| Author | Message | ||
     Seattle_bueller |
About 3 weeks ago I put some Sylvania SilverStar headlights in my XB9R and life was great. Today I went out for a ride and after about 10 minutes that I didn’t see my headlights reflecting back at me off the back of the car in front of me. So I pulled over and sure enough, I had lost both headlights. Good thing it was still day light out so I made it home. I pulled out the lights and both bulbs had blown. The only thing that I did out of the ordinary was running with both headlights on at the same time; however I have done this before and never lost a bulb. I did a search on Badweb but could not find any results that fit the bill. Anyone have any ideas on what might have happened?  | ||
| Pupu |
check the wiring and make sure none of it melted, and just check for shorts. other than that i dont know. | ||
| Lorazepam |
I dont know. I ran the silverstars for over a year, and 16k miles in a bike with no problems. I use the euro version now, and have had good luck with them. They throw a lot of light, and it is a very white light, much more so than the stock bulbs. | ||
| Carparts009 |
What model of silverstars do the xb's take? I have been looking into buying them for my 9s. Thanks, Carparts | ||
| Diablobrian |
Both blown? Probably a problem with the ground wire. | ||
| Seattle_bueller |
Thanks Pupu and Diablobrian. I will check the wiring to see if there are any wires grounding out. I thought it was really odd to lose at the same time. Carparts, I am pretty sure the Lightings use the H7 bulb. The Firebolts use the H3. | ||
| Buelltroll |
I put 5 sets of those through my bike before I broke down and took it to the stealership. Turns out my voltage regulator was sh**ting the bed and spiking up to 17 volts popping the bulbs. | ||
| Darthane |
What Buelltroll said makes more sense. A short before the bulb would blow the fuse or cause the bulbs to run at reduced output, a short after the bulb would have no effect on the bulbs themselves. | ||
| Thumper2811 |
Make sure 1 you don't touch the bulb and 2 you don't scratch the bulb putting it back in. | ||
| Diablobrian |
the reason I said a ground problem is because before the bulb they both work off of different relays. Voltage spikes, or oil from your hands can also cause premature bulb failure too. I just hadn't considered it to be honest. | ||
| Buellinblack |
as Thumper says....dont touch actual glass of the bulbs, especially if your hands have any type of grease, sweat, or water. | ||
| Buelltroll |
Thinking about it,It may very well have been bad grounds that CAUSED my voltage regulator to crap out so... Mine were pretty crusty n thrashed before I replaced both assemblies with high beams. | ||
| Seattle_bueller |
Unfortunately I did not get a chance to look over the bike last night. However I should be to look at it better this evening. As for the touching the bulb, I made sure I used latex gloves. I have made that mistake before in my Jeep.  I am just going to take the bulbs back to Wal-Mart and get replacements. Thank you everyone for the ideas. If I do not find any wires out of place or anything else unusual I will have the dealership look it over when it goes in for the 5k tune-up here soon. |
