going through 3rd H1 in a week.
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From: berkeley, ca --> la, ca representin' tha 510&626
projectors are notorious for blowing bulbs b/c of poor cooling. also, aftermarket bulbs tend to be of lower quality. combine the 2, and u get blown bulbs all the time. i had projectors, then went wiht jdm depo's. i couldnt stand the crappy light and blown bulbs
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I had the same problem with my 1 piece projector light s on my 95 accord. I have checked and double checked the wiring and everything I did was perfect. I have never touched the bulbs at all and the dim lights keep going out on me. They look absolutely killer and when they work there is no difference in visability between the originals and the projectors. Even when it rains hard I have never had fog in my lights. I have looked at the blown bulbs and I suspect the bulb type for my dim lights can not handle the current that flows through the lights like my originals did. I am working when I get time between work and college to put in a small resistor between my hot wire and the bulb. I figure if it is a high current problem that his will solve the problem permanently. The wire that the current goes through and glows red hot is thicker in the original bulbs than in the projectors. 60 watt light bulbs have small resistors in them and they have thinner wire for current to arc across. So I will see if this works or not. I have also thought about somehow mounting my original bulb hookup in the dim projector bay. I paid almost 400 bucks for these kickass visually anyway headlights and I have been reduced to only driving it durning the day.
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ive gone through 3 sets of h3 bulbs in the last year. i spent $50 on the first pair they lasted 4 months. yellow purple tint. second pair hyper blue $10. i know why they were $10. 2weeks and down goes the left bulb. 3rd pair hyper white $20 lasted 1 month. all looked great. went to autozone picked up some h3 for $7.99 when i first got the housing used them for 2 months then used the others. now im back to using the same bulbs. been using them for the past 2 months. they are still running but they look like a crappy flashlight bulb. was gonna try these bulbs but i dunno http://www.mytightride.com/43serplazxen.html
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Originally posted by Wuzkrackin83
ive gone through 3 sets of h3 bulbs in the last year. i spent $50 on the first pair they lasted 4 months. yellow purple tint. second pair hyper blue $10. i know why they were $10. 2weeks and down goes the left bulb. 3rd pair hyper white $20 lasted 1 month. all looked great. went to autozone picked up some h3 for $7.99 when i first got the housing used them for 2 months then used the others. now im back to using the same bulbs. been using them for the past 2 months. they are still running but they look like a crappy flashlight bulb. was gonna try these bulbs but i dunno http://www.mytightride.com/43serplazxen.html
ive gone through 3 sets of h3 bulbs in the last year. i spent $50 on the first pair they lasted 4 months. yellow purple tint. second pair hyper blue $10. i know why they were $10. 2weeks and down goes the left bulb. 3rd pair hyper white $20 lasted 1 month. all looked great. went to autozone picked up some h3 for $7.99 when i first got the housing used them for 2 months then used the others. now im back to using the same bulbs. been using them for the past 2 months. they are still running but they look like a crappy flashlight bulb. was gonna try these bulbs but i dunno http://www.mytightride.com/43serplazxen.html
