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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 03:16 PM
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Bought the JDM yellows somewhere inbetween 6-12 months ago....definitely not over a year yet. They were bright, deep yellow at first...but eventually faded out to looking like my headlights aren't even on. Took out bulbs to replace with stockers for now and only to notice the glass on the bulb is all stained/burnt nasty looking. Anyways just a heads up for people thinking about purchasing them, even though only like $30, in my opinion stay away!

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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 03:22 PM
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that sucks
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 03:23 PM
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i bought some other bulbs from them and they lasted for a while, that sux thou about the yellow ones
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 03:25 PM
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Did you touch the bulb with your fingers? That causes reduced life of headlights... but in the pics it looks like all the "paint" melted and settled in the bottom
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 03:29 PM
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damn that sucks, but where did you spend $30?? get sylvannia or retrofit some HID's (what i'm going to be doing when my $16 luminics burn out)
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 03:30 PM
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Nah I know better not to touch them....I actually installed these when I did mine 99-00 frontend, so i put them in when headlights were out of the car. 100% sure bulbs weren't touched.


<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 19t EX coupe &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Did you touch the bulb with your fingers? That causes reduced life of headlights... but in the pics it looks like all the "paint" melted and settled in the bottom </TD></TR></TABLE>
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 03:31 PM
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that really sucks
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 03:33 PM
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sux
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 03:33 PM
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http://www.luminicsbulbs.com/jdm_yellow.php

Bought right from their site. 29.95 or whatever and free shipping.
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 03:35 PM
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cheap products ..

silverstars
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 03:37 PM
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y would u even waste money on headlights bulb. either buy stock lights or save up for hids.
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 03:40 PM
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I had silverstars, but could see in the rain....on a dry night though

But yeah, lesson learned....stock bulbs or hids...
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 03:40 PM
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same thing happened to mine but i dont care they were 30 bucks and looked great while they lasted...same life span (bout 10 mths or so)

worth it in my opnion
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 03:46 PM
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They didn't burn out....the past couple months I just couldn't see ****... Actually light life span, maybe 6 months tops...
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 04:09 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TRE_ &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">silverstars </TD></TR></TABLE>
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 04:40 PM
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who's number is in those pics? J/K....that sux thou
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 05:10 PM
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mitsubishi dealership, area code 864 try it lol...

(gf drives an 03 eclipse, needed parts)
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 07:04 PM
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i have those bulbs right now, used them for winter driving and i love them..no problems at all. There is mixed opinions on Luminics but so far so good (for me at least). If i have a problem i'll post it up.
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 07:08 PM
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just bought a set of lumincs purple h3 bulbs for my foglights, they suck. the light output is so dull.
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 07:14 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by pinoyboy204 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">just bought a set of lumincs purple h3 bulbs for my foglights, they suck. the light output is so dull. </TD></TR></TABLE>

DUH!!! The more blue the bulb, the less light output they give. A clear/white bulb will have better light output than a purple bulb. Dont get mad because you got pulled in by the hype of the manufacturer. Stay away from the blue and purple bulbs.
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