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Have had a few Cadillac CTS's over the years, great cars and not too expensive used, never had headlight bulb go out before.
Went down to get replacement bulbs because you have to pull the front clip off to get headlight assembly out to replace the bulbs, figure regular halogen bulbs at $15each, Canadian $
Pulled the assembly and they are not halogen they are HID Xenon bulbs, OK....
Went back to parts store with bad bulb in hand and my guy there looked up the part said "holy sh#t", knew that wasn't good, lol.
$189.....EACH
For a head light bulb only, not the assembly, not "installed", just for the one bulb.
I get a discount and he also took a bit more off so I paid $129, Canadian $
D1S 35w is the part
Needless to say I just replaced the one bad bulb
Yes I am old and HID head lights are fairly new so first encounter was pretty bad for me, lol.
I looked up the benefits of HID over sealed beam or Halogen.
Whiter and brighter light, OK but I have been driving 40+ years with the older style and never thought they were bad, and really don't see a difference driving my Ranger or the CTS at night, so a big "so what" IMO.
HID last 3 times longer, regular bulbs are $20, HID are $130, they should last 7 TIMES LONGER to make them better in that regard.
3 times longer, forget that give me the 3 halogens at $60
They are more stylish, well I guess you would have to know me better to know "that dog don't hunt".
I guess I will have to pay more attention to what my vehicles have as far as head lights.
Lesson learned.
Went down to get replacement bulbs because you have to pull the front clip off to get headlight assembly out to replace the bulbs, figure regular halogen bulbs at $15each, Canadian $
Pulled the assembly and they are not halogen they are HID Xenon bulbs, OK....
Went back to parts store with bad bulb in hand and my guy there looked up the part said "holy sh#t", knew that wasn't good, lol.
$189.....EACH
For a head light bulb only, not the assembly, not "installed", just for the one bulb.
I get a discount and he also took a bit more off so I paid $129, Canadian $
D1S 35w is the part
Needless to say I just replaced the one bad bulb
Yes I am old and HID head lights are fairly new so first encounter was pretty bad for me, lol.
I looked up the benefits of HID over sealed beam or Halogen.
Whiter and brighter light, OK but I have been driving 40+ years with the older style and never thought they were bad, and really don't see a difference driving my Ranger or the CTS at night, so a big "so what" IMO.
HID last 3 times longer, regular bulbs are $20, HID are $130, they should last 7 TIMES LONGER to make them better in that regard.
3 times longer, forget that give me the 3 halogens at $60
They are more stylish, well I guess you would have to know me better to know "that dog don't hunt".
I guess I will have to pay more attention to what my vehicles have as far as head lights.
Lesson learned.
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