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sylvania silver stars

onetyme77

onetyme77

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i have led halo projectors (the kind dash z sells, with the 3 l.e.ds bulbs next to the turn sig bulb). I changed all my bulbs to sylvania silver stars, hi/low beams and fogs. Prior to the swap, my low beam visiblity was fine, hi beam wasnt so great (beams formed a spot in front of car), and the fogs were fine. Now, the low's SUCK and the hi is great and the fogs are great. Why did i lose visibilty with my lows. I thought silver star were posed to be hot ish????WTF
 


Silverstars are not that great of a bulb. If I were you, I would go HIDs in the aftermarket projectors. Remember the dash projectors are using an H3 bulb which is often used in aftermarket fog lights.
 


SlowNA06 said:
Silverstar = fail
Silverstar Ultra = win
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this.

Note all of those brightness ratings are comapred to a stock bulb at 80% light output.

so its 30% brighter than a bulb at 80% brightness....

thats only 4% brighter than a new stock bulb.

50% brighter is 20% brighter.
 
I put silverstar ultras in my headlights with silverstar fogs and they are great. I can see plenty on my country driving.
 
thanks a bunch guys, and matt man were in THE world do you get your info??? u truly should change your name to MR.TECHNICAL (seriously and i dont mean to offend you if i did).... but the guy that suggested the silver star ultra's, they dont make a h3 bulb. and to the guy that said his silver stars are good, they probably are since they are 9004? (or something like that) and i got silver star fogs and yes they are good. And this set of projectors does not recommend you use H.I.D'S (i think they might get too hot for the housing) sooo therefore i will be saving up for some spyder halo's with a H.I.D. kit
 


The Osram Nightbreaker is probably the best H3 bulb out there. I had them in my Spyder (H1) projectors, and they were noticeably brighter than the stock bulbs. They're a little whiter than stock bulbs, but nowhere near the pure white of HIDs.

I've tried both Silverstar and Silverstar Ultra, and I wasn't too happy with either of them. Since the coating removes some of the light, they have to use a shorter/hotter burning filament to compensate. This results in a much shorter bulb life. I also didn't like the light quality as much as a premium clear glass bulb. They seemed to produce more glare on some surfaces like wet roads and reflective signs.
 
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Doesnt offend me at all haha.

I just read the packaging at work since everyone kept asking me "are they really that much brighter" and then I saw the fine print.... :D

War here hit the spot on the silverstars. For that reason I'd suggest the bulb he listed there, or perhaps the nighthawk platinum's. The nighthawks seem to be the same design as well as the same claim of 90% more light on the road.

Note that is for the platinums only. Regular nighthawks are just not worth it. 50% for 4% more light and a shorter life.
 
yea i need new headlights but im not ready to buy the HID's yet so i was looking at thos nighthawk platinums.. are they worth it?
 
$60 is what they cost here.

Thats as much as a VVME kit.

I'll never buy a cheap HID kit again after having my Diode dynamics one fail on me after 8 months.

Something like the kits that theretofitsource sells is something i'd look for.

Stock headlights though? get the platinums if you do driving out in the country or anywhere where the roads are not lit at night.

Its really asking me to put a price on your safety.... Difficult to say :p
 


If you have stock headlights I'd suggest you stick with halogen because those will result in the most light on the road, where you need it.

HID kits seem to spread the light everywhere rather than on the road.
 
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