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Old Jul 11, 2021 | 05:59 PM
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I have a couple of burned out bulbs in my instrument panel. They are Type A (T3) screw-in bulbs. I was able to find replacements, but the ones I removed have a blue plastic film over them. My replacements are just the clear bulb. Anyone know what this film does or where I can find replacements with the plastic film?

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The blue condoms should be removable from the old bulbs and transferred to the new ones.
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Old Jul 12, 2021 | 06:53 AM
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Yes, unfortunately they were stuck to the old bulbs pretty good and shredded apart when I tried to remove them.
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I found the exact replacements here http://www.autolumination.com/74.htm.
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