i bought new headlight bulbs....but they didnt fit!
i bought 9006 sylvania cool blue bulbs and they didnt fit because the oem's have grooves in the bottom middle part, and this one had 1 groove in the middle

 

can i buy something like this and not worry about them not fitting?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SUPER...67308548QQrdZ1

 

are you sure the other ones didnt fit...9006 is right...what pattern are you talking about? inside the socket or the 9006 ring pattern?

 

those should work...but dunno if you want those ricey bulbs

 

they were like this

that middle piece inside where the wires plug into, mine has 2 grooves, while this one has 1 and the sylvania's had 1. its on the top part of the inside

 

Hmm I was gonna buy those cool blue lights also. So they don't fit a 2.2... wonder if they fit a 2.3

 

hids>*

 

umm yeah, i dont have money for hids
im tempted to get silverstars.......hopefully they fit

 

did you read Klepto's guide. its on there, so you don't make that mistake!

 

lol.. u bought 9005 bulbs.. does it fit for your high beam harness?

just get a pocket knife.. or exacto-knife and shafe off the "grooves/tabs"

and if you're gonna get blue bulbs off ebay, buy nokya 100W 9006 bulbs

 

doesn't nippon have those on his CL

 

exacto-men-do!

 

no they're 9006, i still have the receipt right in front of me, i already returned them.

 

yeah.. it seems like he has nokya's on the high beams... but he has HID's on the 9006 harness

 

Were you trying to replace the outer or inner bulbs? I have the 9006 sylvania cool blues in my low beams. The inner highs are 9005. I think you mixed up which bulbs you were replacing

 

i tried to replace the outer bulb
oh btw i noticed it said 9006 CB/2

 

One of my Sylvania Silverstars blew in 3 months. Though I have 4 of them in my Protege5 and they are all fine after 1 year. It's a gamble with those bulbs.

 

9005 is high beam (inner side closer to grill)
9006 is low beam (farther from grill)
and there is a 9006 with a different connector but its straight instead of a 90 degree angle


oh btw if you want bright whites (not blue) and almost hid looking lights check out Streetglows bulbs 9006 lo beams do 80 watts compared to cool blues and silverstars only do 55 watts

 

i tried to change the one furthest from the grille
ill be sure to check out those streetglow bulbs

 

got my stage 2 nokia 9006 in the CL for over a year and half...after my wreck i took those bulbs out and move them over to my GS and its still running good for about 3 months now.

 

i did this mistake too when i tried to replace my halogens (when i had them) i bought 9006s and was trying to put them into the highs cuz i thought they were the lows lol. i had to get inside and turn on the light switch to see which were the highs. i didnt know the headlight lens also says hb4 and hb3 which tell you which is high and which is low.

 

any 9006 bulbs will fit your car. 9005 is the high beams

 

Bump to the Silverstar warning. I had one blow after like 2 months, but the other has been going strong for over a year. Yeah yeah yeah, always replace in pairs....

9006 low, 9005 high, definitely fit.

 

heres a pic to give you an idea of how bright the streetglows are

 

Are those the OPTXs? If so, I have the same exact bulbs. I dont know if street glow makes any other 9006 bulbs. They are still working and ive had them for a year now. Im trying to get a hold of some HIDs soon

 

I have the same ones you were trying to put in

 

i swear i bought 9006