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Old Apr 24, 2003 | 10:21 AM
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Does anyone kn0w of a nice pair of H1 bulbs that are white or blue that last longer than 2 weeks. I swear i keeping blowing headlight bulbs and i didnt touch the bulb when i installed them...Anyone kn0w any go0d brands. I tried eurolite,Luks,and Nokya...HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old Apr 24, 2003 | 10:44 AM
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Old Apr 24, 2003 | 10:46 AM
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Just stick with OEM, I had the Super white bulbs and they would blow out every couple of weeks. I quit getting them after I got pulled over for having a blown headlight.
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Old Apr 24, 2003 | 11:03 AM
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Raybrigs
great bulbs

my friend has had them for a few months so far.

I also got a 3 month warranty for them when I bought them from the shop (Carboy) Yay
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Old Apr 24, 2003 | 11:04 AM
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PIAA had them for a while
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Old Apr 24, 2003 | 12:50 PM
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i've used noyka myself several times, one of the bulbs kept blowing out in less than 2 weeks. noyka, eurolite, and the other crap are cheap!

like the wise would say, "you get what you pay for". i recommend pia, solaris, catz, or stock. hella's are good but the color still look stock.

as for me i went hid and it's sweet!




Modified by Sticky Tires at 5:56 PM 4/24/2003
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Old Apr 24, 2003 | 01:12 PM
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I chose Hella, maybe you are blowing the bulbs because you touched them?
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Old Apr 24, 2003 | 01:31 PM
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i went through about 3 pair and eventually went back to OEM.. i had matrix, something else, and CATZ. catz lasted almost a full year. they had like japanese writing all over the box , not a lick of english, i didnt touch any of the bulbs when i put them in either.. all teh ones but catz burned out in like a month
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Old Apr 24, 2003 | 01:45 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Memo6453 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> i didnt touch the bulb when i installed them...</TD></TR></TABLE>

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by silver97prelude &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">maybe you are blowing the bulbs because you touched them? </TD></TR></TABLE>

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Old Apr 24, 2003 | 02:26 PM
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i have CATZ galaxy white bulbs and had them for about a week now. my other ones blew in about 3 months or more. id save up and get HID's if i were you.they look nice and were only about 75 dollars
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Old Apr 24, 2003 | 02:52 PM
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i've had nokyas in my JDM headlights for over 4 months with no problems
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Old Apr 24, 2003 | 03:38 PM
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I just heard if you get the oil off your skin onto a bulb it would blow it, am i wrong?
I also had a set off ebay, "crystal blue" colored, only 20 bucks for pair, lasted about a month, ha.
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Old Apr 24, 2003 | 03:44 PM
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the oil from your skin will decrease the lifespan of the bulb yes, but it doesnt meant that it will shatter
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Old Apr 24, 2003 | 04:07 PM
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wheres a go0d place to get HID kit and which brand? i kn0w on modacar you can get CATZ for $400-$500 but damn thats alot when i could run 13's with a Nitrous kit for $500 ...see my dilemma
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Old Apr 24, 2003 | 04:12 PM
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i stay with OEM. lasts for years. no cops are looking for OEM lights, they all look for that white/blue/purple/green/yellow/red/violet/ what ever color you guys use. they cost so much to replace..... HID systems are nice, but they suck *** when people are behind you with that bright ****! havnt you had a bmw or s2k ride your ***????
OEM BABY. thats my 2cents
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Old Apr 24, 2003 | 04:22 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Elkins911 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i stay with OEM. lasts for years. no cops are looking for OEM lights, they all look for that white/blue/purple/green/yellow/red/violet/ what ever color you guys use. they cost so much to replace..... HID systems are nice, but they suck *** when people are behind you with that bright ****! havnt you had a bmw or s2k ride your ***????
OEM BABY. thats my 2cents</TD></TR></TABLE>

very true. But what if one day your on some really dark road and you wish you could have some brighter headlights. Bet you would regret it then...

I like my new expensive rice bulbs
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Old Apr 24, 2003 | 04:27 PM
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thats what my high beams are for man. besides, i would rather suffer in a dark road than keep getting pulled over for 'fix-it' tickets..... AND dont you have preblems seeing stuff in the rain? i know that it was a problem for me when i had my "arctic white" bulbs.
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Old Apr 24, 2003 | 04:29 PM
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Just make the investment into HID's and don't touch the bulbs.
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Old Apr 24, 2003 | 04:44 PM
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i've got the piaa bulbs where its yellow and purple and they are lasting me for awhile. my friend's hella HIDs were $700 but they are the brightest and bluist HID kit on the market. Just never buy the autozone cool blue bulbs, they not only burn out easily, they melted the harness on 2 of my friend's civics.
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Old Apr 24, 2003 | 04:48 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Elkins911 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i stay with OEM. lasts for years. no cops are looking for OEM lights, they all look for that white/blue/purple/green/yellow/red/violet/ what ever color you guys use. they cost so much to replace..... HID systems are nice, but they suck *** when people are behind you with that bright ****! havnt you had a bmw or s2k ride your ***????
OEM BABY. thats my 2cents</TD></TR></TABLE>

I've never had problems nor seen people get pulled over for aftermarket headlight bulbs. mine are prolly worst than typical blue bulbs cuz mine changes colors on angle positions.
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Old Apr 24, 2003 | 06:19 PM
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its not that you get pulled over and written a ticket for it. its that if 2 identical cars came down the road toward a cop.... whould he look at the oem, or the blue?

im in SOCAL and cops are dicks to streetracers, or anyone who looks like they streetrace. i would rather keep it as close to stoack as possible, while still being about to custimize.
hell. i have a carbon fiber hood, jdm headlights, and soon one of them spoon lips. my car be lowered 1.5 inch resting on 18" gunmetal tenzo r shu 4s. **** looks ill.... some of them blue lights would really make me stand out in the crowd at night.
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