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Originally posted by JVT:
Simon has the Cool Blues in his car, no blue tint whatsoever. Looks like a regular bulb, but whiter.
All of the Sylvania Cool Blues they have at my local Canadian Tire have a blue tint to the bulb...the light would come out white, but would lose some of its effectiveness.
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What RogerB posted is true.
They give the "white light" appearance by filtering the blue light out. This drops their lumens output and actually makes them not as bright.
If you want the best output from your headlights I suggest the Phillips Premium 9005 bulbs in both slots.
The Silvania XV bulbs are another very good choice but they do not make them in a 9005 bulb so you are giving up some wattage.
Out of the "blued" light crowd I have tried Cool Blues, Silverstars, & APC's 4000k Plasma. The APC are the brightest and will likely last the longest (the have by far the largest bulb area)
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Well, after reading the numerous threads on this forum and others, I went ahead and bought the SilverStars.
I originally wanted the Cool Blues, but turns out they're $14.99 per, vs $19.99 for the SS. No contest.
Add $10 mail-in rebate, and it's $30 for both. Not bad.
-John
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Originally posted by JVT:
Well, after reading the numerous threads on this forum and others, I went ahead and bought the SilverStars.
I originally wanted the Cool Blues, but turns out they're $14.99 per, vs $19.99 for the SS. No contest.
Add $10 mail-in rebate, and it's $30 for both. Not bad.
-John
I have posted on this a few times, so if you read carefully...;)
At least you avoided the PIAA's.
Function before fashion.
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Originally posted by RogerB:
If you want the max light output, get the Sylvania Xtravision. It's the same bulb and internal gas charge of the blue-filtered Silverstars without the light-filtering blue coating, or the increased scatter and glare of "blue" wavelength light (esp in bad weather.)
Yep, I'm with you! Just put in a pair of 9006's last weekend and am very happy with them. $9.95 each with a $4.00 rebate for two. I tried the Cool Blues a few years ago (for about 2 days) and replaced them becaused they.....how can I say this.....oh yeah, SUCKED!
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Originally posted by RogerB:
Originally posted by JVT:
Well, after reading the numerous threads on this forum and others, I went ahead and bought the SilverStars.
I originally wanted the Cool Blues, but turns out they're $14.99 per, vs $19.99 for the SS. No contest.
Add $10 mail-in rebate, and it's $30 for both. Not bad.
-John
I have posted on this a few times, so if you read carefully...;)
At least you avoided the PIAA's.
just out of curiosity why don't you like the PIAA's?
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Follow the links in one of my previous posts, and one of his. Those should give you your answers. They make a fine driving light, but the bulbs are snake oil.
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Function before fashion.
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thanks, i'm gonna check the links out now.
i was just curious on your opinion, i've had the 510 superwhite fogs and matching low-beam piaa for about a year or so and i love them so far.
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Just when I was all set to get a set of Silverstars (though the AutoZone I went to wanted $25 each) I came across this discussion and now I have to rethink the whole thing!
Then again, I'd rather rethink the decision than waste a bunch of money.
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