I've been to Daniel Stern's site. I've read all the anti-Silverstar rants on this and other sites. I've given some thought to the idea that including any kind of pigment causes you to get less light out of the bulb, and shortens its life.

All I can tell you is what I have seen with my own eyes. I parked my 02 WRX about ten feet from the garage door, and marked the width of the beam pattern and the bright spots of the stock headlight bulbs with tape. I switched out the bulbs for Silverstars. I did the tape marking again -- the brightness improved, the color was much whiter, the beam pattern was wider, and the bright spots were almost double in size. They have lasted me two years. I'd call that an improvement.

My wife's '98 Legacy wagon had three-year-old bulbs, so I decided to swap those out as a preventative measure. This time I bought Xtravisions. I did the same before-and-after comparisons. The Xtravisions were almost identical to the factory bulbs (which were three years old at this point!) in every way, without any sort of change in light color or brightness.

Just one person's experience.

Have any of you ever used "blue-blocker" or polarized sunglasses? While light itself is quite a useful thing, it presents a very broad spectrum of radiation; in fact, most of the components of visible light are not useful for vision at all (infrared and ultraviolet in particular), and our eyes are tuned to cut out certain colors of blue light naturally, because it helps cut glare from the sky. Perhaps putting blue pigment in the bulb glass, they Silverstars cut out that glare-producing frequency. I can think of many types of lenses and sunglasses I have worn that did include different types of pigment, but greatly increased the clarity and sharpness of the image. Something to think about, I think you'll agree.

 

That's what I thought too. I used Xtravisions with my Geo Prizm and and noticed no improvement. I don't think Osram produces bulbs in th 9007 fittment. Between Piaa Xtreme Whites and Sylvania Sylverstars, what would the general public of I-Club pic?

 

And I thought I was dumb.

 

ditto.

 

\Hhahahahhah now that was good.

 

u probably touched the bulb, cause i have been running mine for like 6k no problems, and i am selling them if you want them

 

You guys can go after me all you want but it's stupid to think a bulb can last that long and still make good light.

 

Why is it stupid? You should really not make definite and final comments like that. What you said is your opinion and you should have stated it that way.

IMO I see no problem in leaving a bulb in till it goes out. The light reduction due to age, would be hardly noticable.

 

Just a tip: I always clean the light bulb with rubbing alcohol and dry it with a clean, lint-free cloth before installing it. My silverstars have lasted approx 24 months (and going) and run them drl during the day and on at night. I also did this with my Piaa ions and they lasted almost 2 yrs.

 

Just as I predicted. My drivers side headlight burnt out last night. Oh well. 30 months is a good life for a light bulb.

 

Check those connections before changing them out, make sure there is no evidence of burning or melt down inside the connector, no discoloration or warping of the wires insulation etc. If there is replace them or it will only get worse. As I've stated before the headlight wiring fiasco has made me very paranoid to wiring harness failure.
On my wifes vehicle the PIAA fog bulbs I installed not only fizzled the wiring but got so hot in the process they discolored and distorted one of the plastic lenses!

In the mean time, analyze this sentence for me, "I only use my headlights at night so there shouldn't be a problem with my new bulbs."
This was what my 19 year old told me when I offered my humble suggestion backed by "burning" experience that he not put high wattage bulbs in his car, which I noticed had even smaller gauge wiring than our cars.
Isn't "night" when you don't want your headlights to fizzle beyond repair??? I am so glad he knows more than me.

 

Nope, nothing wrong with the wires. It was just time for that bulb to go. The highbeams still worked and when I looked at the bulb the filiment was burnt. I changed the passenger side as well and that bulb didn't look to good either. There was some discoloration on the filiment so it was probably on it's way out as well. I didn't replace them with silverstars though. Just the standard Extravisions. Just as much light at half the price.

 

Not long after BillJC had his go out my HID kit began slowing down on the start up. Today the DS one just wouldn't fire.
As I promised in writing , I popped the hood and ripped the whole damn thing out,
I didn't even put Silverstars in , just oe Sylvania bulbs .I am tired of the headaches these pretty headlights bring.
If it isn't stock, beware.
I even went so far as to hook the silly DRL's up again so I can be unique.I think I'm the only 02 with them on now!
I actually feel more at ease now with all that aftermarket crap gone.

 

what happened to the syk, maybe he forgot to check this, so i'm going to revive it