Best lightbulb for headlight?

freakyalien · Post by **freakyalien** » November 18th, 2005, 2:10 am

I recently replaced both of my headlights with new bulbs, but I'm not really satisfied with them...oneof them is very yellow and the other is white...although I think that is becuase of my single foggy lens...

anyway...what is the best lightbulb for driving? Not counting projectors or anything aftermarket, just the bulbs that go in the stock housings.

jschrauwen · Post by **jschrauwen** » November 18th, 2005, 2:23 am

Oh no, now I know you haven't done a search first. There's a whole shatload of info and posts on this from last winter/spring, actually tons of info. I think once you've done that then you'll probably be asking for peoples feedback on specific bulbs and the like.
Try that.
*John*

PATDIESEL · Post by **PATDIESEL** » November 18th, 2005, 2:30 am

Silvania Silverstars. Best light, but maybe not worth 25 bucks each...

Grants · Post by **Grants** » November 18th, 2005, 4:59 am

Hmm... dunno given I don't know where you are or what spec your talking about... We got H4 lamps here so my input mightn't be appropriate. The "location" in your profile can be helpful sometimes.

PATDIESEL · Post by **PATDIESEL** » November 18th, 2005, 3:16 pm

Oh, yeah... That would help

The Silvanias are 9004, stock for NA (north america) cars.

ardera · Post by **ardera** » November 18th, 2005, 4:24 pm

PATDIESEL wrote:Silvania Silverstars. Best light, but maybe not worth 25 bucks each...

I got a pair of em a month ago on ebay for $20 including shipping.

jschrauwen · Post by **jschrauwen** » November 19th, 2005, 2:40 am

PATDIESEL wrote:Oh, yeah... That would help
The Silvanias are 9004, stock for NA (north america) cars.

The Silvania Silverstars came in more than just 9004 and I believe they also came in H4 which will satisfy the E/AU/J Spec lights.

95Mx-3 · Post by **95Mx-3** » November 19th, 2005, 4:51 pm

silverstars work good, but the Piaa's are defintly better, cost a bit more though.

jschrauwen · Post by **jschrauwen** » November 19th, 2005, 6:44 pm

95Mx-3 wrote:silverstars work good, but the Piaa's are defintely better, cost a bit (more than a bit) more though.

Agreed, used PIAA's for 2 years until the materials inside the bulb fatigued and rendered them less usefull. For the money, silverstars are best fix for the time being.

freakyalien · Post by **freakyalien** » November 19th, 2005, 8:20 pm

I suppose I should post my location, I didn't even think about it. I live in Corvallis, Oregon.

95 rs · Post by **95 rs** » November 20th, 2005, 3:03 pm

i have eurolite xeon bulbs and i think that they have a pretty good quality of bulb IMO

den · Post by **den** » November 21st, 2005, 12:09 am

what about GE night hawk???

jschrauwen · Post by **jschrauwen** » November 21st, 2005, 6:22 am

den wrote:what about GE night hawk???

Slightly better than oem but NOT as good as Silverstars.

DJ · Post by DJ » November 21st, 2005, 4:21 pm

I use the Silvania Silverstars but they have both popped within a year...

jschrauwen · Post by **jschrauwen** » November 21st, 2005, 7:25 pm

http://www.sylvania.com/ConsumerProduct ... ilverstar/
http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/jk/050420.htm
http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/jk/031217.htm
http://www.autoguide.net/partsandservices/lights.shtml