Sylvania Cool Blue Halogen Headlight Bulbs

[FormulaNERD]

i'll let you kids argue about it. this is stupid.

[Naich]

Yep, I agree.

[FormulaNERD]

oh, and all of phillips bulbs are DOT certified, if anyone wanted to know.

[Naich]

ok, so you have a link to these bulbs where you can actually buy them?

[FormulaNERD]

as posted in my first post in this thread.

http://shop.store.yahoo.com/aid-auto/viplrebu90.html

[Naich]

and where does it say it is DOT certified? As far as I can tell, these are European spec.

[FormulaNERD]

trying to find the link... that's just a site that sells them cheap, not much info... read this while you wait.

As for the "Super Whites" - once again, a lot of it is hype. Most of these "Super Whites", "Plazma Whites", "Hyper Whites" etc with the catchy names are made in Korea junk that use a coating on the glass to actually filter out yellow light making them "appear" whiter. And they DO appear white, but at the expense of FILTERING which decreases lumens, ie, STEALS LIGHT.
The absolute best replacement bulbs if you're running 9004, 9005, 9007 bulbs in a newer car are the Phillips Hi-Visibility or Sylvania Xtravision bulbs, which are made in Germany. Even the $22 a peice Sylvania Silver Stars sold in the US use a coating to get the "pure white" output.

[Naich]

For $20, I might just get a pair to compare.... do you know what the shipping cost is from that site?

[FormulaNERD]

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[FormulaNERD]

if i still had my silverstars i'd take a comparison picture. they're both obviously very bright, but the phillips are about 20 bucks cheaper... so i guess to each their own.

[Naich]

I'm just wondering if enought ppl have had them to verify that they won't melt the harness. They come from a good company, so they should be ok.

[FormulaNERD]

yea... pulling the correct voltage/wattage and from a reputable company... 4 months and no problems here.

So getting back to my original question, What do y'all recomend for the "BLUE" headlights. (Note; I want blue headlights for the low beams, and the brightest "White" lights for high beams.) Please post links to where I can buy the Blue low beams and brightest White high beams headlights. Thank you.

[fusion]

Well, simply put.. the Sylvania cool blues shine yellow. The silverstars are white-ish yellowish.

If you want true blue, ya gotta go HID, which is $$$$$.

Or, the Streetglow headlights are pretty nice.

Check out Oznium.com for non-hid lights.

Also, Eurolite is pretty blue too.

[Naich]

If you get pretty much ANY blue colored bulb, you are going to melt your wire harness eventually, which gets really annoying. I've had 3 pairs of Eurolites, and they all melted the harness after a few months (I had blue, purple, and white). I've also had a real HID kit, which looked pretty good but IMO wasn't really worth the money without making projectors for the headlights.

Honestly, try those phillips bulbs or silverstars. Those are your best bets.

[MikeSS]

Yeah, as said before, the cool blue lights really have no blue inthem at all. I had them for a year and they are bright white at best.

I got Nokya lights right now that glow bluish, I am just hoping my wire harness does not melt.

[Spilner521]

The silverstars are brighter than stock bulbs so the glare will also be brighter. the slight bluish/purpleish tint only makes the light appear whiter. if you are running silverstars, make sure you aim the headlights just slightly lower so you dont blind anyone.

[-Alero-]

if you want a blue bulb and i mean blue as hell, get Nokya, had em for over a year and havent had a single problem with em, and they are 7000k on the kelvin scale, and are 80 watt bulbs. very nice IMO i belive i bought them from autodirectsave.com they got alot of nice bulbs, i bought a majority of my LED's and nokya lights from them. they were definatly worth the money, trust me :thumbsup:

[FormulaNERD]

80w? you must have lucked out, that's sure to fry your harness.

[-Alero-]

yeah on the front of the box it says it can simulate 100w but it says its max is 80........ive gone through plenty of bulbs, cause i couldnt find the perfect bulb that i liked, but yeah i found it and it works great