Sylvania Silverstar Lightbulbs

2k2patriotblueneon · Post by **2k2patriotblueneon** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 7:12 pm

I picked up a set at my local Wal-Mart. I love these things, crisp white light and its much better than the cheapos I had in it. I definately recommend these to anyone who doesn't have them. Bulb number is 9007.

Post by **Diablo0** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 7:34 pm

I liked them also... better than stock but still no where near what my HIDs are now

2k2patriotblueneon · Post by **2k2patriotblueneon** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 8:02 pm

Diablo0 wrote:I liked them also... better than stock but still no where near what my HIDs are now

HAHA, yeah but I'm a broke SOB!

HID is a liiiiittle to much dough for me. Maybe after I buy all my go parts, I will consider them.

hlfahemi · Post by **hlfahemi** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 2:04 pm

I too have the silverstars. They are alot better than the stockers. Can I get some more info on your HID's?

noTe · Post by **noTe** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 3:41 pm

I only recommend Silverstars for people who want aftermarket headlight bulbs.

None of those wanna be HID, replaced after 2 months, hyper duper blue bulbs.

Nightspy · Post by **Nightspy** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 3:48 pm

I have the silverstars right now. i used sylvania's "cool blue" bulbs in other cars. They lasted just fine. Not quite as bright as the silverstars, but they did work.

Stonebender · Post by **Stonebender** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 9:02 pm

I have Silverstars as well. They are far better than the stock bulbs, much whiter and brighter.

And I only paid $9 for them at Autozone because the guy at the counter rang up the wrong part number and I didn't say anything.

TomZ · Post by **TomZ** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 11:48 am

Silverstars are very bright, but... don't expect long life. Make sure the bulbs are clean, fingerprints will cause hot spots and shortened life.

Post by **racer12306** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:56 pm

i have silverstarts in my turnsignal lights, i like how they have a blue tint but they light up amber so they are legal. i put headlights i got off of ebay for $15 and they are brighter than stock, havent seen how bright silverstar headlights are.

titansxt · Post by **titansxt** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 12:14 am

TomZ wrote: Make sure the bulbs are clean, fingerprints will cause hot spots and shortened life.

If you get the oil from your finger prints on the bulb the oil will burn and cuase the glass to bubble or become pregnant. Then the bulb will explode.

JustANeon · Post by **JustANeon** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 10:20 am

i had silverstars in my 2g stratus sedan and they were awesome, much better than stock, none of that blue tint or anything just purely white

noTe · Post by **noTe** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 10:33 am

racer12306 wrote:i put headlights i got off of ebay for $15 and they are brighter than stock

noTe wrote:wanna be HID, replaced after 2 months, hyper duper blue bulbs

Like I said, don't buy the riceboy crap

Post by **racer12306** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 10:21 am

what is wrong with headlights off of ebay. they are very similar to ones you would by in a autoparts store, they were just cheaper. the are white not blue so i dont see what the problem is.

noTe · Post by **noTe** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 10:32 am

racer12306 wrote:what is wrong with headlights off of ebay. they are very similar to ones you would by in a autoparts store, they were just cheaper. the are white not blue so i dont see what the problem is.

You'll find out how "similar" they are. Heh.

Post by **racer12306** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 5:50 pm

what is wrong with them?

titansxt · Post by **titansxt** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 12:05 pm

[quote="noTe]
You'll find out how "similar" they are. Heh.[/quote]
Uh...Yea....

Post by **racer12306** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 1:36 pm

what is wrong with the ebay headlights? has anyone had problems with them? what is up?

Post by **Diablo0** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 2:35 pm

I used them for over a year

but grew out of them and wanted something better. Comparing the eBay HID LOOK lights to stock I guess you could say they're kinda better but don't go to high on the color temp rating or they'll look really stupid and actually hurt light output. Comparing them to REAL HIDs there is no comparrison, by that I mean HIDs are 100x brighter than the eBay bulbs.

2k2patriotblueneon · Post by **2k2patriotblueneon** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 3:24 pm

Hello, wasn't this a discussion about Silverstars?

