So since i have a hard time seeing while driving at night, especially when raining, i decided to search for a headlight upgrade. I didn't want lights that appear super bright, blue, or greenish to oncoming traffic. So i ended up buying the Sylvania SilverStar Ultra night vision head light bulbs, and they are awesome! Super pure white light, lights up the road great. They are kind of pricey...$39 AFTER $10 mail in rebate. I was planning on returning them if they were junk, but to me they were worth every penny, night driving is no longer squint to see for me. Mailing off my rebate in the morning!
bright yes...good NO!!!!! I went through 8 in a year in the Rover...stock bulbs lasted over 3yrs...in fact they were still good when I replaced them with the silverstars...too bad I couldn't find them after I started blowing the silverstars...I hope you have better luck with them
Same here, I put the Ultra's in my ZJ and they are a tremendous improvement. I'll be getting some new lenses to replace my "Yellowed ones" and that will be the clincher.
They also pimped me like one of Huggy Bear's hookers as well, still haven't received the rebate check. I sent it in back in January.
I have had my one headlight which is a silverstar last for around 3 years. The other one I had to replace as I droped the grill and the light wouldn't work anymore But I now have a burnt out one i need to replace.
ive got the Ultras in my truck now and has the Std Silver Stars in my old Sonoma.. These new ones are awsome even brighter than the regs. i had in the noma.. Sweet thing is my Fog lights are std. 9006 and im thinking about tossing the Ultras in there but 9005 (high beam of the 9006 )
Have them in my vehicles and love them. My wife was very happy when I put them in her vehicle as well. Night driving is a lot better with the added visibility.
just put a set of the ultras in my av got the dims installed - loved them, so off i went to blow another $150 to match all the lights, even got some for the wifes ford. hopefully i can find a fog light that will work, the ones that they said i needed didn't fit.
The sealed beam silverstars are far superior to regular halogens. My experience with the "capsule" style has been less than stellar. Okay light, but not the incredible difference I got when I installed a set on my XJ.
The real trick to brighter lights is to hook your bulbs up to relays with 10 or 12 ga wire right from the battery - have your old headlight lead power the relay. You get a chance, check out the voltage drop between your battery and your headlight terminals - it can be over a volt - and that volt you're losing is worth about 15% in light intensity.
I just replaced the lights in my XJ with 200mm H6054 H4 bulbs / housings from Ebay for around $50 including shipping. Took 5 minutes to install and HOLY CRAP are they bright!!! Autopal was the name on them.
we put these in the focus, 3 months later and both of them have burned out.
lame.
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