Best looking aftermarket headlight bulbs
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Printed Date: April 28, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Topic: Best looking aftermarket headlight bulbs
Posted By: f150on22s
Subject: Best looking aftermarket headlight bulbs
Date Posted: February 16, 2006 at 2:55 PM
I'm in a never ending search for the perfect pair of headlight bulbs. I know I'm not going to find ones that look identical to HID bulbs. I'm basically looking for a light that is very bright, very white, and with some blue to it. The best ones I have seen so far are the PIAA bulbs. Know of anything better?
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Posted By: deagle50ae
Date Posted: February 16, 2006 at 9:25 PM
i love my Sylvania Silverstars. i have them for mains and fogs. they run about $20 each and should last as long as regular halogen bulbs as long as you dont get fingerprints on them.
they dont have much blue to them but they are very bright.
here. have a picture.
Posted By: KarTuneMan
Date Posted: February 17, 2006 at 12:29 AM
Posted By: deagle50ae
Date Posted: February 17, 2006 at 4:31 AM
gee. we wouldnt want to elaborate or anything now would we.
Posted By: coppellstereo
Date Posted: February 17, 2006 at 8:22 PM
My brother really liked his silverstars as well!
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Posted By: KarTuneMan
Date Posted: February 17, 2006 at 9:17 PM
I have the silverstars in my 97 tacoma.....great bulbs. I have the vision superwhites in my 06 civic....no comparison. I have also used PIAA's in my truck. I like those better than the silverstars. The visions are standard wattage, whiter, brighter ...and looks good when I shut them off too....the blue "look" in the headlights. (my car is blue) Anyways..... -------------
Posted By: free_refil
Date Posted: February 19, 2006 at 5:33 AM
I love silverstars, if they would last longer than 3 months. I'm not an idiot and I didnt touch the bulb, bought them for the first time. On a cold morning turned the car on and one goes out, crapolla. Two days later the other burns out. Switched to the stock bulbs after that and will upgrade to HID later on....
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Posted By: cguys
Date Posted: March 17, 2006 at 12:18 AM
just replaced my silverstars with new ones ( i think they may have been the cheaper apc,s ) i dont drive my truck much but if they burn out fast i will go back to the cheaper ones made by apc , reason is that my truck came with blue bulbs in it , and i can see really well , i replaced them when they burnt out with regular bulbs and i couldnt see anything like i used to , so i saw a sale on silverstars for 20 dollars for 2 , i put them in and walla i can see good again , but i went to walmart and saw the ones made by apc and i think thats what was in there and 2 of them are 15 dollars , ..........so if my silverstars burn out quick , i will just buy the cheap ones .
Posted By: papabear82
Date Posted: March 27, 2006 at 10:29 PM
I use https://www.eurodezigns.com because of the lifetime warrenty
Posted By: siresmerph
Date Posted: March 28, 2006 at 11:56 PM
papabear82 wrote:
I use https://www.eurodezigns.com because of the lifetime warrenty
don't wanna sound like a jerk, but i've read in different forums that they give lifetime warr. cus they tend give out rather quick. the same goes with the silverstars. the silverstars i've read and heard that some for some reason just give out for no reason. yet i had mine for bout a year b4 i got my 8000k HID kit.
Posted By: sh0wty
Date Posted: April 11, 2006 at 11:12 PM
PIAA Super Plasma..
Expensive though.
Posted By: ff-mike
Date Posted: April 14, 2006 at 12:21 PM
]PIAA wrote:
Super Plasma..
Expensive though.
You forgot over-rated and short lived
How do 'extra' or 'super' lights work
The way these bulbs are made is buy using a High Output filament which is actually brighter than the legal limit. The cost of that extra output is a shorter life.
Then they put on a filter coating which blocks all of the light except for that one band of color- which actually reduces the light output, to adjust above the minimum allowed.
The only thing that looks like a higher powered lamp is the color. You won't find many makers that will make readily available the actual output of the lamp.
Something else these bulbs do is have more glare. Basic physics here, as the blues and purples have a higher angle of refraction than white or yellow bulbs. More glare = more light coming back at you, and less light illuminating in front of you.
That angle of refraction is why fog lights were traditionally yellow in color- to reduce the glare.
Posted By: nicky9
Date Posted: April 15, 2006 at 3:11 PM
papabear82 wrote:
I use https://www.eurodezigns.com because of the lifetime warrenty
I have these aswell. But for the price (off ebay) I dont care if they go out. But they are bright and I am happy with them!
Posted By: petie-tl
Date Posted: May 17, 2006 at 1:29 AM
my headlight bulbs are nokya.... they look cool because of the bright WHITE/ bluish tint, but with that comes reduced light output.... if I didn't have my yellow fogs, I would barely be able to see the road in front of me.
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Posted By: ff-mike
Date Posted: May 17, 2006 at 9:32 AM
Sylvania Silver Stars give out quickly for a known reason- they are overdriving the filament so that the dipped color crap on them does not reduce the output level below the accepted range.
It really surprises me that Osram (Sylvania's parent company} actually allows them to market the Silver Star, as Osram also markets one- and the Osram Silver Star is a bonafide good bulb
If you really want good functioning bulbs, get Narva RangePower+50 or RangePower+30, GE Night Hawk, Phiilps Vision Plus, or Osram Silver Stars.
Posted By: BigWheelinBubba
Date Posted: May 17, 2006 at 4:28 PM
petie-tl wrote:
my headlight bulbs are nokya.... they look cool because of the bright WHITE/ bluish tint, but with that comes reduced light output.... if I didn't have my yellow fogs, I would barely be able to see the road in front of me.
I have the same ones and i agree..
Also i read on https://www.danielsternlighting.com/home.html that without yellow in the light you won't be able to see sh*t.
The blues look cool, and they work decent when its dry out, but when its wet you might as well be driving with sunglasses on.
Posted By: ff-mike
Date Posted: May 17, 2006 at 4:52 PM
BigWheelinBubba wrote:
Also i read on https://www.danielsternlighting.com/home.html that without yellow in the light you won't be able to see sh*t.
The blues look cool, and they work decent when its dry out, but when its wet you might as well be driving with sunglasses on.
Can be worse than sunglasses. The blue crap tends to reflect back in your face, and creates more glare for other drivers
Posted By: bassplayer24_7
Date Posted: June 08, 2006 at 9:34 AM
deagle50ae wrote:
i love my Sylvania Silverstars. i have them for mains and fogs. they run about $20 each and should last as long as regular halogen bulbs as long as you dont get fingerprints on them.
they dont have much blue to them but they are very bright.
here. have a picture.
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Posted By: xtremej
Date Posted: June 09, 2006 at 10:52 AM
I prefer Plasmaglow Platinums, slight bluish tinge to them but nothing to crazy. Bright and the have a 10yr warranty. I have sold many sets and no complaints. -------------
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