[s-cars] Sylvania Silverstars

[LL - NY]

If you check out the photogallery of 2004's NE S-Fest, you can see a
comparison
photo of my HIR equipped S6 vs. Emre's HID equipped S4. Yes, Emre's car won,

but not by as much margin as I expected. I guess it doesn't hurt that the
9012's
have 1850 lumens (low) and the 9011's have 2100. Still, not quite the 3500
to 3800
of HID's, but in comparison as far as I recall 9005's (highs) have about
1100 lumens,
and 9006's have less than 1000. Since the 901X bulbs have their filaments in
the
identical location and orientation as the 9005/6 bulbs, no optical issues.
Pretty easy
conversion (I used a HD dike instead of a Dremel when I did the conversion
for the
Saabaru. It takes 1/10th the time, and no mess), runs about $100.
 LL - NY

 On 11/3/05, Wayne Dohnal <wd1 at hevanet.com> wrote:
>
> >The season of darkness is upon us. Has anyone tried Sylvania Silverstars
> in
> >their S-Cars? If so, how do you like them?
> >Part Numbers? Inexpensive sources?
>
> I've been running Silverstars for a couple of years and like the results.
> I
> also cleaned the headlight assemblies and added relays which I'm sure also
> help the situation. Another step is I'm running the high-beam bulbs
> (higher
> wattage than the lo beams bulbs) in the lo beam sockets. A little Dremel
> work allows them to fit. My opinion is that they are way brighter than
> stock. Evey time I drive another car at night I feel half blind. I think
> the life of the Silverstars is shorter. Maybe half that of the stock bulb.
> The standard price seems to be $25 each. By keeping my eyes open I can
> usually find them for $20. I'm thinking of trying a set of HIR bulbs
> sometime soon. They're supposed to be even brighter.
>
> Wayne Dohnal
> 1994 S4
>
>
>
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