Added Silverstars
05-26-2007 | 02:27 PM
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From: New Hampsha
Added Silverstars
Went out and got me some 'Stars this morning. Applenut's how to really helped a lot. Let me tell you, I'm not sure what kind of pushpins you guys have in your fender walls but holy moly! What a PITA they were to remove 
I thought the whole fender was going to come off with me trying to yank them out.
Anyways the fogs are real simple...the headlights are sort of a blind reach but do-able. I think my passenger side new Star might not be long for this world though
The rubber gasket from the OEM bulb stayed in the housing so I was trying to get the Silverstar in there and could not figure out why it was so difficult to get in. In the process of trying to get it in I scratched the dark coating on the tip of it and may have gotten a drop of sweat on it to boot. I guess I'll find out...sort of ticks me off a bit but I've moved on as what's done is done 
Here are some pics with OEM on the passenger side and the Silverstars on the drivers side...I think you can see a difference but I'll let you be the judge
Goose
I thought the whole fender was going to come off with me trying to yank them out.Anyways the fogs are real simple...the headlights are sort of a blind reach but do-able. I think my passenger side new Star might not be long for this world though
The rubber gasket from the OEM bulb stayed in the housing so I was trying to get the Silverstar in there and could not figure out why it was so difficult to get in. In the process of trying to get it in I scratched the dark coating on the tip of it and may have gotten a drop of sweat on it to boot. I guess I'll find out...sort of ticks me off a bit but I've moved on as what's done is done Here are some pics with OEM on the passenger side and the Silverstars on the drivers side...I think you can see a difference but I'll let you be the judge
Goose
Some lucky person will be receiving these for a door prize in 2 weeks
05-26-2007 | 04:57 PM
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Went out and got me some 'Stars this morning. Applenut's how to really helped a lot. Let me tell you, I'm not sure what kind of pushpins you guys have in your fender walls but holy moly! What a PITA they were to remove I thought the whole fender was going to come off with me trying to yank them out.
I thought the whole fender was going to come off with me trying to yank them out.I bought a dozen of them at the dealership as spares...sounds like I'll need them if I can ever find the Silverstars around here.
05-28-2007 | 10:15 PM
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From: Hampton Falls, NH
I'll be interesting to see how long they last. I tried putting them in my prior Kia Sorento SUV at around 35,000mi and was ULTRA careful with the bulbs, but every few months a Silverstar would burn out. After going through about 5 of the suckers as each headlight alternated burning out, I actually ended up putting the original stock bulbs back in and they lasted until I just turned the vehicle in - never burning out once up to 65,000miles....
05-28-2007 | 10:19 PM
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I'll be interesting to see how long they last. I tried putting them in my prior Kia Sorento SUV at around 35,000mi and was ULTRA careful with the bulbs, but every few months a Silverstar would burn out. After going through about 5 of the suckers as each headlight alternated burning out, I actually ended up putting the original stock bulbs back in and they lasted until I just turned the vehicle in - never burning out once up to 65,000miles....
05-28-2007 | 11:22 PM
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From: Independence, Missouri
Goose, I have to ask about your plates. Are those some type of special order for New Hampshire, or are those standard issue? I LOVE that New Hampshire would even be ballsy enough to put that on their plates. Everyone seems to be politically correct anymore, so I would think "Live free or die" on a license plate would fall under this category. Gotta love it though!!
05-28-2007 | 11:29 PM
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Goose, I have to ask about your plates. Are those some type of special order for New Hampshire, or are those standard issue? I LOVE that New Hampshire would even be ballsy enough to put that on their plates. Everyone seems to be politically correct anymore, so I would think "Live free or die" on a license plate would fall under this category. Gotta love it though!!
jayhawker, those are the actual plates for New Hampshire, my wife's aunt & uncle live there, and every year we drive up to Maine so I have seen plenty of them to know...pretty sweet if you ask me.
I had the silverstars in my '02 Cavalier, although I have not put them in my HHR...yet. I never had a problem with the headlight bulbs, and I traded it in for the HHR with 40,000+ miles on it. However, the fog light bulbs burned out more times than I can count. I did contact Sylvania about the problem, adn they sent me replacements free of charge. Something else I would recommend too. Just buy them at Wal-Mart and keep the package & receipt. When they burn out, bring them back to Wal-Mart & tell them they are defective. They will give you a new set no ?s asked. I did that several times. Wal-Mart will take just about anything on return.
