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Projector Headlight Went Out - What to do?

Old Feb 8, 2010 | 07:01 PM
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Default Projector Headlight Went Out - What to do?

I bought a set of projector headlights in August. Just recently, the projector headlight went out. Each headlight has a projector headlight for low-beam and a regular bulb for high-beam.

Is there a method to fix this? Is it a bulb that I can replace in the projector headlight?
 
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Old Feb 8, 2010 | 07:06 PM
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rams come with a single bulb that has both hi/low in one bulb in the oem headlights. when you go to projectors they usually have 2 bulbs(1 hi and 1 low beam). so to answer your question you should be able to just pull out the bulb and replace it if its like most other projector lights.
 
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Old Feb 8, 2010 | 07:08 PM
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yes u can,my projectors take regular bulbs,i dont remember what type though
 
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Old Feb 8, 2010 | 07:11 PM
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Thanks a lot guys. That was helpful.

With that said, I guess I will replace the bulbs all around because the ones I have now are very, very dim.
 
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Old Feb 8, 2010 | 07:47 PM
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if your going to spend the money on new bulbs you might as well consider an hid kit for the projector lenses and make use out of them! you can get a plug and play kit for low beam for like 80 bucks or so and they are BRIGHT! and legal in the projector lenses because thats what they are made for. i just bought 2 kits one for my fogs and one for my hi/low beams in my stock housings. not so much legal but cool as hell! its like day and night i love mine.
 
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Old Feb 8, 2010 | 08:11 PM
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if they are lit but very dim then they work, are not blown and you need to check your grounds
 
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Old Feb 8, 2010 | 09:53 PM
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Nah, they're probably the same sucky H1's mine came with. I'm going to try new brand-name H1's before going HID.

Projectors use bulbs like every other headlight in the world. They aren't lifetime nor are they irreplaceable!
 
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Old Feb 9, 2010 | 02:36 AM
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I really had no idea. The "projector" light is out on the drivers side, but I followed your advice (and talked to the fella at Advance) and he said that it's simply just a bulb with that globe around it to "project" it. Simple enough.

Whenever they both worked, the projector lights were dim. I guess this could be for a variety of reasons, but probably because it is a cheap bulb inside it. Additionally, the high-beams are very narrow. They don't expand far. SilverStar says their bulbs are brighter both farther and wider. We'll see.
 
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