I did the 9005 conversion with Sylvania Cool Blues last month and one of them blew up... Now the housing is all dirty... How do i clean it out?

 

how did it blow up? how's the connector? good or melted?

to clean the glass pieces out, you need to take the headlight out and use a pen vacuum to suck them out. or use a long pen twiser to get them out.

 

i dont know how it blew... but the connector is fine... i put new bulbs in and they work fine... just one is not a bright as the other because of the residue...

 

I think I read a post from awhile ago, If your light bulb blows up in the housing the light output will not be the same even if you cleaned the residues out.

am I right? anyone second that?

 

I had a PIAA blow up... not sure why... I use cheap bulbs now since even the high dollar ones don't last. I used a long swap much like a q-tip that had a foam tip instead of cotton. I used a shop vac to get out broken glass. I wouldn't suggest any liquid cleaners... not unless it is ABSOLUTELY necessary. Go with the swap... works good.

 

maybe u guys got oil from your hands on the glass
thatll cause it to blow

 

my thoughts exactly....

 

my thoughts too, Iwould clean thebulbs with rubbing alcohol before installing.

 

latex gloves

 

Latex, heh. Great idea though! I installed mine with paper towel between my hands and the bulb and have had good luck with PIAA Superwhites.... over 2 years with no failures.

 

I wore latex gloves and cleaned the bulbs with rubbing alcohol immediatly before installation. They worked for 8 months before the driver side bulb exploded. definatly not b/c of anything having to do with installation.