ds2chan

hey guys,

my gf has a 2002 civic si.. a few days ago I noticed that her left brake light is out so I thought her bulb is broken.. so her father took the bulb out of it's socket.. but then we noticed that her taillight does NOT light up anymore.. I always thought they were two different bulbs since it use to light up..

so, I put the bulb back in and the taillight is fine but the brake light is still out..

1) aren't the taillights and the brake lights two different bulbs??

2) the taillight and the brake light seems to be one bulb.. if so, could something be wrong with the brake light system somewhere??

please, any suggestions and comments are welcome.. I was going to just replace the bulb but this seems pretty strange to me.. thanks in advance for any help you can give me..


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ds2chan

a few friends said that some cars just use one big bulb and the bulb will shine brighter for the brake lights.. thus, there might be two sets of filaments in the bulb.. so, I would need to change the bulb just for the brake lights even thought the taillights still work.. seems like a waste.. I wonder who came up with this idea..

I just thought of something.. I should've put the bulb from the right taillight into the left (broken) one just to test.. oh well.. it was late so it never dawned on me.. I'll give that a shot tonite..

imported_kungfugrip

double contact 1157 bulb it should be i think

ds2chan

thanks.. can these just be bought at Canadian Tire?? or do I have to go to Honda (where I'm sure they would cost so much more than they're actually worth)..

imported_truonger

canadian tire has them, or part source, your preference since they're the same thing

imported_Team Rukus

they are dual filament bulbs.
meaning 1 bulb does the job of two.

imported_nautica_t

yea you can just buy them anywhere.. just get or ask for 1157 bulbs you can tell by lookin in the bulb they are dual filament and on the bottom has 2 contact points

ds2chan

thanks everybody for the info.. I'm going to go to Canadian Tire to pick up a bulb.. seems kinda wasteful to toss out a bulb just cuz one of the two uses doesn't work.. oh well.. damn car companies..

ds2chan

ok, the bulbs are actually 7443.. the 1157 bulbs do have the dual filaments but the bottom of the bulbs are round.. the bottom of the actual 7443 bulbs are flat just like the ones from the civic..

I just bought the 7443 bulbs and they fit and work.. just thought I'd let you guys know..

edit: also, the stock bulb says 7443 on it..