Your headlights and fog / driving lights

Chief BK · **Posted:** Sat Nov 15, 2008 1:00 pm

I don't mind the stock bulbs in my lights, but I'm always looking to improve. What's everyone using for those who may have upgraded?

SavageUrge · **Posted:** Sat Nov 15, 2008 1:54 pm

Many people like the Sylvania Silverstars, however I would strongly advise staying away from them. One of them lasted 6 months in my '99 Dodge Ram and the other one went a month later! For what they cost, I was quite upset! :evil:

Chief BK · **Posted:** Sat Nov 15, 2008 2:29 pm

I saw they only last 1/4 of the life of standard halogen.....that kinda stinks.

Anyone using the Hellas?

nlife · **Joined:** Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:43 pm **Posts:** 226

I've been running Siverstar's in my libby for over a year now. I have no complaints on their performance.

I've also got the 65w GE Nighthawks in my fogs. When my Silverstar's go I'm going to replace them with the GE's. No other reason other than Costco has them for half the price of the Silverstar's and you get very similar performance.

snowsport · **Joined:** Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:52 pm **Posts:** 1211

I had a set of Silverstars in for almost 4 years, then switched to PIAA bulbs for both sets (headlights and foglights). I like them a lot, but they're not cheap. The Silverstars were still working when I switched, but I'm sure they'd dimmed some over the 4 years.

Chief BK · **Posted:** Sat Nov 15, 2008 3:10 pm

You mean to tell me your Silverstars lasted you 4 yrs?

2006 KJ · **Posted:** Sat Nov 15, 2008 3:23 pm

i had silver stars in the last car (vw jetta) for 3 years when i sold it... and they were still perfect.. i've had silverstars in my jeep since i bought it 2 years ago.. still perfect. i'd strongly suggest them

Marlon_JBT · **Posted:** Sat Nov 15, 2008 3:27 pm

It all depends on how much night driving you do. The more, the less time your Silverstars will last. My sister got 6 months out of hers, and I got a little over a year out of mine.

sleeve84028 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 15, 2008 4:20 pm

If you want a nice light, than get the Piaa extreme white bulbs. They run $100.00 for the set, but it's all you need.

Chief BK · **Posted:** Sat Nov 15, 2008 4:46 pm

So which Silverstars were you guys runnin?

I'm really leaning toward Hellas but was hoping for feedback.

Speaking of PIAA...the Super Plasmas look interesting.

tommudd · **Posted:** Sat Nov 15, 2008 6:05 pm

silver stars since March of 05 and I DO A LOT of night driving

snowsport · **Joined:** Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:52 pm **Posts:** 1211

Chief BK wrote:

You mean to tell me your Silverstars lasted you 4 yrs?

Yes, and they were still working when I took them out. Quite a lot of night driving in there, plus my KJ has DRLs. But bulbs do dim somewhat after a couple of years, so I figured it was time for a swap. I agree with Sleeve, the Extreme whites have been doing a great job. It's a real clean, white light and the fog lights really blaze up the ditches. When I was shopping for them I found a huge range of prices for them, though. I finally paid $75 per pair at Cap-It, and Napa wanted over $125 for the same bulbs... :shock:

rangerd77 · **Joined:** Sat May 03, 2008 10:48 am **Posts:** 512

yeah im running the PIAA's also. had them in for about 2 years now. but if you're having trouble trying to see in the fog, then all you have to do is take some electrical tape and make a cross onto the headlight itself. this make the beam split into 4 beams and also flares it out a little. thats what we did when i raced. im sure you all have saw this technique before.

long_tall_texan · **Posted:** Sat Nov 15, 2008 7:33 pm

I use the Euro Dezigns bulbs that I mentioned in this thread: Xenon Headlights

They are much less expensive than the Silver Stars and have a much better light output than the stock bulbs. I have had them for 15 months so far and they are still burning bright.

Khaki-KJ · **Posted:** Sun Nov 16, 2008 12:14 am

PIAA Extreme Whites in the headlights and foglights. The Silverstars are very good, these are even better.

KeswickDave · **Posted:** Sun Nov 16, 2008 1:32 am

SavageUrge wrote:

Many people like the Sylvania Silverstars, however I would strongly advise staying away from them. One of them lasted 6 months in my '99 Dodge Ram and the other one went a month later! For what they cost, I was quite upset! :evil:

I had a similar problem, one then the other, less than a year.

I wrote an e-mail to Sylvania expressing my disappointment - they sent me an apology, an explanation that because they are brighter, they don't last as long, and a free replacement set :-)

Might be worth a shot!

Maybe it's just me, but I didn't like the bluish cast of them anyways. I still have the replacements in their package.

mrkake · **Posted:** Sun Nov 16, 2008 2:36 am

I have GE Ultra Brights in my mains and Silverstars in my fogs. I also added the Hi/Lo mod which allows your fogs to stay on with your brights. I will probably replace the Ultras with Silverstars when they go.

To_The_Max · **Posted:** Sun Nov 16, 2008 7:59 am

Could it be possible that those who had premature bulb failure was due to touching the bulb(s) when installing them. These bulbs will fail prematurely when one touches them, leaving an oil residue from their fingers.

Chief BK · **Posted:** Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:06 am

To_The_Max wrote:

Could it be possible that those who had premature bulb failure was due to touching the bulb(s) when installing them. These bulbs will fail prematurely when one touches them, leaving an oil residue from their fingers.

Always a possibility. We all know how sensitive halogens are.

I picked up the Hellas. I'm going to drop them in and see what I think of the blue xenon look. I also picked up Silverstars for the fog lights. It will be interesting to see how things look with two different colors.

I definitely want to try the PIAA Super Plasmas in the future.

snowsport · **Joined:** Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:52 pm **Posts:** 1211

mrkake wrote:

I also added the Hi/Lo mod which allows your fogs to stay on with your brights.

I need to do this mod also, do you have a link or a description?

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