SteveJewels
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I have been looking for a replacement and hopefully an upgrade to the 9006 low beam bulbs in my 2011 Toyota RAV4.
It seems as though there are some good alternatives as to better lighting performance but they all have a significantly shorter life, like 1/3 or less. I am not really excited about that prospect so I kept looking and ran across the 9006 to 9012 conversion. The one obstacle there seems to be the cap on the end of the 9006 bulb or rather the lack thereof on the 9012 bulb. My RAV4 does not have a cap built into the light fixture.
Side note, whatever bulbs I have in there now do not have caps and I don't have a problem with people flashing me because they have difficulty seeing. I don't remember what I pout in there, it has been three years. I will pull them this afternoon and look.
I did some searching of this website and some Googling as well but didn't find any information on adding a cap the the 9012.
Does the cap need to have any reflective properties or is it just to block direct light? If that is the case, exhaust paint should have no problem dealing with the heat it is rated to 1,200 Deg F, and if it does there are other coatings that will withstand much higher temps.
Exhaust paint is available in liquid form so you could dip the bulb. It would probably be necessary to etch the glass to give the paint something to grip too. If in fact 9006 bulbs are etched, then that would answer the reflective or blocking only question.
Has this been tried? Researched?
It seems as though there are some good alternatives as to better lighting performance but they all have a significantly shorter life, like 1/3 or less. I am not really excited about that prospect so I kept looking and ran across the 9006 to 9012 conversion. The one obstacle there seems to be the cap on the end of the 9006 bulb or rather the lack thereof on the 9012 bulb. My RAV4 does not have a cap built into the light fixture.
Side note, whatever bulbs I have in there now do not have caps and I don't have a problem with people flashing me because they have difficulty seeing. I don't remember what I pout in there, it has been three years. I will pull them this afternoon and look.
I did some searching of this website and some Googling as well but didn't find any information on adding a cap the the 9012.
Does the cap need to have any reflective properties or is it just to block direct light? If that is the case, exhaust paint should have no problem dealing with the heat it is rated to 1,200 Deg F, and if it does there are other coatings that will withstand much higher temps.
Exhaust paint is available in liquid form so you could dip the bulb. It would probably be necessary to etch the glass to give the paint something to grip too. If in fact 9006 bulbs are etched, then that would answer the reflective or blocking only question.
Has this been tried? Researched?