Damn...

I just bought these a day before finding this thread! Weak!!

Well, time to buy new bulbs.

BTW I felt the Nokyas werent as dark a yellow as I would have hoped. Are the PIAAs a more yellow color?

 

WOW... I'm in the same boat as you, I went to an EVO-NY meet yesterday at Mitsuwa (japanese supermarket) and bought a set of these bulbs, H11 >>>80W thought it was ok. Buddy of mine helped me install them looked great. Next tday i find thread like this on Evom... Damn... Now i'm down $43...

 

well...i guess im takin my nokyas out....

 

This is a sad day for EvoM...

 

Can anyone else confirm that this will happen to these bulbs? I don't realy want to get rid of mine so quickly.

 

This is exactly whats happens when the finger oils are left on the glass of the bulb.
The glass gets super sonic hot where the oils were as they burned off melting the glass into the seen shapes as they cooled and hardend into the new designer....signiture series bulbs...lol.


Guys....dont touch the bulbs with your fingers. Use some type of medical grade glove with no oils.....u can use a alcohol swab to clean off when installing. Once turned on with oil contamination, bulbs will have a very short life.

 

revvin9k, did you touch your bulbs?

 

I've had these bulbs in my car for ~7 months with frequent use, and I haven't experienced anything like this.

The only bad thing I personally have to say about the Nokyas is that they're HOT bulbs. I've cut down on using them becuase I can see ripples from where they look like they're melting the headlight lens a little bit.

 

It doesn't have anything to do with what brand they are. 80 watts is too hot.

 

I got some 55 watt bulps today from another company!

Only cost me 30 bucks so I'm happy. **** the PIAA bulbs... I ain't paying 120 for those. I'd rather get HIDs

 

+1 for my high beams and fog lights.........

 

even though you may have not "touched" the bulbs, did you clean them with some rubbing alcohol prior to installing them?? you cannot confirm that they were not touched prior to the bulbs being put in the box....

 

i have some MTEC ION YELLOW bulbs in three cars with no worries at all. very reasonable in price, great color, and had one bulb DOA. sent back with no problems had a new set in two days. MTEC POWER is the name on Ebay. great seller.

 

Yeah, don't grab the bulbs with your fingers or else you'll get that effect.

 

i got my piaas for 45 bucks