my headlight turned purple - G35Driver - Infiniti G35 & G37 Forum Discussion

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10-04-2008, 11:03 PM

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my headlight turned purple

Anyone no why my left headlight turned purple

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10-04-2008, 11:09 PM

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10-04-2008, 11:31 PM

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Maybe it needs air, ASAP?

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10-04-2008, 11:53 PM

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when i take a pic of it it looks the same and y would it need air lol

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10-04-2008, 11:55 PM

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maybe you swapped your bulbs and forgot

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10-05-2008, 12:04 AM

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Maybe you have a dying ballast or bulb. I'd get it checked out.

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10-05-2008, 12:50 AM

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Very color shifted bulb.

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10-05-2008, 01:38 PM

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According to the owner's manual, the bulbs turn reddish when they are dying. Maybe that is what you are seeing.

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Originally Posted by The User Manual

If a xenon headlight bulb is close to
burning out, the brightness will drastically
decrease, the light will start blinking,
or the color of the light will become
reddish.

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10-05-2008, 01:42 PM

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10-07-2008, 11:05 PM

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Yes the bulb is dying. I have a spare set hardly used if your interested.

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10-07-2008, 11:35 PM

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what year headlights?
i have a full set of 03-05 headlight bulbs just sitting here doing nothing if you are interested.

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10-07-2008, 11:54 PM

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like stated above the bulb is going bad/dying

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