Hey Bob, did you fly any rockets in Rockford?

I agree with the other posters. Blue lights are crap. The phenomenon
of both failing at the same time is caused by:

1. Lamps are very uniform and do fail pretty much at the same time in
my experience.

2. You may not notice much difference when the first one fails and
drive for a while before the second one fails. Then you will notice
both are out.

3. You are probably aware of this but, if you touch the glass
(crystal really) of the lamp capsule with bare fingers, the oil will
drastically shorten the lamp life.

Gordon

On 2 Mar 2006 08:51:42 -0600, (Bob
Kaplow) wrote:

>How's this for a bizare problem:
>
>I have a 2000 Honda Civic HX with the CVT. I drive about 400 miles a week
>commuting, so it's up to 107K miles. And I always drive with my headlights
>on, day or night.
>
>Last fall, coming back from Rockford, I realized that BOTH headlights had
>failed at the same time. OK, after 5 years, they didn't owe me anything, but
>having both fail at exactly the same time was a bit of a coincidence. I
>replaced them with a pair of the (Wagner?) blue HB2 bulbs.
>
>This morning, pulling out of the garage, I realized that both had failed
>together again. This is NOT a coincidence. They should definitely last more
>than 5 months, and shouldn't be failing together. Only the low beam is
>blowing, not the high beam, because I rarely use the high beam. Maybe I
>should use the high beam for DRL and save the low for night driving?
>
>Any ideas on what could blow both bulbs at the same time, yet not affect
>anything else on the car? I can buy a case of bulbs for less than what it
>would cost if I ask a dealer to look into the problem. But it's a nusiance
>to never know when I'm going to be left in the dark again.