silver star

i just picked a set sylvania silverstar ultra lights for my blazer. the 9006 low beams, i got them for $29.99 at autozone regularly $49.99, wondering how good everybody thinks these are. are they a lot better than the stock lights? they say they are 20% brghter than  regular sivlerstars.  i know there are probably better bulds out there but i got them a lot cheaper than average so i grabbed them

I replaced all of my bulbs with the Sylvania SilverStars. The 9005, 9006, and 3157's...The headlights are definately more clear and a little brighter than stock. I love the 3157's I got that are a bluish silver metallic that lights up amber. Theyre made for clear corners and they work perfect...

i didnt get the high beams yet the llow beams are more important to me i can see pretty well w/ the stock high beams, i have ordered LED replacement for the 194 and the 3157. with the new head lights the regular bulbs look reallly bad, the are so dim. i actually got the ultra cheaper than i could get the regular silverstars. gotta love family dicounts, my cuz is store manager

The sylvainia's are really nice and bright I have them in mine!!! They truly light up the night!!

Silverstars are some of the best bulbs out there. Incredible improved visability.

I run SS Ultras in all four headlights and like them a lot. A co-worker just added them to his Z28 and is impressed. Ebay is the way to get them, but be sure they are factory sealed packs. Some bozos sell used Ultras or other brands in a Sylvania package.

i picked mine up at autozone so i know they are real. only payed $29 and didnt have to wait for them to get here and didnt have to worry about if they were real or not

I bought silvania knock offs one time and they melted my harness. Never again.

Well, yeah, knock-offs can be a can of worms.

there was a thread about this and they say they dont last too long.....thats why i dont wanna get em....

I never had good luck with the regular silverstar bulbs, but I have heard good things about the ultras.

i bought ultras, they are def a step up from stock, but i kinda wanted something even brighter and with a hint of blue so i picked up some vision bulbs from the local audio store that were 35 a set and were really bright white, with a little blue in it

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ORIGINAL: cloak01ls

I replaced all of my bulbs with the Sylvania SilverStars. The 9005, 9006, and 3157's...The headlights are definately more clear and a little brighter than stock. I love the 3157's I got that are a bluish silver metallic that lights up amber. Theyre made for clear corners and they work perfect...

I have both my high and low beams with the original silverstar bulbs. they are great i like them a lot, especially combined with the High-Low beam kit (where the low beams stay on with the highbeams). This kit with the silverstars is amazing in the dark UP roads at night and really nice in the winter time.

Silverstars are nice, but I like my PIAAs better.

Yeah I have heard good things about the PIAA's but they are too expensive for me, when you can get good silverstars from the car parts store or ebay for pretty cheap (i got mine for like $40-$45 for both low and high beams combined including shipping, where just the low beams or high beams would be that price or more from PIAA).

I saw the same ones I got online in Autozone, only I got the high beams by accident. The high beams are much brighter, and look kinda blue.
I might pick up the low beams instead, since those are def more important.
I almost never use my high beams, especially because I'm about to throw on these KC 3x5 lights I've had sitting around.

The ultra's are the best when it comes to bulb selection from sylvainia. The regular ones just don't cut it when it comes to high output of light!!

I used to have the ultras before my accident but the guys at the body shop put in a set of stock generic bulbs despite me telling them to keep the silverstars in there.....twice. Anyways, i love those bulbs to death. They do make one heck of a difference in lighting up the road, especially for neighborhoods with crappy lighting or old backroads.  

SilverStar bulbs are really nice.
I've heard a couple of complaints on them though. I've been told that you animals eyes don't 'reflect' like they do with other lights.
I've got Hella bulbs in my truck and in my wifes car. They are bright and have a slight blue tint. The only bad thing is that one burns out every 6 months or so.
 
There is a little trick to put 9005 (hight beams) in all 4 lights (high and low).
The easy method is to just cut the tabs off on the bulbs and throw them in, you might have to 'fight' with them to get them in a bit if you don't do the whole mod.
 

My brother burns out his Silverstars on his Grand Prix every 6 months or so... I don't think they like being at low voltage for daytime running lights... At least in a single high/low bulb setup...

Yeah, PIAAs are expensive.  At least they give ya a one year warranty that is honored by most shops.

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ORIGINAL: drperry

My brother burns out his Silverstars on his Grand Prix every 6 months or so... I don't think they like being at low voltage for daytime running lights... At least in a single high/low bulb setup...

 
Thats kinda odd, my ultras i had in for about a year and i have DRL and they never popped. Bad luck i guess for your brother.

Could be a side effect of it being a 2 lamp system instead of 4 lamp...
 
Granted most halogens have a 200 or so hour lifespan, lol.

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ORIGINAL: 95_4door

 

There is a little trick to put 9005 (hight beams) in all 4 lights (high and low).
The easy method is to just cut the tabs off on the bulbs and throw them in, you might have to 'fight' with them to get them in a bit if you don't do the whole mod.

well i tried to put them in last night and found that in my new projectors i have 9005 in all 4 lights.  so the ones i bought wont work, but for some reason the  new bulbs had 3 prongs on them and the blazer only has a plug for 2 so i dont know what buls i got, it says 9006 su/2. so now i have to take them back and swap them

That's odd... First time I've heard of a projector having a 9005 lowbeam... If you're lucky, they're 9006, or otherwise usually H1...
 
Got any pics of your projectors?
 
 
As for the bulb... Make sure you didn't get a 9006XS or whatever it is for the new GM's... They're slightly different.