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Headlight Help please!!
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Heel & Toe
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From: Fairfield California
Headlight Help please!!
Recently my front passenger headlight (the outermost of the 2) went out. I pulled the plug from the back of the housing as told, and got a long skinny bulb with a straight connection bulb
the old bulb
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Its is stamped model 9006 on the bulb
So i went to a nearby auto store and bought the suggested sylvania silverstar 9006, but the plugs DO NOT MATCH UP AT ALL!! The new one has a right angle turn to it, and will not connect.
The new Bulb----
How do I get this to work??? Ive spent hours researching and searching threads, posts, websites, calling, etc, and cannot get an answer!!
Thanks for any and all help!
the old bulb
Its is stamped model 9006 on the bulb
So i went to a nearby auto store and bought the suggested sylvania silverstar 9006, but the plugs DO NOT MATCH UP AT ALL!! The new one has a right angle turn to it, and will not connect.
The new Bulb----
How do I get this to work??? Ive spent hours researching and searching threads, posts, websites, calling, etc, and cannot get an answer!!
Thanks for any and all help!
Last edited by WesJ707; Feb 8, 2012 at 07:35 PM.
Le Mans Master
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Some of the pictures don't work on my phone, but if it was a long skinny bulb it might be an HID buld. The Silverstar by Silvania is the correct bulb for the car. You have to "wiggle" it to get in the socker since the tabs aren't spaced evenly.
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Heel & Toe
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It has that HID box on both inner fenders, but I always believed that to e a stock 'Vette option... Is that correct, or would that make it aftermarket? And is there a way to just get the old cable and connect it from that box to the new "suggested" Sylvania?
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Heel & Toe
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No, it is not a stock vette option untill the C6 was available. Yes it is aftermarket for C5's to have HID's. Yes, the factory socket cable should be attached to one of the two wire leads from the ballas you are talking to me about. That socket will plug up to the bulb you bought. Ok, since you already unpluged the skinny bulb, there should be the second connection to the ballast, which provides power to light up the ballast and the HID bulb. Get that connection and it will match up to the Silvania bulb you bought.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Buford Georgia
i have HID's on my car as well and i can take pictures on my lunch break today of where/what you would need to disconnect if you need me to. Just shoot me a PM if you need the pictures via you phone or email.
Matt
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Heel & Toe
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Thanks MCVette, and thanks all for the help. I brought the bulb/connector to a few autoshops, and it proved to be an aftermarket HID bulb/ballast setup, and i needed to replace 1 bulb, and one ballast (luckilly the shop carried them both) Never dealt with the aftermarket lighting, so it was all new terminology/installation for me!
Melting Slicks
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No problem Wes! Hopefully they showed you what everything was and how to disconnect/reconnect everything for future use! if not im always here to help and send you pics/explain it if you need it.
Matt
Matt