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Old Jan 26, 2006 | 06:57 PM
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Yup. The headlights look the same from the outside, but the reflectors inside are different.

ah so, on the sylvania site, it says that the 93 and 94 uses 9003s?
whatever, at lease now i know. thanks guys
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Old Jan 26, 2006 | 07:03 PM
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For future reference, 9003 = H4 and 9004 = HB1.
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Old Jan 26, 2006 | 08:48 PM
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yepp, 9003 is industry standard for the oem H4.
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Old Jun 22, 2007 | 06:39 PM
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wil this work on a 91 ls or is it different at all?

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Old Jun 22, 2007 | 09:19 PM
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If it didn't work for a '91, I wouldn't have linked you to this thread.
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Old Jun 22, 2007 | 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by hobojoe
wil this work on a 91 ls or is it different at all?
it will work fine, the only difference is that your car uses a different bulb.
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Old Jun 23, 2007 | 12:56 AM
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ok cool, one last thing is there a bulb type i could get to replace in the wedges as some call them or daytime lights that matches the sylvania headlights i got?
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Old Jun 23, 2007 | 01:10 AM
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uhh, you dont have Daytime running lights

u mean the corners? or the bumper lights?
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PD is correct, no DRL's (at least not from factory).

Both the corner lights and parking/sidemarker lights use 194/168 wedge bulbs. Which Sylvania bulbs do you have in your headlights? Silverstars? Cool Blue? Polarg M4 wedges might match Sylvania Cool Blue bulbs, but I don't think they'll be a good match with the Silverstars. FYI, I don't have any personal experience with Sylvania bulbs...I'm just goin' by what I've seen pics of and read on their website.
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Old Jun 23, 2007 | 02:38 PM
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ok thanks guys
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Old Jun 23, 2007 | 11:05 PM
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this worked awesome the new bulbs are kick *** now time to replace those yellow fogs and amber corner lights!
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Old Jun 26, 2007 | 11:29 AM
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Is there a tutorial with photos? I tried to replace the headlight bulbs a while back but gave up.
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Old Jun 26, 2007 | 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by EXE.UCF10
PD is correct, no DRL's (at least not from factory).

Both the corner lights and parking/sidemarker lights use 194/168 wedge bulbs. Which Sylvania bulbs do you have in your headlights? Silverstars? Cool Blue? Polarg M4 wedges might match Sylvania Cool Blue bulbs, but I don't think they'll be a good match with the Silverstars. FYI, I don't have any personal experience with Sylvania bulbs...I'm just goin' by what I've seen pics of and read on their website.
Just a different perspective: I installed Silverstar headlights (H4) and 9006 fogs and they are brighter than the Luminics true blue's I had before. They certainly cost more and hopefully I will get more than a year out of them. I am running 194 ambers in my corners since I could never get anything to match. I kind of like the the look of the amber 194's next to the headlights.
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Old Jun 27, 2007 | 11:56 AM
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for those of you looking at a good bulb to replace with, look up HIR bulbs on google. there's a retailer in the US for them and everyone on the Jeep board i'm on who uses them loves them. the plug in just like a regular bulb but provide an almost HID brightness and color. all for about $50.
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