I am so ticked off right now...

So last night my driver's side headlight went out and i decided to change it today...

I have had 8k Bulbs bought from this forum for about 2 months (aftermarket).

When i finally got to the bulb i tried to twist it like you are to get it out of the housing unit and it wouldnt twist no matter how hard i tried and i started to get frustrated. Upon further inspection i finally noticed that the black plastic part of the bulb had this irregular budge that looked like it had melted and hardened again.

Also when i opened the cap to get in to the headlights there was this horrible smell...

I didnt take any pics because it was dark and didnt have a camera with me i will attempt to get the bulb out tomorrow with some pliers or something and take some pics to show you guys...

Did anyone else have this problem before????
What did you do to fix this???

 

Did you get some cheap bulbs?
Never had this issue so.. I run 6k in mine.

 

ive dealt with 03-07 g35 headlights since being an owner in early 07..ive done many mods,and helped with many problems users have had in the past..never heard of this happening..id say get authentic oem g35 headlight bulbs for ur car..could be cheap aftermarkets. as far as fixing ur problem..removing the bulb may require you actually opening the housing..theres many dyi's on the forum..and for the most part theyre really easy.

 

yeah i guess they were cheap aftermarket ones but its the fact that i bought em from the vendor here...

 

If they are from vendor, check their warranty- if it applies, send them back and get a replacement, maybe you got a bad batch ? :\

 

true but the problem i am facing now is trying to get the melted bulb out...

hopefully a some pliers or something will give me a good enough drop to twist it out i m just scared of breakin the actual housing...

 

yikes, post pics if u can

 

ok good news!!!

went down to the hobby shop managed to get the bulb out but broke some of the housing just a small part of the bottom...

put back in my OEM bulbs and everything works perfectly

i will post some pics up in the next few hours, need to take a nap first

 

Kinda bs.. you should get your money back at least for the bulbs caues that's stupid . Glad it worked out though for the most part haha.

btw naps are the way to go lolol

 

hahah yeah naps FTW

ok so here are the pics i even included what a non melted bulb looks like...

it still smells really bad...

 

werd. I would suspect it was somehow contacting part of the circuit or something causing it to heat up... but it is really hard to judge without seeing how it was when it was in there.

 

tyikes

 

After market bulbs FTL, stick with OEM!

 

Aftermarket or not.. I'm still curious what caused the problem. The internals of the HID bulb themselves? The melted sections look odd.

 

idk looks like its was from something inside melting outwards. damn that sucks tho. my $15 ebay 5k bulbs ftw!!!! lol jp