I am looking to replace my headlight bulbs...I currently have stock and hate their yellowness, especially with the contrast of my PIAA fog lights. My dilemma is what brand to get...PIAA, Osram, Sylvania?? My Friend says go with Osram as they are the best quality and to get them from the UK. Another source disagreed and said they'd definitely go with PIAA....they personally had them and were very happy. Any suggestions??

Welcome to the forums!!!

Most of the guys here love the Sylvania Silverstars. I bought a pair but haven't had the need to install them yet. I think the stock lights are pretty good.

here is a pic of my silverstars, I love them,
alot more light than stock and in a cool whiteish blue light, I have gotten several comments on them from friends...
do a search there are better pics than this but just to give you an idea,


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And next time, try to get a bigger pic .

Sylvainia Silverstars huh? Thanks...I'll check into them. You don't think there would be any difference in color between them and my PIAA fog lights do you?

What type of PIAA lights do you currently have?

I had PIAA something-or-other (superbrights?) in my M3 and they were just overpriced crap. They lasted maybe 6 months before they blew out. I started using Philips Bluevisions which weren't all that blue and they're only $6 each but they were hard to find. I found out that Kmart had them.

The silverstars are about $20/pr.

Sounds dumb....I know, but I don't exactly know what kind I have. They were on my 4Runner when I bought it. They look like the ones in this link....

http://store1.yimg.com/I/ltbmotorsport_1831_461312

They do have a slight blue to them...but not much.

BTW...I am a new 4Runner owner!! I bought a 2002 SR5 4WD. Love it!! It's pretty stock right now, but I have SO many mods I'd like to do. Just have to save the moola! I'm sure I'll be posting quite a bit for advise from you wise ones!

You can check out the link in my signature for a lot of pics of my 4runner with the headlights (silverstars) and SPP yellow fog light bulbs.

The silverstars are definitely a lot brighter than stock. When I installed mine, I installed the first one and turned on my lights to compare the Silverstar and stock, huge difference.

For like the first month, it's amazing driving at night cause it's just so much brighter.

I've heard the Osram Silverstars are better than the Sylvania ones. I have the Sylvanias in my car currently and really like the output. It has a nice color (not too blue, but not too yellow) and are pretty bright. Compared to other halogen-equipped cars, they're great, but when compared to HID's, they don't even come close. The bulbs don't last as long though. I took mine out a while back and the silver on the tip of the bulbs had already started cracking. They still work, but don't expect them to last as long as regular halogens.

IMO, PIAA's are nice but just too expensive.

If you are looking for a HID look go with the Piaa's. I had Super Plasma GT-x in my 01' Civic and I always had people asking me if they were HID. I have Silverstars in it right now because I had a Piaa blow out and don't want to spend the money since I will be trading it in on a 05' 4runner sport sometime soon(I hope). Piaa's are expensive and they do have a tendency to blow after a 6 month period, not all do. Had this last set for over a year and the low beam went out only on one side, but they look real nice at night. Silverstars are nice, and a lot cheaper, but I just prefer the HID purple/blue tint. I don't know what the Silverstars burn at but the Super Plasma's have a 5500k on the Kelvin scale. Raybrig and Polarg have nice bulbs for slightly cheaper price then Piaa's

After going through a couple sets of the Silverstars... I decided it was time to go HID. Got a 9006 kit from XenonDepot and I love it. The silverstars looked ok.. but the light just wasn't as intense as I wanted, and didn't really do well when it was wet out. The HID kit is amazing, just like my S2000 with its standard HIDs. I'll try to get pics up soon.

Okay, so I took your'all advise and bought some Sylvania Silverstars today....just finished putting them in. Can't wait for it to get dark so I can see the color. So far, I can't tell much of a difference at all. Hope I'm wrong.

I am looking at the Silvanias although people seem to think the Orsams are better.

My big concern is which one lasts the longest.

Any ideas?

Also how easy is the install of the new bulbs?

Okay, so you can tell a difference between my stock headlights and my new Sylvania Silverstars. Not as much as I had hoped, but they are definitely whiter and brighter. Install was very easy...took about 5-10mins.