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Old Dec 7, 2016 | 01:07 AM
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Need to replace left low beam bulb. Any recommendations as to which ones to buy, and do I need a different bulb for high and for low beams?
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Old Dec 7, 2016 | 07:25 AM
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All H7 (4 of them)

I use Sylvania Silverstar Ultra, but they are $$ a bit.
 
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Old Dec 7, 2016 | 07:26 AM
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Or: https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...-pictures.html
 
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Old Dec 7, 2016 | 03:20 PM
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Default Re: Headlight bulbs

Originally Posted by maxcichon
All H7 (4 of them)

I use Sylvania Silverstar Ultra, but they are $$ a bit.
That's what I use, they seem to work no problem. I get them on Ebay and never had any problem
 
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Old Dec 10, 2016 | 11:18 AM
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Great! Thanks, guys!
 
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Old Dec 10, 2016 | 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by romanylife
Great! Thanks, guys!


Just be super sure you align the tab on the bulbs correctly. The low and high beam bulbs are 180 degrees apart when placing them into the housing to match the tabs. If they are not seated correctly, you'll never be happy with the light pattern. So, one bulb tab goes north, the other south (in each housing). The other side is the same setup, one goes north, the other south (tab orientation).

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Old Dec 10, 2016 | 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by GraphiteGhost
Just be super sure you align the tab on the bulbs correctly. The low and high beam bulbs are 180 degrees apart when placing them into the housing to match the tabs. If they are not seated correctly, you'll never be happy with the light pattern. So, one bulb tab goes north, the other south (in each housing). The other side is the same setup, one goes north, the other south (tab orientation).

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Thank you!
 
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Old Dec 11, 2016 | 09:00 AM
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The tabs on the low beams are at the bottom, that puts the tabs on the high beans at the top.
Lifting the radiator overflow tank from its spigot makes access to the rear of the headlight that much easier.
 
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Old Dec 12, 2016 | 12:33 AM
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Originally Posted by onehundred80
The tabs on the low beams are at the bottom, that puts the tabs on the high beans at the top.
Lifting the radiator overflow tank from its spigot makes access to the rear of the headlight that much easier.
Great! This all makes it much easier to get it right the first time!
 
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Old Dec 15, 2016 | 12:42 AM
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OK...installed new bulbs both sides...low and high beams work, but need major alignment upwards (is this normal?), and now the passing high beam toggling is not working. The forward toggle on the stalk to high beams works, showing the high beam indicator in the instrument cluster, but nothing happens when I pull back on the turn indicator stalk, either high beam or high beam light indicator.
Any thoughts out there?
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Old Dec 15, 2016 | 09:01 AM
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Originally Posted by romanylife
OK...installed new bulbs both sides...low and high beams work, but need major alignment upwards (is this normal?), and now the passing high beam toggling is not working. The forward toggle on the stalk to high beams works, showing the high beam indicator in the instrument cluster, but nothing happens when I pull back on the turn indicator stalk, either high beam or high beam light indicator.
Any thoughts out there?
Thanks
Thomas
So you are saying the high beam flash position on the column worked before but not now? I find that hard to believe. I guess I am misreading your post.
If the lights were OK before the bulb swirch they should still be OK.
Maybe the bulbs are not correctly in position?
 
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Old Sep 8, 2019 | 06:01 PM
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Ignition needs to be on . I guess you discovered that by now
 
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Old Sep 8, 2019 | 06:21 PM
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The original post was in 2016.
 
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