Piece of crap lights - Page 3

E-DUBB · 04-24-2006, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by scottyr94

I paid about $430 for mine, install was quite simple actually. I chose the 6000k because they seemed to be the best compromise between color and light output. I'm very glad I got these too. I have friends that have 8000k, 10000k, and 12000k and mine have the most distance than any of them, plus the color is just right. They actually don't look that blue on the road in person, from my experience, it's hard to capture the actual color with most cameras. I thought they would be too bright right away, so I aimed the lights down alot, and as you can see in those pics, I realized it was too much. After about a week of driving, aiming, driving, aiming, I think I finally have em where I want em. There is no bulb out there that can copy these. Roads signs glow like no other. I can drive during the middle of the day with them on and the signs still glow, but the light is so close to daylight that I can't see it anywhere else. Crazy stuff! I think every vehicle I ever own from now on, if it doesn't come with these, I'm gonna install em myself.

i think the distance also it depends on what color you get. im getting the 12000K diamond white HIDs...........which has a slight violet tint to them.

scottyr94 · 04-24-2006, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by E-DUBB

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Originally Posted by scottyr94

I paid about $430 for mine, install was quite simple actually. I chose the 6000k because they seemed to be the best compromise between color and light output. I'm very glad I got these too. I have friends that have 8000k, 10000k, and 12000k and mine have the most distance than any of them, plus the color is just right. They actually don't look that blue on the road in person, from my experience, it's hard to capture the actual color with most cameras. I thought they would be too bright right away, so I aimed the lights down alot, and as you can see in those pics, I realized it was too much. After about a week of driving, aiming, driving, aiming, I think I finally have em where I want em. There is no bulb out there that can copy these. Roads signs glow like no other. I can drive during the middle of the day with them on and the signs still glow, but the light is so close to daylight that I can't see it anywhere else. Crazy stuff! I think every vehicle I ever own from now on, if it doesn't come with these, I'm gonna install em myself.

i think the distance also it depends on what color you get. im getting the 12000K diamond white HIDs...........which has a slight violet tint to them.

Yes, I know exactly what you mean, my buddy has em in his CRX. It just seems like the ones in that range don't have as much output as what mine do. The color is nice though, I wanted to go for more of stock look to avoid being harassed by the local authorities.

E-DUBB · 04-24-2006, 11:33 AM

i was thinking about getting custom retro-fitted projectors on my headlights from this site: www.hidtech.com. its something about those HIDs and Projector lenses. i love the valeo cut-offs!!!

93 saturn sl2 · 04-24-2006, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by E-DUBB

sweet!!! im getting 12000K HIDs for $400 installed. i wonder how bright they're gonna be.......

Isnt the higher the number the less light output you get and the more purple the light looks?

E-DUBB · 04-25-2006, 12:06 AM

not from what i saw......... @ the performance shop im getting my 12Ks from, i saw an civic there with some 12Ks they were bright as hell. maybe because he had the aftermarket projector on it.......

paintballmaniac · 05-02-2006, 11:04 PM

back to the Silverstars... I just got a pair for $44.99 at the local car parts store. I had the Luminics PureBlue bulbs in there, and they looked real sexy but never really helped with visibility. infact, made it worse. So expecting good things I put these in, and im very sad. It is daytime still, but even then, my headlights look like the stock yellow with them in. they had better perk up by nightfall or ill have to return them if i can.

Blue headlights 1
Sylvania Silverstars 0

Whelan · 05-10-2006, 01:41 AM

Silverstars are the best way to go I have them in my Civic, very pure white and def. the closest to an HID looking light output, no blue, purple crap, just pure white light on the road.

One thing to keep in mind is even though the light directly in front of a car may be brighter or appear brighter with a blue or purple bulb, check out your visibility down the road, against signs and especially in rainy/inclement weather. I guarantee you won't be able to see sh*!.

Silverstars are the best bang for the buck and as far as projectors go, unless you are retrofitting a projector from a true HID car like and Audi, Acura, BMW, Infiniti then you are getting less light from a cheap imitation projector. I pulled mine out and put the stock headlamps back in until I do that retrofit.

paintballmaniac · 05-10-2006, 05:17 AM

ya after i put these silverstars in my fog lights and low beams i checked them out at night and DANG! they are bright.

+10000 for silverstar!