12 months ago I had the headlamps bulbs on my 2005 RL replaced with Heliolite W0133-1610302 Headlight Bulbs , now the drivers side just stopped working.

The body shop that did the work didn't put back all the plastic back proper come to find out and now I had to cut away some of the plastic as it became damaged by the the tire.

My question could the missing plastic have effect on the lights, bulbs or ballasts or could really the bulb just went bad this soon?

Thanks

 

The ballast is on the bottom of the headlight surround. The bulb is inside the headlight and not only should have a plastic cap on it, but the bulb has it's own surround (projector) that it's inside of. So chances of anything (moisture/dirt) making a bulb go bad are slim to none.

 

considering your car was put together improperly and you cut away vs fixing it... anything is possible.

 

Shouldve dropped the bumper and removed the assembly.

 

Since I had replaced the bulbs with Heliolite W0133-1610302 on my RL and they only lasted 13 months , any suggestions on better replacements ?

 

D2S from here are all good (OSRAM are the best): The Retrofit Source | Innovative Headlight Upgrades

These will do as well: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...s=phillips+d2s

 

I see what you did there... nice approach OP.