I tried a search and could not find any real answers on this. has anybody had a headlight go out? I called the dealer and found out they want 120 dollars for a replacement bulb. auto zone and a few other shops say the car is too new. no replacement aftermarket bulbs exist. also is it normal for the fuse to blow when the light goes out? when I replaced the fuse and removed the connector from the back of the light housing the fuse does not blow. any help on this will be appreciated.

 

yea man my left HID went out...dealer replaced it since i have warrantee. What sucks tho is now my left headlight looks a lot nicer than my right...right is all dull and halogenishh

 

I thought these headlights were suppposed to last the life of the car?

 

If one goes out I usually turn the lights off and on again a couple times and it usually comes back on..

 

err 120 a bulb actually is not a bad price, but their a PITA to change, well not really, ive removed my bumper multiple times to take off the head light housings cause i replaced them with better bulbs, just pray it is just your bulb and not the inverter unit

 

I've had my HID bulb go out. Dealer rips you a new one to replace. So I went with 5000K bulbs from Philips. I got them of a fellow member, his SN is akinaboy. He has a first gen, try and see if he still has some. I came across him on EBAY. 5000K provide whiter light IMO w/out the loss of lumens. You can go as high as 6000K before loosing lumens if I remember right.

Yes these bulbs should last a "life-time", just depends on how you use it. I had a bad tendency to turn them on even during the day. That cut the life time I guess.

 

i have two stock bulbs used only a couple of months $75

 

thanks for the replies guys. Niz181, I may take you up on that offer. I just want to make sure it's the bulb and not something else wrong. from what I know about electronics, a blown fuse is more of an indication of a short rather than an open circuit which is usually caused by a bad lightbulb. methodRN, did you blow a fuse when your light went out?

 

No blown fuse when my bulb went out. Got the bulbs brand new from akinaboy, had a shop install both sides for even look. Straight install, no problems.

 

Here is a sample of what my 5000K look like. I will try and post a better one.

 

what number K are the stock acura 2001-2003 ones anyway?

It would also be GREATLY appreciated if someone give me a quick education on what those number K mean.....

 

stock 4300K

The higher the Kelvin, the less visibility and light output, and vice versa.

I've written posts regarding lighting many many times, I'm sure you can find me commenting on numerous ones.

Edit: Also, the higher the Kelvin, the lower your bulb life.

 

Damn it why the hell did i get 8000k!! errrrrrrr

It says on the box 3500 hour lifetime.

 

Raising the Kelvins is the worst mod IMHO. Less light, less safety, and no one will notice the change except those blinded in the oncoming lane.

 

I had 2 go out and it was the inverter both times. Once on my 01 and once on my 03. It was covered both times tho...

 

my inverter went out too and the dealer replaced it under warranty. car was about a year and a half old ('03 CLS). after replacing, you can see a difference in both lights....one was brighter and the other was a little more yellow. complained and the dealer ended up replacing both lights to try to match the color. they couldn't do it so i just left it. two new inverters/ballasts. hopefully these ones will last the life of the car.

when it started to go out, flipping them on and off would help bring it back on, but it would go out intermittently. dealer said that was a sign of a bad inverter. so jonesi, get yours checked out to make sure it isn't a bad inverter.

 

My inverter went out a couple of months ago too, but it wasn't under warranty, I have around 70,000 on my car, so I had to fork out $550 to get it fixed!!

Flicking it on and off helped the first month it started happening but as time passed, it got worse and I had to flip them on and off about 10-15 times before it turned on.

 

I had the same problem a couple of days ago. I narrowed the problem down to the ballast, invertor, it costs about $240 from the dealer.