Idea: Replace 880 bulb with 899 bulb.
Its the same form factor, longer life (2000 hours versus 300 of stock), 37.5 watt instead of 32 and its 33% brighter.
Whats not to like?
OT:
From Sylvania's website:
"Do not operate over 110% rated voltage because such operation increases pressure and lamps' tendency to shatter."
Yet the stock bulbs are rated for 12.8 volts and the "brighter" ones are rated for 12 volts... Might this be where the tendency to fail more often lay?
FYI: 12.8 V *1.1= 14.1 V yet 12 V *1.1= 13.2 V
Clearly they should fail if your car is humming along at 13.6 volts.
