Broke down and got new bulbs, What a pain... Options

[95CelicaST]

So I was getting coffee this morning and saw I was again sitting with one light on. I didn't want to get out and bang the crap out of it like last time, so I just broke down and bought new ones. I went to Schucks and got 4 silverstars (two high, two low) and let me tell ya... NOT CHEAP. It came out around 108 bucks, but I am mailing in a 20 dollar rebate, so that will knock the final price down to 88 bucks.

I got home and started changing them out and crap and I found that the previous owner had put in Eurolite bulbs (looked like blue bulbs, but were horrible at lighting the road, and they produced yellow light). So I start changing them and quickly realized that no one with a normal sized hand can do this without jamming into something (Relay box, headlight adjusters, wiper fluid resivour ect.) Well it is finally done, but I wont be able to fully appreciate it until tonight coming home from work.

I kind of miss my MK2 GTi now, because it had Hella Brights on it and.. well they were exactly that. Plus the 16V or the VR6 swap was easier, cheaper, and ultimately faster than a 3S swap.. mainly because those cars weigh like 1700lbs.

Anyways.. just wanted to share that.

[95CelicaST]

oil on all lights will destroy them. I remember a couple years ago My school hired me to do lights for a school/local government thing. I got up in the ceiling and found that half the lights in the auditorium were burnt out. I went up there and changed the broken ones, and I found bubbles all over them. I asked the drama teacher if her crew would help me out, and so they came and were throwing the bulbs around, not using gloves, and all that crap. and I dont think those Par, Source 4, and Zoom bulbs are HID's... but if they were.. that would be pimp..