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11-30-2008, 07:26 PM
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I'm starting to get pissed Can someone please explain why I've had my car for a little over a year and I've replaced each low beam headlight at least twice if not three times? It alternates. One will go out and about 2-3weeks later the other will follow suit. Once both are replaced, they last about 3 months and then it's time to replace again. Wiring is the issue I'm sure, but can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks.
11-30-2008, 08:15 PM
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11-30-2008, 08:27 PM
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I think he's trying to say that some people don't know about our fingers having natural oils in them and when we touch them, a little oil rubs off on the bulb causing it to turn "hotter" making the bulb burn out prematurely. I stand corrected but that's pretty much the standard thinking about touching bulbs, halogen's etc.
11-30-2008, 08:29 PM
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your car hates you for making it sound like a farm truck thats why...haha jk Kelly...but seriously...
you could have a short somewhere? tried checking any of the wires?
you could have a short somewhere? tried checking any of the wires?
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Clean and tighten the grounds, they are on top of the core support. High resistance makes a circuit run hotter. These bulbs are sealed beam, can't touch the filament or it's capsule like most newer cars.
Can someone tell me why my LF turn signal / daytime running lamp won't last a month? My wife tailgates and the lamp lens keeps getting cracked is all I can figure. But I've been pissed off about it for a few years now. I even put in an electronic flasher so the tail lamps would still blink no matter what.
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Can someone tell me why my LF turn signal / daytime running lamp won't last a month? My wife tailgates and the lamp lens keeps getting cracked is all I can figure. But I've been pissed off about it for a few years now. I even put in an electronic flasher so the tail lamps would still blink no matter what.
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11-30-2008, 08:41 PM
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That's what I was thinking, but I'm not too sure where to begin. Just to make myself clear, I'm saying that I was agreeing with the shorting comment you made, not the exhaust comment. To that, you can eat cow crap. Ha Ha, j/k. Besides, nobody likes a band waggoner...you know it sounds badass.
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11-30-2008, 08:41 PM
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Clean and tighten the grounds, they are on top of the core support. High resistance makes a circuit run hotter. These bulbs are sealed beam, can't touch the filament or it's capsule like most newer cars.
Can someone tell me why my LF turn signal / daytime running lamp won't last a month? My wife tailgates and the lamp lens keeps getting cracked is all I can figure. But I've been pissed off about it for a few years now. I even put in an electronic flasher so the tail lamps would still blink no matter what.
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Can someone tell me why my LF turn signal / daytime running lamp won't last a month? My wife tailgates and the lamp lens keeps getting cracked is all I can figure. But I've been pissed off about it for a few years now. I even put in an electronic flasher so the tail lamps would still blink no matter what.
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11-30-2008, 08:44 PM
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I think he's trying to say that some people don't know about our fingers having natural oils in them and when we touch them, a little oil rubs off on the bulb causing it to turn "hotter" making the bulb burn out prematurely. I stand corrected but that's pretty much the standard thinking about touching bulbs, halogen's etc.
Clean and tighten the grounds, they are on top of the core support. High resistance makes a circuit run hotter. These bulbs are sealed beam, can't touch the filament or it's capsule like most newer cars.
Can someone tell me why my LF turn signal / daytime running lamp won't last a month? My wife tailgates and the lamp lens keeps getting cracked is all I can figure. But I've been pissed off about it for a few years now. I even put in an electronic flasher so the tail lamps would still blink no matter what.
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Can someone tell me why my LF turn signal / daytime running lamp won't last a month? My wife tailgates and the lamp lens keeps getting cracked is all I can figure. But I've been pissed off about it for a few years now. I even put in an electronic flasher so the tail lamps would still blink no matter what.
Vernon
Thanks for the heads up man. I'm willing to try anything. Luckily it's not something hugely expensive, but it is a pain to constantly have to change them.
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Can someone tell me why my LF turn signal / daytime running lamp won't last a month? My wife tailgates and the lamp lens keeps getting cracked is all I can figure. But I've been pissed off about it for a few years now. I even put in an electronic flasher so the tail lamps would still blink no matter what.
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11-30-2008, 08:54 PM
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That's what I was thinking, but I'm not too sure where to begin. Just to make myself clear, I'm saying that I was agreeing with the shorting comment you made, not the exhaust comment. To that, you can eat cow crap. Ha Ha, j/k. Besides, nobody likes a band waggoner...you know it sounds badass.
but ya check everything man. and like Manic said, clean everything too.
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The Yoda pic never gets old 
Kelly this is payback for the hoodie. Enjoy your bulb.
LOL
I just went through a spell to Kelly, where if you remember I had bulbs burning out like it was a competition. Now everything is good again, and I even took care of those bulbs like they were newborns.
I think you have to get them baptized before you install them...
Kelly this is payback for the hoodie. Enjoy your bulb.
LOL
I just went through a spell to Kelly, where if you remember I had bulbs burning out like it was a competition. Now everything is good again, and I even took care of those bulbs like they were newborns.
I think you have to get them baptized before you install them...
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The Yoda pic never gets old
Kelly this is payback for the hoodie. Enjoy your bulb.
LOL
I just went through a spell to Kelly, where if you remember I had bulbs burning out like it was a competition. Now everything is good again, and I even took care of those bulbs like they were newborns.
I think you have to get them baptized before you install them...
Kelly this is payback for the hoodie. Enjoy your bulb.
LOL
I just went through a spell to Kelly, where if you remember I had bulbs burning out like it was a competition. Now everything is good again, and I even took care of those bulbs like they were newborns.
I think you have to get them baptized before you install them...
