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Default Dont buy Sylvania Silverstars

I own a 2002 Volvo, the one that keeps your lights on whenever the car
runs. Problem is, in 5 years all factory lights have worked till last
year when I replaced one burnt out headlamp with a SilverStar. The
Silverstar has since been replaced with yet another silverstar, and
now a regular bulb. In one year, 2 Silverstars lasted 6 months each,
with only 9000 miles of driving. I went back to regular bulbs. I did
not touch or scratch the bulb on removal or instalation, Silverstars
just cant do the hours needed.
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go to www.suvlights.com and get osram or philips/narva +30 or 50. I
had silverstars in my foglights for over two years. They did not last
that long in the headlight position. I also disabled my DRL's as I
dont need the government telling me whentoturn on lights

On Jan 31, 6:57*pm, ransley wrote:
I own a 2002 Volvo, the one that keeps your lights on whenever the car
runs. Problem is, in 5 years all factory lights have worked till last
year when I replaced one burnt out headlamp with a SilverStar. The
Silverstar has since been replaced with yet another silverstar, and
now a regular bulb. In one year, 2 Silverstars lasted 6 months each,
with only 9000 miles of driving. I went back to regular bulbs. *I did
not touch or scratch the bulb on removal or instalation, Silverstars
just cant do the hours needed.


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ransley wrote:
I own a 2002 Volvo, the one that keeps your lights on whenever the car
runs. Problem is, in 5 years all factory lights have worked till last
year when I replaced one burnt out headlamp with a SilverStar. The
Silverstar has since been replaced with yet another silverstar, and
now a regular bulb. In one year, 2 Silverstars lasted 6 months each,
with only 9000 miles of driving. I went back to regular bulbs. I did
not touch or scratch the bulb on removal or instalation, Silverstars
just cant do the hours needed.



I don't know about that. I've had the same set of Silverstars in for about 4
years now in my Taurus.



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