It was a very good deal. My Pismo is so much brighter now! It also was becoming a bit pink in the left corner which was a sign that it maybe wouldn't have lasted a whole lot longer. I went ahead and fired up the old bulb and new one out in the open just so I could compare them directly. I noticed that the old one was very pink on one end, and light did not emit from the last 1/2 cm from the ends of the bulb. This explains the dark corners I had.