Replace everything with LED bulbs and you won't have to change them again.
Replace all lights or just the one bulb?
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Not really needed. If the package comes with two bulbs, I will change out both bulbs though.... and then stick the good used bulb back in the package and label it and put it in the glove box as a good spare.
Factory uses LL (long life) bulbs. They can be ordered if you look around. They last for 10 years or more. They get a little dimmer every year.
Retail bulbs last me 6-18 months. They are bright.
Retail bulbs last me 6-18 months. They are bright.
Originally Posted by Wolf359
[That's the perfect amount of time as I don't know where some drivers learned or didn't learn how to switch lanes. They use their directionals to ask for permission.
That's a pet peeve of mine.. People do stuff like that all the time here. I'll see someone signal to the left from the right hand lane. If they have plenty of room, as long as I don't have to brake or disrupt traffic behind me, I'll be courteous and let off the gas so they can get over before I overtake them. More times than not they will just set there for eternity, I guess they're waiting for me to give them half a football field of space, eventually I just give up and cruise right by them. If they're waiting for me to go by, just wait a few seconds to turn on the darn signal!
[That's the perfect amount of time as I don't know where some drivers learned or didn't learn how to switch lanes. They use their directionals to ask for permission.
That's a pet peeve of mine.. People do stuff like that all the time here. I'll see someone signal to the left from the right hand lane. If they have plenty of room, as long as I don't have to brake or disrupt traffic behind me, I'll be courteous and let off the gas so they can get over before I overtake them. More times than not they will just set there for eternity, I guess they're waiting for me to give them half a football field of space, eventually I just give up and cruise right by them. If they're waiting for me to go by, just wait a few seconds to turn on the darn signal!
Originally Posted by WyrTwister
Also seems like most everyone waits untill the last 20 feet to apply brakes . Never mind the lite or sign has been red for a LONG time .
E V E R Y W H E R E IN TEXAS!!!!
PEOPLE ACTUALLY MAINTAIN THE SPEED LIMIT RIGHT UP TO THE VERY LAST SECOND
Also seems like most everyone waits untill the last 20 feet to apply brakes . Never mind the lite or sign has been red for a LONG time .
E V E R Y W H E R E IN TEXAS!!!!
PEOPLE ACTUALLY MAINTAIN THE SPEED LIMIT RIGHT UP TO THE VERY LAST SECOND
As long as people signal their turns, I prefer this to slowing 1/4 mile from the turn and then going at the rate of continental drift into the parking lot.
Originally Posted by Linctex
Originally Posted by WyrTwister
Also seems like most everyone waits untill the last 20 feet to apply brakes . Never mind the lite or sign has been red for a LONG time .
E V E R Y W H E R E IN TEXAS!!!!
PEOPLE ACTUALLY MAINTAIN THE SPEED LIMIT RIGHT UP TO THE VERY LAST SECOND
Originally Posted by Linctex
Originally Posted by WyrTwister
Also seems like most everyone waits untill the last 20 feet to apply brakes . Never mind the lite or sign has been red for a LONG time .
E V E R Y W H E R E IN TEXAS!!!!
PEOPLE ACTUALLY MAINTAIN THE SPEED LIMIT RIGHT UP TO THE VERY LAST SECOND
In Texas, you can let you signal blink three times, as a courtesy, when making a lane change. Any more than that and someone in the lane you're moving into will speed up to try to close the gap. The people may have a reputation of being friendly here, but not when they are behind the wheel.
Originally Posted by Lubener
Myself, I would change them all in that assembly to save future disassembly. I would leave the other side alone if they are all working.
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Myself, I would change them all in that assembly to save future disassembly. I would leave the other side alone if they are all working.
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I replace only the bulb that is burned out and leave the others alone. I always hear people say the other bulbs will probably burn out around the same time since they're the same age, but that has NEVER been my experience. I'd replace one brake light bulb or headlight bulb, and the other would last for years longer. No need to fix what isn't broke. The only time I replaced bulbs that were still good was when I was replacing a few burned bulbs in an instrument cluster, since all of the bulbs were 24 years old, and I really didn't want to disassemble the dash ever again. But I saved all of the old bulbs that were still good (they're regular 194 bulbs) and I use them in easy-to-access locations, like if a license plate light burns out.
I suppose I'm cheap.
Yesterday afternoon i noticed a GE h6054 sealed beam failed. I am on a roadtrip and was in a daylight headlight area. So today in a small one mcdonalds town, I bought one of two overpriced Sylvania silverstar bulbs available in the only ap store. When i installed it and turned the lights on i discovered that The other GE h6054 bulb had failed too.
Went back to ap store and bought the remaining sss h6054.
The failed bulbs failed within 2 hours of each other.
Went back to ap store and bought the remaining sss h6054.
The failed bulbs failed within 2 hours of each other.
I replace one at a time with used ones from vehicles I scrapped. Have buckets full of bulbs fuses headlights relays ect. A bulb can last forever or die tomorrow. When I am digging through the bucket to find a match if I find two I toss the other in the glove box for next time.
I am with others, depends on the degree of difficulty. If just reaching your hand and removing a plug, then one at a time, then just as the go out. If a hard to reach or detailed removal, then just do them all.
Except for headlights, if one goes, the other gets changed as well (which should be done anyway since new lights are brighter than old).
Except for headlights, if one goes, the other gets changed as well (which should be done anyway since new lights are brighter than old).
If I need to change a bulb they all get changed. I hate having to do work twice.
Learned at a young age on my sister's Rabbit - I think I changed every bulb one at a time, every weekend - felt like I was changing bulbs all year!
Learned at a young age on my sister's Rabbit - I think I changed every bulb one at a time, every weekend - felt like I was changing bulbs all year!
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