Sylvania Silverstars = nice headlight upgrade?
10-13-2006, 09:14 PM
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Sylvania Silverstars = nice headlight upgrade?
I replaced my stock 9006 bubls with Sylvania Silverstars this week and I'm pleased with the results. I'm going to do the 9005 high beams next.
Anyone else tried them? Comments?
Anyone else tried them? Comments?
10-14-2006, 07:57 AM
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For the high beams...
I really recommend getting the HIR 9011s. They are really, really bright and worth the extra hassle.
I have 9012 lows in the A6 and HID lows in the S4. Both huge improvements over the weak stock lowbeams. The A6 was almost undrivable at night when I first got it -- it had poorly aimed old generic 9006s. The 9012s are I'd say 50% of a full HID upgrade for 30% of the cost.
I have 9012 lows in the A6 and HID lows in the S4. Both huge improvements over the weak stock lowbeams. The A6 was almost undrivable at night when I first got it -- it had poorly aimed old generic 9006s. The 9012s are I'd say 50% of a full HID upgrade for 30% of the cost.
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10-14-2006, 08:45 PM
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Not a big fan of the sylvania's.
not big on the silvania silverstars myself.
more info here:
http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/bulbs/blue/good/good.html
or an except:
"It's a name game: Osram, the well-established German lampmaker, sells a line of automotive bulbs they call "Silver Star". These are Osram's top-of-the-range headlamp bulbs, equivalent to Narva RangePower+50, GE Night Hawk, Philips VisionPlus, and Tungsram Megalight Premium. They produce the maximum legal amount of light while staying within legal power consumption limits. They have colorless clear glass.
Osram bought the well-established American lampmaker Sylvania in the early 1990s, so Osram is now Sylvania's parent company. Sylvania also sells a line of automotive bulbs they call "Silver Star", but it's not the same product. The Sylvania Silver Stars have blue glass. Light output is of legal levels, but as with all blue-filtered bulbs, you do not get more light from them. The Sylvania SilverStar bulbs have a very short lifetime, because the filament is overdriven to get a legal amount of light despite the blue glass.
To get the best possible seeing performance at night, don't choose extra-white bulbs."
more info here:
http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/bulbs/blue/good/good.html
or an except:
"It's a name game: Osram, the well-established German lampmaker, sells a line of automotive bulbs they call "Silver Star". These are Osram's top-of-the-range headlamp bulbs, equivalent to Narva RangePower+50, GE Night Hawk, Philips VisionPlus, and Tungsram Megalight Premium. They produce the maximum legal amount of light while staying within legal power consumption limits. They have colorless clear glass.
Osram bought the well-established American lampmaker Sylvania in the early 1990s, so Osram is now Sylvania's parent company. Sylvania also sells a line of automotive bulbs they call "Silver Star", but it's not the same product. The Sylvania Silver Stars have blue glass. Light output is of legal levels, but as with all blue-filtered bulbs, you do not get more light from them. The Sylvania SilverStar bulbs have a very short lifetime, because the filament is overdriven to get a legal amount of light despite the blue glass.
To get the best possible seeing performance at night, don't choose extra-white bulbs."