BlueFlame

Yup, I was looking at something under the hood the other day and noticed my wiring harness for both the headlights was completely melted. I've only had the bulbs in about 6 months, and I've read others have had theirs for much longer, so any ideas what it might be that's causing them to overheat like that? I'm not sure if it's something recent or if it's been doing this for a long time, but it really sucks. I have bare wires exposed and I'm forced to use my crappy-looking stock yellow bulbs.

Any ideas? I'm hoping they'll cover that under my warranty, but I'm not sure. I'm getting the TYC projectors this week I guess, but I'll need a new harness to hook 'em up I think. Has anybody else had this happen ?? It really sucks ..

Oh, and while we're on the subject I guess, I also blew a couple fuses last night, and that was a pain in the @$$ to figure out - I had no dash lights, no running lights, no heater control lights, no hazard lights or turn signal. It turns out the nice people at Honda decided to name the particular fuse for all this "small light." Like I'm supposed to know what the hell THAT means. Anyways, I'm just venting now.

Cheers [IMG]i/expressions/beer_yum.gif[/IMG]

nbpEMCivic

iTrader: (1)

That's why we tell people to use replacemnt bulbs that draw 55/60 w and not the 85+ ones.

silverdevil

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Yup, lower the wattage on your bulbs.

injencivic

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ya i have the nokya's they are 90 watage man, way to powerful for our cars, so i am gettin some black projectors thanks to my b-day in october and my gf buyin them for me!!! MARTINA(my gf)

PicCoLoboi02

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shoot..gotta lower my wattage too then

vietstylez

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i got the SHoWoFF hyperwhites....their 80w. do u guys think that'll melt my wires?

zero

Its really tuff to say, I've hear that some cars they melt and some cars are fine?? Kinda wierd cuz I've been using Hiper Industries and I've gone through like 6 sets and I also noticed that some pairs are brighter than others. I have been fine and my friend's car's wire harness melted.

nbpEMCivic

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One pair of Eurolites lasted me over a year. This just helps my cause and proves that Hiper of any other cheap crap high wattage bulbs should NOT be purchased.

yittleblackcivic

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i have eurolite xenon fushion...they are cool......and really blue...the hyper fried my wires on my old car and my friends.....hyper[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-puke.gif[/IMG]

ak

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I had the Nokya Artic White for 3 months before they blew out (oil).

Now i'm running Optiblue Hyper White... bright as heck.

Next i'm going with MTEC bulbs! link

zero

Of course eurolites may last longer cuz they are only low wattage, I got eurolites before and they aren't even that bright. Mine unfortunately only lasted two months(eurolites). I don't think Hiper Industries brand is crap but of course its only my opinion. And the six pairs are from four cars. The current pair I have are close to a year and still working fine. I drive with my lights on all the time. So how long those bulbs last also depends on how much you use them. I think most of the aftermarket bulbs are probably made from the same company and smaller companies just put their labels on them.

wawacito

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hey ak

i did the saaame thing that you did - got nokyas - one of em blew (and when u change u gotta change both cuz the colors NEEEVVEER seem to match).

switched to Optiblue and they are BRIGHT

hope they dont fry my wires tho. havent had a problem so far and im hoping no problems.

ak

iTrader: (19)

Awesome huh. Strange, nokya to optiblue at the same time..

Krepoort

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I got some Nokya Artic Whites too. (Yeah, the color dont match. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif[/IMG] ) Been about 4 months or so. Luckily, no problems. I wasnt sure I was gonna get them cause I heard about Nokya's and wires frying but I got them anyway [IMG]i/expressions/demon.gif[/IMG]


Good luck with getting them fixed BlueFlame, and let us know how much it costs. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-frown.gif[/IMG]

-Kre

BlueFlame

Well, I haven't heard from the dealer yet, I ordered the new harness yesterday and he said they might be here today, but so far nothing. I'm guessing it'll be in tomorrow, which is great cause I don't work and I can spend the whole day dinkin around with it. He said it should be about $10, but I dunno if that was for one or the pair. The heavy duty harnesses that I've seen on the net are like $35 a pair.

I think I'll wait until my new TYC black projectors get here, and then use whatever spare cash I have to get some Mtech bulbs - those look really nice. But yeah I'll let everyone know how much the dealer charges me.

BlueFlame

Oh yeah, one other thing - where would I find those otiblue bulbs? I might check those as well since the MTEC ones are $25 +SH on ebay ..

nbpEMCivic

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Replace "low wattage" with "stock wattage". They are as bright as stock. Stick to the "low wattage" bubls and your electrical system will thank you.

wawacito

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you can get optiblues from autodynamic.

please NOTE: the opti blues shine very very very WHITE. a different look from the Nokyas which are noooticably BLUE.

ak

iTrader: (19)

Yeah... autodynamic has them for $32
or procarparts.com has them for like $20... exactly the same thing. I got them from procarparts for $18 shipped (ebay price $10 + $8 shipping). Procarparts.com has been good to me so far. browse thru here....

BlueFlame

Ok, for anyone else who melts their wiring harness, a new pair cost me $12, and since I live in the friggin boonies, you can expect to pay that or probably less. The guy was nice enough to overnight the parts for me too, which was cool.

I'm gonna work on it tomorrow and let you guys now how it turns out, assuming anyone's still reading this thread ..

Cheers! [IMG]i/expressions/beer_yum.gif[/IMG]