PIAA, Sylvania or another brand??

[Duhockey]

Ok,

I have read some on headlights, I dont want HIDs, but I do want brighter headlights.

Sylvanias are 4000k and only 40$ PIAA are 4000k and 100$

which ones should I get?

or should I go with another brand?

if another brand, what brand?? how much? why is it better for the cost?

 

[Clemsonfan15]

If you are talking about the Ultras then you can get them for like $25 or $30.

Are the PIAA's worth the extra $70 for you? It's your choice.

 

[Duhockey]

If you are talking about the Ultras then you can get them for like $25 or $30.

Are the PIAA's worth the extra $70 for you? It's your choice.

So you have the Silverstars (sylvanias) how do you like them?? have you found them to be comparable to what the people with PIAA say??

 

[Duhockey]

oh, and I see several people have gone with the

eBay

I have heard that these fit a 96?? If I do get either one of the previous bulbs, should I also get the 02 headlights??

 

[ARK_SWAMP_RIDER]

That eBay link isn't working for me. From what I've heard, the PIAA's are brighter AND longer lasting than the Silverstars. I've heard of quite a few people having issues with burning out bulbs on the Sylvanias, whereas the PIAA's seem to last a good bit longer.

 

[riceandpho]

Tried some catz bulbs, pretty good stuff compared to piaa, same quality if not catz is better, only 40 on eBay for the h4 , got them as replacement for a coworker 98 3rd gen

 

[nated05]

I have silverstars, they have lasted a little over a year so far and I keep my lights on at all times. From what I have read the average life for the Silverstars is about a year. Id be interested in hearing more about the PIAA if they last longer than a year.

 

[chaz]

osram night breakers +90 or phillips xtreme power. both have around 1800 L ,but no matter what u get, go for the bulbs that have higher the lumens, they will put more useable light to the road. K or kelvins is light temp. (color) & dosent mean it produces more light or is brighter.

 

[bak3rme]

my headlights at night are like 2 flashlights with a AAA batteries. very dim and dangerous..i was at pepboys other day and looking at the sylvanian silverlight or ultra lights or watever. red packaging and they are like 35 or something. i looked on the back and it says the brightness is high, but life is low..i wanted to ask ppl here what a good choice of headlight bulbs would be? i something that are bright..last long and not to expensive..under 40

 

[A10MileHusker]

If you don't want to go HID, then I suggest you DEFINITELY go with Silverstar Ultra's. I am running them now and absolutely love them. They are very bright for not being HID. I used to have 8000k HID's but they were just way too bright and now I'm waiting for my 6000k HID's so we'll see how those pan out. Once I get my HID's I wont need my Silverstars any longer and would be happy to ship them to you for the price of shipping. PM me if you want to go through with this.

The Silverstars have about 4 months on them so still enough life.

Sucks, i just moved from denver so if I was still there we'd be able to just meet and I'd give them to you for free.

 

[A10MileHusker]

Forgot to mention, that I used to have the Hella headlights and I didn't like them. Dont know how PIAA compares but for the extra money for the Hella's it was not worth it.

 

[Supra725]

I used to have silverstars in mine, then went to hid kit and now I have projectors in it...

I know what you meant, it sucks not being able to see a thing at night.. The headlights are so dim that you can barely see an thing.

the silverstars aren't bad but they weren't that bright honestly. Couple of months later, i switched over the an hid pnp 8000k. The output of the hid kit was alright but not the best..

fast forward to last year, that's when I switched over to hid projectors and that really changed the output.. Is day and night with the projectors and the kit.

If I have to choose, I would go with Piaa's. I have an set of Piaa 520's on my runner for almost 9 years and today. The bulb burned out for the first time.. where as my silver stars, It lasted almost an year before it burned out..

 

[HB 4X4]

I used to have 8000k HID's but they were just way too bright and now I'm waiting for my 6000k HID's so we'll see how those pan out.

You realize the 6000K will be brighter than the 8000K? :nerd:

 

[A10MileHusker]

You realize the 6000K will be brighter than the 8000K? :nerd:

:smashputer: I've been talking to this guy and he swore up and down these 6000k wouldn't be as bright.

 

[HB 4X4]

:smashputer: I've been talking to this guy and he swore up and down these 6000k wouldn't be as bright.

Maybe if it's a cheaper brand and they aren't as good quality... in general, 6000K is about 20% brighter than 8000K, with 4300K being another 20% brighter than the 6000K. It's brighter because it has more usable light. The 8000K are more of a purple-ish blue, the 6000K are a crisp blue/white, and the 4300K are a warmer white.

 

[FoneRunner]

I just installed the Sylvania Ultra(not the highest one, the next one down...I think it was Ultra) and I really like them. I don't know about bulb life yet, but the package says something about getting a minimum of 12 months out of them. If the PIAA's are 100 bucks, I'll take my chances with the Sylvania...

P.S. Advanced Auto Parts is where I got them, and they are the cheapest around here. Definitely shop around...

 

[chaz]

Lumens are basically a unit of measurement for the amount of brightness a light source can produce. The higher the lumen rating, the higher the light output or brightness of that bulb. Choose the color with kelvin. Color temperature can be measured. The higher the number in kelvins, the cooler or more blue the light appears. For those sensitive to the way light appears or those looking for a specific lighting effect, this rating will be critical. do the research, the more lumens you have , the brighter more usable light, kelvin has nothing to do with usable light only color.
Can you define Candela (cd), Lumen (lm) and Kelvin (K)?

 

[chaz]

Coated or any of the plus bulbs are nothing more than a normal halogen bulb coated to filter certain wavelengths of produced light. It's just like putting a piece of colored transparency infront of a flashlight. This means you are actually reducing light output. Hence "filter". Any perceived increase in light output is purely psychological. http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/bulbs/bulbs.html

 

[DarksideSurf]

I recommend Hoen bulbs. I replaced my Nokya bulbs in both my low beam and fogs with Hoen xenonmatch plus bulbs. Since they're 80W I kept my heavy duty 9006 wiring harnesses. For $40/pair they're a good investment (add another $20 for a pair of harnesses).

Hoen high performance halogen