Reply With QuoteGreat Link! Thanks!
Great Link! Thanks!
What if the hokey pokey really IS what it's all about???
Rated Life kinda sucks for a $50.00 bulb....Originally Posted by roadsoundlover
I noticed that!
Maybe the Cool Blues? seems like a nice overall upgrade...
What if the hokey pokey really IS what it's all about???
Get the silverstars over the cool blues! Check on Ebay for cheaper prices. You should be able to get them at Target or your local autozone if you don't want to wait.
I've also heard that the Osram (euro version) Silverstar is better than the Sylvania version we get here in the US. Not sure how true that is, but both are on Ebay for much cheaper than $50, more like $25 a pair.
BTW, the difference in a fancy halogen like the silverstar or PIAA superwhite and real HID is huge. HID's are great.
Thomas
V-to-the-Dub
Autozone has them for $20. each
99 Miata Black
Heh. Headlight upgrade. This thread needs a link to page 3, too...
Maybe 4 wheels aren't so bad after all... wickett.org
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I put the Silverstars, and so far I am loving them, If you want you can swing by one night and look for yourself
2005 Lava Orange MSM #601/1428
211 rwhp, 195 ft. lbs on 1/6/07
My Silverstar's are very clear and a very clean, white light. Thay do seem to burn out quicker than the PIAA superwhites I've had in the past. I seem to cook about one a year-that's a little much in my book. I may go back to the PIAA's, or try something else on the next go around.
My old 99'My new 99'
Remember folks, street lights timed for 35 mph are also timed for 70 mph. ~Jim Samuels
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If you got bank...
November 12, 2005 - A new beginning
Devil: 1999 Brilliant Black NB - Base Edition - Stock Spec
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and fenders IIRC.Yes if you also change the bumper cover.
Are they interchangeable? Yes. Are the headlamps an even swap? Not even close. Is it cost effective? No.
Oh... and barndoors rule!
Silverstar burn out way too quick. Definitely not a TCB deal.
This is a TCB source for the bulbs http://www.powerbulbs.co.uk/
I got the house special for my 99 and is buy one get one free. They are not as white/blue as those on eBay (I bought one of those too), but it does put out more light on the road as advertised.
Gabriel
Good link on the "TCB" powerbulbs. 2 for 1 works for me next time around. I think I resemble, I mean resent, the comment on the web site about the "40 year old eyes". I prefer to think they don't make lights as bright as "back in the day".
My old 99'
Remember folks, street lights timed for 35 mph are also timed for 70 mph. ~Jim Samuels
Maybe you should run your lights during the day may help ya get around better in places like Granbury.Good link on the "TCB" powerbulbs. 2 for 1 works for me next time around. I think I resemble, I mean resent, the comment on the web site about the "40 year old eyes". I prefer to think they don't make lights as bright as "back in the day".
Ill just toss in myI got silverstars last time my lights went out. Or one went out. The silverstars burned out after a few months so I put in stock replacements. They have been in and working for over 2 years now.
i bought our old 97 (RIP where ever you are) with PIAAs and couldnt afford to replace them, they went out in less than a year. i just bought el-cheapos and they were fine enough for me.... ended with the silverstars last though, liked them while we still had the car.
My old 99'
Remember folks, street lights timed for 35 mph are also timed for 70 mph. ~Jim Samuels
best halogens are either the Osram Silverstars, or the Phillips Vision +50's the Osrams are like Sylvanias, with clear glass. I had a set of early silverstars that had clear glass and they were white and bright. they lasted forever in my car, over a year before I sold them with it. Also ran a set of the newer blue tinited silverstars in a suburban for over 3 yrs. if you want more expensive bulbs, the new "HIR" bulbs are supposed to be good.
But the best would be retrofitting a HID Xenon setup in. Factory setups (hella, phillips ect..)can be had for 200-250 taken off of wrecked cars, these last, not like the cheepo plug and play kits that are cheap quality.
check out the www.hidplanet.com forums someone on there retro'ed xenons into a 01-05 miata and it seemes that it turned out really well for him. ony retrofit into true projectors, or you will blind everyone infront of you with glare.
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99 Disco, the go anywhere ride
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