on the high beams and with less current draw than it already has, then we would have longer lasting bulbs.
But that's just a theory. I may look into this more when it is warmer outside.
I can't explain the American Protege's though. Maybe just unlucky with the bulbs (bad batch or something?)
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bad batch hahahah yea with every single p4 lol our whole car is a bad batch
j/k
j/k
Wrote up a how-to with pictures for replacing the bulbs. http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1523069#post1523069
Here are the pics I took, they are not very good, but will give you an idea of what the bulbs look like.
They are definitely brighter than the stock ones, even though they are 55 watts. I love the way the yellow looks.
the 2nd pic is the stock fog. the 3rd pic is the new fog.
Here are the pics I took, they are not very good, but will give you an idea of what the bulbs look like.
They are definitely brighter than the stock ones, even though they are 55 watts. I love the way the yellow looks.
the 2nd pic is the stock fog. the 3rd pic is the new fog.
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more picsIt is hard to tell in the pictures what light is coming from the normal headlights because they light up so much, so it looks like it's just ambient light. I am definitely very satisfied with the bulbs. The low beams and highbeams change between a sharp white and a clean blue, depending on the angle, so they look a lot like HID's.
www.luminics.net 1 yr warranty on all bulbs.
low beams -super white 55w
high beams -super white 55w
fogs -JDM yellow 55w
www.luminics.net 1 yr warranty on all bulbs.
low beams -super white 55w
high beams -super white 55w
fogs -JDM yellow 55w
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garretts77
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^^sweet
Suomi said:
Actually, they are totally different products. The Osram are made in Germany for the European market
http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=84063&highlight=osram+silverstar
http://danielsternlighting.com/
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/index.php
Best buy according to Auto Express (UK)
http://danielsternlighting.com/ this website has a lot of good information
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jonlong said:
Dunno...I have no clue what the hell you guys do to your cars to destroy them so easily.
I am on the original set of fog bulbs and headlight bulbs and am nearing 23k miles. Original battery. The only thing replaced was a faulty alarm module.
What are you guys doing to burn out light bulbs?
StreetUnit
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Support your fellow MSP companies!!!
mazdap5driver, the stock headlights do last a long time. I still have my stock headlights in the garage to use when a set of aftermarket bulbs burn out. Aftermarket bulbs tend to burn out more quickly because they are either cheaper, burn too hot, or a combination of the two. Aftermarket bulbs, such as the osram silverstars and hopefully these Luminics bulbs, are much brighter than stock and will last a long time.
