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YOUR RESEARCHToday's Outrageously overpriced 996 part
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At this point I don't need the bulb as it turned out to be the socket that was bad and I replaced that.
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Checked for continuity and looks like the bulbs are bad .
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I then checked all fuses and no signs of a any being blown.
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I have used european Phillips bulbs in my Audis with great success.
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I thought mine was out (had the fast blinker symptom), it turned out to be the socket had shorted out and needed to be replaced.
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After going to the dealer and getting the $14 quote, went to an indie a block away I had never evn used for any service with the bulb and showed it to one of the mechanics and they were going to give it to me and I gave them $5.
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So I popped the passenger side bulb into the driver side socket and the bulb still did not work.
I noticed today that one of the "Position" Lights on my 996 headlight array was burned out.
The Position Light is also referred to as a "City" light and is in the headlight housing.
The bulb is called a H6W and is a 12v 6w lamp that looks like a flashlight bulb, with a miniature bayonet base.
So, silly me, I thought that I could just pop in my local Pep Boys and get a replacement....
Wrong.
This is an european speciality bulb, and locally is only available from, you know who..., My local Porsche dealer parts counter at, get this $14 a bulb!
Talk about having you by the nuts! What's next, $600 footwell lighting?
$3 at Autohaus Arizona! They also have alot of other cheap parts otherwise costing an arm and a leg. No affiliation, just passing along as I had to buy the same bulb for my audi awhile ago....
Not to hijack the thread, but I have another bulb question.
The turn signal bulb in the main light cluster. I thought mine was out (had the fast blinker symptom), it turned out to be the socket had shorted out and needed to be replaced. I only figured out it was the socket though after I went looking for a new bulb.
The bulb that came out of the socket was silver in color but glow amber when lit. I'm not sure if this is a stock bulb or not as I am not the first owner (2002 C2 coupe).
My first trip to the store and I came home with the generic Orsam/Sylvania amber bulb. It fit, but obviously was not a match to the other side and didn't have the nice look of the silver bulb in an all silver housing.
Now Orsam/Sylvania sells "bluish" silver bulbs but they are not a match to the Phillips bulb I pulled out. They are silver with no blue tint.
I for the life of me cannot find the Phillips bulb. I have searched the web and don't see a us or European source. I have not checked with the dealer yet as I fear that it will cost an arm and a leg.
At this point I don't need the bulb as it turned out to be the socket that was bad and I replaced that. However I do dread the day that the bulb goes out and I can't find a replacement. I'd rather not go with the "import boy-racer" blue bulbs if I don't have to.
Any help?
Andy
You got screwed. I've had to replace the bulb and did so with one from Autozone.
As for the silver / amber bulb, that is an aftermarket bulb available at Autozone as well. IIIRC it is sold there by Sylvania.
Why would you say that? The price for that part was established by Porsche, and while the dealer has flexibility in what their markup is, they pay an outrageous wholesale cost for this as well. If anything, the more realistic thing to say would be "At least you know not to buy that brand of car again."
The web is not necessarily a solution for my situation either. While its is true that there are places on the web to buy this M6 bulb for $3, the shipping costs to get the bulb here in a less than a week is $11. So either way, I end up paying $14 a bulb.
I switched to the LED ones that someone posted here before. ~ 7 bucks for 2 shipped to my door. they look like Xenon when there are lit up. very bright white, not yellow at all.
pfft..that's nothing...u know that rear carpet rectangle that covers the shelf you're ECU's and crap are under? about 1 foot wide and 3.5 feet long?....well retail is 400$!...ask me how i know
i could have had a carpet company redo my entire interior in **** for that kind of money....damn zee germans.
So an update:
I decided that since I was gonna be on the hook for $14/bulb no matter what, (damm the weak dollar) I should get as much value as I can out of this. I found an
Online vendor
in the UK that sells the Philips Blue Vision brand of this type of bulb, at the same price as the dealer with free shipping. They also throw in a set of Osram W5W side marker lamps for free.
I have used european Phillips bulbs in my Audis with great success. They never seem to burn out. The bulbs shipped yesterday, and I will have them next week. Since it is raining this week and next, the car will wait for its lamps.
I dealt with this a few months ago and ended up going the Led route. Got them for 14 bucks shipped to my door. They look amazing and will hopefully outlast the halogen bulbs they replaced. Pictures and more details are here:
https://rennlist.com/forums/showthre...&highlight=h6w
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I agree, Sylvania and Philips are not the same... I'm not sure who claimed that thay are?
www.powerbulbs.com
- UK site that sells OSRAM and Philips stuff.
OE,
I had the same experience in trying to get one of those "city" bulbs. After going to the dealer and getting the $14 quote, went to an indie a block away I had never evn used for any service with the bulb and showed it to one of the mechanics and they were going to give it to me and I gave them $5. Case closed............. although we can see why Porsche is the most profitable car manufacturer in the world!!
Demosan
This is what I expect too. In previous threads discussing the topic however, some members expressed a belief that without adequate heatsinking, the Leds would generate too much heat and burn themselves out in short order. I can see that happening in a higher output bulb but I can't see a bulb this small generating that much heat.
Something to add . . . .
A couple of days ago I noticed my passenger side "parking light" died on my '03 986 with Litronics. I pulled the bulb out to find that the filament was in tacked and the bulb was not dead. So I popped the passenger side bulb into the driver side socket and the bulb still did not work. At this point I did not have my multimeter to check continuity of the bulb and it was late at night. I then put back the driver side bulb, and sure enough that one now didn't work.
I then checked all fuses and no signs of a any being blown. At this point I was frustrated, reinstalled the headlight housing and called it a day.
A little while ago I got off the phone with my mechanic and they said it could be a faulty dashboard light switch (they had seen two of these cases within a week not too long ago) or a computer glitch. They suggested to continue driving the car with the headlights on, day or night, for a couple of days and see if the lights come back on. A buddy mentioned disconnecting the battery to reset the computer. Has anyone had this problem and/or tried any of the suggested fixes or have advise?
Thanks for your input!
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Check the socket that the bulb fit in for a short. I had a turn signal go out, bulb was fine, turned out the socket that the bulb sits in had a weak connection that resulted in over heating and melting the metal/plastic of the socket. New socket =$15 good to do. Here is a post about another member with the same experience. He is where I learned about what my problem is.
https://rennlist.com/forums/showthre...st+turn+signal
