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Dadhawk · 10-30-2017, 09:17 PM

After 112,000 miles I just had to replace my low beam bulbs. Oddly enough, this is the first time in all my years of driving I was actually driving the car when the bulb gave up the ghost. Usually its one of those things where I notice it in the rear of someone's car some day and don't really know when it happened.

Unfortunately I had to go with what I could get today since I drive quite a bit at night this time of year. So I replaced them with Sylvania H11 Silverstar Ultras. Easy replacement (took me longer to find a glove than it did to actually change them). I can definitely tell a difference in the lighting.

I had considered going the LED route, but since I needed them today, it wasn't really an option, plus all the ones I see online seem sketchy at best.

It was the passenger side that burned out although I replaced both. Maybe its just my luck but I can't recall a single time that the driver's side light has burned out on me first.

10-30-2017, 09:17 PM	#416
Dadhawk Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Drives: '13 FR-S (#3 of 1st 86) Location: Powder Springs, GA Posts: 20,112 Thanks: 39,684 Thanked 25,456 Times in 11,606 Posts Mentioned: 187 Post(s) Tagged: 4 Thread(s)	After 112,000 miles I just had to replace my low beam bulbs. Oddly enough, this is the first time in all my years of driving I was actually driving the car when the bulb gave up the ghost. Usually its one of those things where I notice it in the rear of someone's car some day and don't really know when it happened. Unfortunately I had to go with what I could get today since I drive quite a bit at night this time of year. So I replaced them with Sylvania H11 Silverstar Ultras. Easy replacement (took me longer to find a glove than it did to actually change them). I can definitely tell a difference in the lighting. I had considered going the LED route, but since I needed them today, it wasn't really an option, plus all the ones I see online seem sketchy at best. It was the passenger side that burned out although I replaced both. Maybe its just my luck but I can't recall a single time that the driver's side light has burned out on me first. __________________ Olivia 05/03/2012 - 01/06/2024. 231,146 glorious miles. Visit my Owner's Journal where I wax philosophic on all things FR-S Post your 86 or see others in front of a(n) (in)famous landmark. What fits in your 86? Show us the "Junk In Your Trunk".