Never changed the bulbs on my Honda but I have one out so I have to do it now. How do the bulbs come out and any pointers on putting the new ones in?

 

whatever you do, do not touch the bulb itself, any oil of any kind or grease, dirt, etc, will decrease the life of the bulb if not burn it out.

 

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If you do touch it, go get yourself a q-tip and some rubbing alcohol and try to get all of the oils from your fingers off of the bulb.

Oh, and you have an EK, good luck with the clips on the backs of the bulbs. I ended up throwing mine out because I had such a time getting them on and off.

 

oh, and all you do is follow the wires to the rear of the headlamp. there is going to be a plug where it detaches by pressing two sides of the clip, left and right, after that, remove the water rubber seal thingy. the bulb will be held in place by a wire, all you do is press and scoot it to the side and the bulb should come right out, to install, do the opposite, and make sure not to touch, and the passenger side will be a little more harder cause of your stock intake if you did not change that out yet

 

I thought I had to remove the whole assembly to do the job. If I can swap the bulb without all that it would be a blessing!

 

it shouldn't be too hard. i put my silverstars in my car at autozone in the parking lot. and as far as not touching the bulbs themselves, that would explain why my high beam burned out in 3 months. i never heard that before, but i will remember now that i learned the hard way!

 

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"YOUR BLESSED" no, dont need to remove the whole housing. just get behind the housing and do it from there

 

No you do not have to remove the whole assembly. There is a clip in there. Press it towards the front of the car then slide it out from where it catches on the housing. (sorry it's hard to describe but you should be able to figure it out by looking at how it clips in there).

It will pivot out of the way, then you can remove the bulb. Slide new one in, then resecure the clip. I never have had any problems with mine. You can look at it and figure out how it works. It should take you no longer than 10 minutes tops for both sides. This includes washing your hands.

 

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LOL

 

get someone with small hands... the clips and all the crap around the headlamps make it very difficult. If you have time, remove all you can around them and then do it... Unless you are lucky, it is not a waste of time to do that.

 

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The oils on your hands cause hot spots on the bulbs where heat builds up. I'm surprised your bulbs didnt explode, but it wouldn't really explain why your hibeam burnt out so quickly.

And just don't remove the small screw that holds the clips in. I did the first time I removed my headlight bulbs and maybe that's what messed me up so bad about them.

 

I will put latex gloves on and wrap the bulb in a towel as I put them in.

 

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Gloves aren't a bad idea, but there's no need for a towel. Just grab the light by the connectors from the package, then put it in the headlight. No need for extra stuff.

 

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Just grab the light by the connectors from the package, then put it in the headlight. No need for extra stuff.
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10 mins easy and your done.

 

a friend of mine had those silverstars quite a few times and they blew each time... in my opinion, their nice but a waste of money if its gonna keep blowin out... i'd say they wont last longer than 2-3 months

 

i bought piaa's and they lasted about 9 months, the good thing is it came with a one year warranty with the store that sold it to me so, i exchanged them for free, they were 70bucks though. but the next set lasted me a year a a half.

 

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Silverstars, going on 2.5 years now....

 

Took about 10 minutes including wash time. They look pretty nice and definitely brighter than the Halogens. Don't know if they were worth 2x the cost though. Guaranteed for 1 year so we will see how long they last!

 

The clip is pretty simple. When you look at it there will be a little philips screw DO NOT TAKE THAT OUT!. That basically acts as a pivot point for the clip if you will. Opposite end of the clip from the screw you will press down on the clip and it should pop out,the clip or spring will pivot out of the way. Pull out the old bulb and install the new one. When you have it released you will see how it goes back in. But whatever you do do not take out that screw. If you have to take a VERY good mental note how the clip sat in there.