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Like many C5's my front turn signal housings were cracked and allowing water onto the bulbs. So I bought the $60 Chinese made ones from eBay (bottom stock pic). I used new incandescent bulbs. After a couple of days I started smelling hot plastic, and having already owned a Vette that caught on fire this had my especially worried. Didn't figure it out until I went through a car wash and got hyper flash from yet another broken bulb.
Needless to say I've changed lens (again) and switched to LEDs for the reduced heat.
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Man, those light housings must have been paper thin. When I replaced mine I went with OEM and they are pretty good. I don't blame you for going with LEDs though - much less heat to deal with.
09-22-2016, 06:11 PM
Incandescents in Chinese lamps are bad!