Post by **racer12306** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 4:00 pm

yes it was and i appologize for going off topic. i originally stated that i had silverstars in my turn signals and i liked them and that i also had ebay headlights and someone said they were rice so i asked what was wrong with them but he wouldnt tell me. so yes it is about silverstars and i will stop going off topic

titansxt · Post by **titansxt** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 5:34 pm

2k2patriotblueneon wrote:Hello, wasn't this a discussion about Silverstars?

I guess.
Well I got the Silverstar turnsignal lights. I guess if you want them to make your car still leagal, get them. If not they are a huge waste of money cuase my car is still crosseyed and you can still see the orange during the day. I paid a shit load for them at Pep-Boys, I was so happy to finally find a pair I just went and bought them without looking at the price really.

GTS · Post by **GTS** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 11:48 pm

Here are a bunch of photos of night time sceene.

Sylverstar High Beams

Silvania Silverstar. Low Beams

Fogs With Stock Low Beams.

titansxt · Post by **titansxt** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 9:44 am

Damn, those look nice.

Blaise · Post by **Blaise** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 12:59 pm

These bulbs suck. I went from silverstars to regular bulbs and was MUCH happier since I could actually see in the rain. The bluish tint makes for a whiter look, but NOT a brighter light.

J double R · Post by **J double R** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 8:38 pm

Ive been using Nokya Arctic White bulbs for a while now, the light blue tint matches the light blue tint that the white LED's in my turn signals (superbrightleds.com) give off. it looks really cool with white turn signals.(illegal, yes, but so are the bright red LEDs in my clear side markers.) if the white leds were truly white, i might go with something more like the silverstars.

GTS · Post by **GTS** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 6:13 pm

Well to get more light out of stock bulbs you have to modify the wiring with 2 relays 12gauge wires and fuses with direct connections to the battery and the shorter the wires the better.

You get a lot of voltage drop and that is why your headlights run on 80% efficiency. If you upgrade the wiring you should be at 100% or 55W of power. Now what I am doing in a few days is 100W light bulbs with 10G wiring, relays, fuses and lots of light wiht a clear bulb filled with Xenon gas. One of the gases inside emits a nice rainbow colors purplish, light neon blue color that realy makes them unique. When i am coming down the road you can see them change colors from bright i mean bright white to hue of blue/purple to purple and so on. Real cool. Sad story is i melted some wiring due to low gauge size that is why i am going heavey.

I will submit some pictures.

GTS · Post by **GTS** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 6:44 pm

This is the light bulb that went in the car and melted the connector. THis is also the light bulb that is going in the car when the wiring is all upgraded to handle the 200W of light.

GTS · Post by **GTS** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 11:19 pm

I see a lot of improvement over stock, what do you guys think?

Sylvanias with Stock Wiring no relays

Upgraded wiring with same silvania bulbs

Eurolite light bulbs with upgraded wiring.

By the way the left headlight is aftermarket one, the right one is stock.

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 12:09 pm

NAPA also sells a version of the SILVERSTAR call the TRUEVIEW. They were cheaper in price and comparing them one on one in my EX-SXT they were both as bright and gave off the same color.

GTS · Post by **GTS** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 1:20 pm

Did a short study this past weekend. I went to the WalMart and got 4 different kinds of light bulbs.

I have no pictures but all of the light bulbs were compared to the cool blues.

SYLVANIA XtraVision
SYLVANIA Cool Blue
GE NightHawk
CYBER WHITE (98% Xenon Gas)

I currently have the Cool Blues in the car.

All light bulbs were installed in the right headlight and the car was parked 20feet from the garage door.

All Xtravision and Night hawks were exactly the same with slight diference in the shape of the light. Much brighter than stock but no where near the cool blues.
The slightly blue tinted Cyber White gave much less blue light and compared to stock they suck.

The Cool Blue was the whitest and brightest of all light bulbs compared. Everhything else looked yellowish in front of it with the exception of the CW which were by the way the cheapest of all.

Next up are the silverstars. They will be compared to all of the above and we will see who is the best.
Finaly I plan to use some clear glass 100/80W bulbs to see if there is any improvement of lumens.

2GN.ORG

Sylvania Silverstar Lightbulbs

Sylvania Silverstar Lightbulbs

Some Photos

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