Heza Posted March 3, 2006 Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 ok, so my car is back together less the hood that ill put on tonight. since my silverstars broke on the passenger side when i had my accident, i went and got all new bulbs. hilite superwhites to be exact. they burn 7000K and are damn nice looking. however, the question is...there is a faint bit of smoke that trickles from the silicone area. all bulbs do this and i dont understand. when i did my silverstars, i dont ever remember having this problem. im using high temp silicone so im not sure what it could be. im going to get a thermal off the sealed beam assembly and check the temp when the lights are on to see if its past the treshold of the silicone. i guess, any ideas would be great. oh.........my car as it sits now: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryk2003 Posted March 3, 2006 Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 yeah...mine never smoked either...maybe u should drill a small hole in the bottom of the housing somewhere to let some of the heat out?... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19Cutlass94 Posted March 3, 2006 Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 If your getting smoke like that, the bulb your using is too hot burning for the lights/surrounds to handle. Youll start to ruin the lights. 7000K is a wee bit too much for miniquads. and if its coming from the silicon area, that means your burning the silicon. I just did this swap with some lazer blue's (and no there not ricer blue) Ill find out how they work tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToroToro Posted March 3, 2006 Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 I didn't even use high heat silicone on my silverstars, and they dont smoke. I dont know what kind of high heat silicone you used, but I'd look around for something that would take the heat better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
97loudcut Posted March 3, 2006 Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 mine are burnign at 8500k and no smoke? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heza Posted March 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 mine are burnign at 8500k and no smoke? well, what the hell.... thanks for the inputs guys. im gonna try resiliconing them. the silicone i use is permatex ultra black. same stuff i used when i did silverstars. guess im just gonna have to finger it out this weekend. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToroToro Posted March 3, 2006 Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 You know, it would be worth a shot to use just plain old clear RTV silicone. Like I said, I've used in in my high beams and low beams for over a year now with no problems at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euro Posted March 3, 2006 Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 .....even with the black bumper, your car is still teh sex 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heza Posted March 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 .....even with the black bumper, your car is still teh sex 8) thank you! its green by the way, but its gonna get a bra for a couple months until i have time to prep and paint my car. oooh.....many things are going to happen with my car in a couple months. i literally have a pile of things to install, but want to get my car complete first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euro Posted March 4, 2006 Report Share Posted March 4, 2006 lol yeah...i thought it was green...and was going to put green, but wrote black Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy Posted March 4, 2006 Report Share Posted March 4, 2006 sometimes bulbs can burn too hot and melt the harness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z284pwr Posted March 4, 2006 Report Share Posted March 4, 2006 Why are you running such high K bulbs? HIDs run at ~4300-4500k, anything higher is pretty much just for looks, since that is about the temperature of actual daylight. It should be the watt/amp rating not the temperature of the bulb causing the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heza Posted March 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2006 well, thats the thing...they are still 55W/65W factory spec bulbs, just hotter. i dont know....im going to worry about it some other time after i change oil, tranny fluid, and thermostat since it got stuck somehow. but....as for melting the harness, i dont think thats it. the glass housing gets fairly hot and the harness is not hot at all. keep with the ideas though! id love to hear them! oh yeah...and THANKS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19Cutlass94 Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 If you didnt use high temp silicon thats prolly what it is. I just put in some new bulbs that I have up at work, and all I can say is that there brighter than the sliverstars BTW, those bulbs are 100w. Think I should find a good pair of bulbs in 55/65w? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heza Posted March 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 If you didnt use high temp silicon thats prolly what it is. I just put in some new bulbs that I have up at work, and all I can say is that there brighter than the sliverstars BTW, those bulbs are 100w. Think I should find a good pair of bulbs in 55/65w? i wouldnt do 100W unless you upgrade your factory wiring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToroToro Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 If you didnt use high temp silicon thats prolly what it is. I just put in some new bulbs that I have up at work, and all I can say is that there brighter than the sliverstars BTW, those bulbs are 100w. Think I should find a good pair of bulbs in 55/65w? i wouldnt do 100W unless you upgrade your factory wiring And like I said, I haven't had any problems with regular old silicone. Silicone in general can take a lot of heat, high temp or not... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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