I've had so many problem with lights on my 01 its not even funny.

Of course the rear side markers died within the first month. But this happens to everyones car I think.

I bought a set of silverstars a few months ago, 3 weeks ago the first one died, and now the second one died last night.

I went and got a pack of silverstar ultras and will see if they make any difference.

I ran the same set of silverstars in 3 different cars for 4 years and they were still good when I sold my 98 SSEi. I'm convinced there is something with the reflector piece near the bulb in the 00+ cars that heats them up too much.

I have not burned one out yet in many years now.......knocks on wood.

I have the same $10 ebay bulbs in my car that were once run in my 95 and my 90 lumina. I think you are just having some bad luck.

There was another thread recently where this was touched upon. I use them in my GXP and did in my SE as well. I find they burn out quite frequently. I've only had my GXP a little over a year and I'm on my third set. I tried the Ultra'* but didn't find a great deal of improvement. Most places here don't stock the Ultra'* anymore. The one nice thing is predictability. If one goes, you know the other isn't far behind.

A friend of mine with a VW has told me of similar experiences.

My signal bulbs are going on a year. My high beams actually came over from my 94SE, but they don't get used tooo much so I'm not surprised they lasted that long. When i was running modded 9005'* in my low beams i would go through maybe two sets a year so i switched back to the 9006'* in my low beams.

I know all the discussion around SS bulbs on this board but.... I bought my 9005 and 9006 bulbs about two years ago off e-bay. They're still going strong {knocks wood}. I bought my 880 bulbs last March at Autozone and no problems.... {knocks wood again}

My first set of SS headlights last just over a year. The second set, about 2.5 years. On the third set now.

Knock real hard. I was going through the SS 880'* about every 3 months. Other members have experienced short life spans with there'* as well.

If you touch those bulbs, even just once, they will burn out very quickly.

How do you guys install them?

I use condom protection.

I wear nitrile gloves.