ARRRRRRRGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69) 09/02/2018 at 04:38 • Filed to: car problems, headlamps

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had my Lancer blow the left headlamp lowbeam bulb on Friday night, no issue i thought.

go to get my dinner a few minutes ago, jump in my car, turn my lights on, now the right one decides to blow!

GAH!!!!

definitely fixing them tomorrow.

only upside to it is they’re cheap H4 bulbs

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > pip bip - choose Corrour 09/02/2018 at 04:54

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Set fire to your blinker fluid in the meantime!

pip bip - choose Corrour > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 09/02/2018 at 05:24

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don’t tempt me.

Urambo Tauro > pip bip - choose Corrour 09/02/2018 at 11:48

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Two presumably identical bu lbs of presumably the same age, installed on the same car and subject to the same conditions, failed at roughly the same time? *shocked face*

Dogsatemypants > pip bip - choose Corrour 09/02/2018 at 12:28

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Look for led h4s with good heat dissipation and a resistor .

dogisbadob > pip bip - choose Corrour 09/02/2018 at 12:53

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well yeah, that’s why you replace them in pairs :o)

pip bip - choose Corrour > Urambo Tauro 09/02/2018 at 17:56

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They were replaced at different times

Urambo Tauro > pip bip - choose Corrour 09/02/2018 at 19:54

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O k that is weird then.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Dogsatemypants 09/03/2018 at 04:13

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not a fan of LED replacement kits

Dogsatemypants > pip bip - choose Corrour 09/03/2018 at 17:13

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Then go for lower output, they last longer.

boxrocket > pip bip - choose Corrour 09/06/2018 at 06:51

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One of the first things I did when I got my car a few months ago was convert almost all the front lighting to LED. I made sure to research beam pattern, color temperature, and fitment requirements. It’s one of the best (and on a first-gen Volvo XC90 one of the easiest) modifications I’ve done to any car I’ve owned or worked on. Especially because I use the feature every time I drive (DRLs are dumb, automatic headlamps are smart) and my commute happens in the 6AM and 6PM hours on weekdays, it makes a massive difference to my peace of mind driving the car. Especially since I live in an area with lots of early-morning outdoor athletes and deer.

Admittedly it’s not for everyone: my dad appreciates the brightness and fill of LEDs, but even with yellower (“soft white”) temperatures he says they bother his eyes, I suspect due to the somewhat “unseen” flickering and/or sharp edges of the beam patterns.