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ShEaNy · 12-03-2002, 12:49 PM

K ive having a hell of a time with my taillights....everytime i put a bulb in ..i swear a few weeks to a month later its out..i have one that doesnt light up at all right now and one that lights up but doesnt go brighter when the brakes are hit....is there a specific bulb i should get...ive been reading the codes off the other stock ones i had and just find em in the local store....are there anyother ones..i can buy that will work? i think maybe the sockets are all ****ed up...in some of em...

:o

blind34_1 · 12-03-2002, 01:03 PM

Sounds like a socket or wiring problem. Are you buying cheapy bulbs are the good ones. (like APC bulbs=crap).

Make sure they are note exposed to weather. ie; your tails are sealed and no moisture gettin in. And don't touch the bulbs with your fingers. its usually just for halogen bulbs, but I make sure not to touch any bulbs.
Accords are all over junk yards, see if you can g some new sockets and what not.

ShEaNy · 12-03-2002, 01:07 PM

omg...i just popped the trunk and look in there...the bulb is all whiteish grey..colour inside it....the ****ing right brake light...GOT ATEN BY THE HEAT FROM THE BULB..IT MELTED MY TAIlLIGHTS A BIT....IM SO MAD NOW..
aRGHHHH......just great......im just going right to honda...and saying heres $$ fix now....i hate screwing around at junkyards for used parts..its all crap around here...*sigh* *vents*

ebpda9 · 12-03-2002, 02:20 PM

just get some sylvania. i think you need 1157's

94_AcCoRd_EX · 12-03-2002, 02:23 PM

If you still have problems, take a multimeter to the socket and see what kind of numbers you're getting.

ShEaNy · 12-03-2002, 07:17 PM

yea im going to do that...im still wondering y the hell did it eat my ****ing altezza's..its melted good..

ill get a pic later or tomorrow...

12-05-2002, 02:07 PM

the same thing was happening to my bulbs, white and yellow all over. make sure you buy 1157 LLs. The plain 1157s bust after a few starts.

ebpda9 · 12-05-2002, 08:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by eviljayr
the same thing was happening to my bulbs, white and yellow all over. make sure you buy 1157 LLs. The plain 1157s bust after a few starts.

i never had that problem. i have 1157's in my car for as long as i had it, that would be 3 years now

ShEaNy · 12-06-2002, 01:02 PM

im afraid to admit it

but i ever since I! installed those altezzas things have ****ed up..i think i screwed by the wiring or busted the sockets somehow..

:o :o oh well

12-06-2002, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by hondaman-iac
i never had that problem. i have 1157's in my car for as long as i had it, that would be 3 years now

did you but the bulbs or are they the same one that came with the car when you got it? when i got my car, they already had the LLs in them.

12-03-2002, 12:49 PM	#1
ShEaNy Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB Age: 39 Posts: 3,821	Tail Light Bulbs... K ive having a hell of a time with my taillights....everytime i put a bulb in ..i swear a few weeks to a month later its out..i have one that doesnt light up at all right now and one that lights up but doesnt go brighter when the brakes are hit....is there a specific bulb i should get...ive been reading the codes off the other stock ones i had and just find em in the local store....are there anyother ones..i can buy that will work? i think maybe the sockets are all ****ed up...in some of em... :o

12-03-2002, 02:20 PM	#4
ebpda9 Repost Wagon Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: over here Age: 43 Posts: 17,266	just get some sylvania. i think you need 1157's __________________

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94_AcCoRd_EX Insomniac Moderator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: OR Age: 43 Posts: 11,142	If you still have problems, take a multimeter to the socket and see what kind of numbers you're getting. __________________ 1994 Accord EX coupe --Need hosting for your pics on HST? PM me...--

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12-03-2002, 01:03 PM	#2
blind34_1 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: IL Age: 39 Posts: 1,813	Sounds like a socket or wiring problem. Are you buying cheapy bulbs are the good ones. (like APC bulbs=crap). Make sure they are note exposed to weather. ie; your tails are sealed and no moisture gettin in. And don't touch the bulbs with your fingers. its usually just for halogen bulbs, but I make sure not to touch any bulbs. Accords are all over junk yards, see if you can g some new sockets and what not.

12-03-2002, 01:07 PM	#3
ShEaNy Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB Age: 39 Posts: 3,821	omg...i just popped the trunk and look in there...the bulb is all whiteish grey..colour inside it....the ***ing right brake light...GOT ATEN BY THE HEAT FROM THE BULB..IT MELTED MY TAIlLIGHTS A BIT....IM SO MAD NOW.. aRGHHHH......just great......im just going right to honda...and saying heres $$ fix now....i hate screwing around at junkyards for used parts..its all crap around here...sigh* vents

12-03-2002, 07:17 PM	#6
ShEaNy Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB Age: 39 Posts: 3,821	yea im going to do that...im still wondering y the hell did it eat my ****ing altezza's..its melted good.. ill get a pic later or tomorrow...

12-05-2002, 02:07 PM	#7
eviljayr Posts: n/a	the same thing was happening to my bulbs, white and yellow all over. make sure you buy 1157 LLs. The plain 1157s bust after a few starts.

12-06-2002, 01:02 PM	#9
ShEaNy Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB Age: 39 Posts: 3,821	im afraid to admit it but i ever since I! installed those altezzas things have ****ed up..i think i screwed by the wiring or busted the sockets somehow.. :o :o oh well