If you do the 9005 conversion, do you have to aim the lights a certian way like it says to at that page? or is that only for BMW's?

 

you should be fine, but if you get people blinking you all the time you might want to aim them down a little

 

you should aim them like stock, which means the cutoff beam on a wall should be an inch or two below the height of the headlight from the ground.

 

how do you aim them down?

 

what is the bmw 9005 conversion link?
the search function doesn't work

 

in my sig

 

Did you all add more O-rings to the new converted bulb like the site says?

I'm contemplating 9006 PIAA Xtreme vs. converted 9005 Xtreme. Is the converted 9005 going to be overkill for oncoming drivers?

I finally had a low beam PIAA 9006 Platinum burn out after 3 years of use.

 

Velvet Jones,

Definetely install the extra rings from your old set of bulbs. The 9005's are of a slightly smaller diameter than the 9006's, and thus, their o-ring is not big enough to seal off the lamp enclosure. I found this out two days after installing 9005's and having driven in a rain storm. The next day I had two very wet headlight enclosures.

I used a shop vac to suck all the moisture out. I had to run it for about 45 minutes, but all is good now. I installed the second set of o-rings, and have had no further moisture problems, driving through smaller showers of rain.

Mike