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As mentioned the highbeam Silverstars are the exact wattage as the low beam just without the reflective shield in front of the bulb, IIRC.
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The only thing I can think of is that our high beams usually aren't on for what, an hour or so at a time normally like our lows are so the extra heat might have something to do with it
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Originally posted by path914:
As mentioned the highbeam Silverstars are the exact wattage as the low beam just without the reflective shield in front of the bulb, IIRC.
This means that both bulbs run at the same temps. This means... There is no difference in heat except in front of the light emmitting portion of the bulb on the undipped beams. This HAS to be a one-time thing. I seriously don't think it should be a problem.
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Originally posted by Bk4293L:
Happened to me when I used the high wattage high beam Cuzos in the low beam spot...
I had the Cuzos, but they were the low beam ones, and IIRC, the highs for the Cuzos were like 110W, the Silverstars are only 60w. I've had the highs in lows in my beater car w/o any problems and its been over 2 1/2 years now 
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Originally posted by Strictlyfocused7:
high wattage highs in the lows are different then just highs in the lows, the high wattage apc crappy bulbs i had in my focus looked great, 3 1/2 weeks later one goes out and its glued <melted> to the bulb, i just ripped the plastic apart and forced it back onto my new bulbs, which werent apc of course, good luck with the harness to whoever has the car now
happened to my friend twice. i think the contour bulb sockets are tougher then most others. i had highs in the low for about 4 months with now probs and they were the 120 watt from some n company, but i already broke the clips on the bulb socket neway so i didnt care about it getting brittle or whatnot.
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I was in the auto store today with both Silverstar 9006s and 9005s in my hand
9005 = 65w
9006 = 55w
Higher wattage + longer running time = melted sockets
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Originally posted by ohsigmachi:
I was in the auto store today with both Silverstar 9006s and 9005s in my hand
9005 = 65w
9006 = 55w
Higher wattage + longer running time = melted sockets
Not true at all! I had the highs in the lows in my wifes Ranier which has DRL. The only problem I had was the damn bulbs burning out after 6 monthes, that got old, real old! I ended up replacing them with "X-tra visions" and all is back to normal. FWIW, I didn't take any chances, I replaced them with 9006's per her request 
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Are you saying the wattage isn't true or the melted sockets part isn't true?
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I haven't had a prob, and have been running them for prolly 6 months now.
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Originally posted by ohsigmachi:
Are you saying the wattage isn't true or the melted sockets part isn't true?
The melted socket and heres why. My wifes Ranier has DRL and the sockets NEVER melted, ever! I had em' (9005's in the low beams) and the only reason I got rid of them was one would burn out about every 6 monthes and for that cost, I could've ended up with HIDs 
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