QUOTE(ierix @ Jan 5 2017, 11:03 AM)
Ori not sure..still with me..I change the bulb after a month using the car.
Fake not sure. Box serial number match on website but then again bulb maybe fake.
Dirty finger I can confirm didn't touch the bulb at all. VS is in my car from day 1.
Now thinking of it, small light I'm using from my previous car Philips blue bulb W5W already more than 5 years old.
Maybe I should purchase from another seller to try.
mmm... i wld say at least >2 years life span.
as you mentioned, you did not touch the bulb (so called the glass), but best to wash your fingers and dry it before you hold the bulb base.. eeeh... what I am trying to say is that we still need to hold the bulb somewhere, mostly the base, sometime at the 'connector'...
that is why make sure your fingers are clean and dry... i use tissue paper to hold the bulb and slot it in even my fingers cleaned.
try it out, I learned this from the performance part shop (friend).