my question is, when putting in the bulb do i put the bulb in with the wire down, or up? the wire on the bulb i have is up, and the pattern i get looks like claws on the road. i *think* i might have it upsidedown but im not sure?

 

1)what are you putting it in?

2)the return wire should be down unless you are using it in some weird *** non-standard housing

3)the claw marks are most likely return wire shadow

 

im putting them in a CRX

the bulb looks like this <U>----</U>] meanwhile the dotted line would represent that little wire that comes from the bulb. does that go down, or up while the bulb is facing forward?

 

down