spooksmcgee

I went to an auto store and got a Sylvania replacement bulb for my passenger low beam halogen. I went to put it in and the thing doesn't fit. The circular base just below the bulb is slightly too big. I thought maybe it was just supposed to be snug but I tried and tried and cannot get this thing to go in.

Next I tried to just see if I could plug it into the rubber housing socket to make sure it would come on. It won't fit in there either. The inside of the socket has a groove for a single lip to go in. The problem is, the bulb I have has two lips instead of one. I can see absolutely no way this bulb would fit in the socket (I tried two different bulbs).

Has anyone had this problem before? The bulb I replaced was a Stanley bulb but I can't find a store that sells anything other than Sylvania. I hate to take my car to the dealer just to replace a headlight bulb. Thanks for any help.

accordselux

I've used sylvania's before plenty of times. Are you sure youd idnt get a 9005 instead of a 9006?

spooksmcgee

Positive I got a 9006. Although now that I think about it it's entirely possible I took out the high beam bulb and was trying to put the new bulb into that slot. That would probably explain it, especially since the bulb I took out looked okay and the filament was intact.

accordselux

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by spooksmcgee &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Positive I got a 9006. Although now that I think about it it's entirely possible I took out the high beam bulb and was trying to put the new bulb into that slot. That would probably explain it, especially since the bulb I took out looked okay and the filament was intact. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yea the difference between the 9005 and 9006 is one tab thats INSIDE the socket, which prevents you from using them interchangably (unless you carve it out like I did to get more light in low beam). You cant even notice it on the outside of the bulb.