chaseonbass

I also used a metal file. Then i hated a metal knife on the stove and used that to melt flat the tabs inside the bulb socket.

nivel

Does anyone know how to replace the yellow halogen low beams in the 08 tC's and what size they are? (underneath the high beam bulb) I replaced the projectors with my H11 superwhites but it's annoying having the clash of yellow next to it that the low beams produce. I was looking under the hood and couldn't find where to unplug it :?

ADRdesignCo

i used to run modded cool blues, a pair burned out and got another set. then i changed to 6k HIDs in my lows and SSUltras in my high beams. id say they are pretty bright together but i havent look at them since im usually behind the wheel. lol. but i could look if you are intersted. lol.

for the bulb mod i found a dremel works the best for me. the first time i did it i used a soldering iron which worked fairly well but not as quick nor as clean as the dremel.

and nivel... do you mean your parking lights?

SengTC3

probably the parking lights, I know the 97 tc's use 194, but can also use 921. I bought some blazer extreme parking light bulbs which are blue, but I think i'm going back to buy some super white leds to put in, but i heard the bad part is the heat that the low beams gives out burns out the led parking light quick

ADRdesignCo

not entirely true. i have single LED ones in my car and i havent had any problems with them. i think in the maybe 14 months ive had them in my car only one burned out but thats about it. not to mention they go for cheap on ebay so it wasnt a big deal replacing it

RodC

SengTC3

haha this isn't the only time I've said that I think I told a shop that I drove a 97 tC haha

steezie

i put in projectors with h1 convert and they eat practically any bulb i put but the silverstars lasted the longest (4 months) its always the pass side too i dont know if i want to go HID i dont want to have to go through 6461096840964 bulbs ive been through about 10 sets so far and the only ones that work fine are halogens

SengTC3

This is my FM w/ 9005 Silverstar Ultra mod, this is before I put white LED into the parking lights, this is with stock parking light bulb

PlayinWithFire

its all a matter if u wanna follow the law or not. Silver stars are a legal modification... HID kits are not. Yes they may be dimmer, but they are legal. I did notice a big difference going from stock to them and they burnt out in about 10 months or so.

RodC

It's not exactly correct to say that Silverstars are a legal mod and HID is an illegal mod. Each state has different laws. Here is the California take on headlight modification, directly from the CHP website's "Street Legal" modification page:

"Illegal: Headlights brighter or higher wattage than those from the factory. You may be able to see better, but the lights are illegal (24011 VC)."

That definitely covers both HID and Silverstars. The problem with the law, as with many laws, is that it is vague. It comes down to an officer's opinion. Officers will rarely enforce this law against Silverstars unless you have them aimed too high or something, but they also will not enforce the law against most HID kits. They are usually more concerned with color than brightness. If you have blue HID then you will probably have a problem, but the same is true if you have blue halogens.

PlayinWithFire

that is correct... but for a cop to be able to distinguish them to be significantly brighter than factory would be a feat in itself. The silverstars don't produce even close to the same amount of glare as the HIDs do so the officer would have a difficult time enforcing that law like you said.

My headlights are quite illegal myself, but I have gotten pulled over once because my high and low projectors are on at all times. I showed the officer that the light output is safe etc. and was fine... but I bet if I had just plain HID bulbs without my HID Specific (emphasis on the HID Specific part) projectors, I probably would have had received a ticket.

07_whiteTC

i've had them in mine for almost a year 'n' jus last weekend, 1 of them went out...now im riding around with 1'n'1 and cant really see a difference...