im looking for some new headlight bulbs for my car (tired of the dim stockers). my dad also happens to be looking for some for his dakota, he has gone through 3 sets of GE nighthawks in less than 2 years now.

ive always had good luck with piaa extreme white bulbs. i have heard mixed results on the sylverstar bulbs, some like em, some hate em, and ive heard the life expectancy of the sylverstar ultras is rather low (most people getting 3-6 months).

anyone that has tried used both piaa and sylvania??? piaa bulbs are pricey however i did have the extreme whites for 2 years without an issue untill my car accident (were the filiments fell off the bulbs, they didnt shatter even though the glass h4 housing did). sylvanias are a bunch cheaper but if i gotta replace em after 6 months it negates the price difference.

any thoughts, and dont say go hid and projectors, not gonna happen.

 

I had silverstar ultras in my old focus for about 8 months and then got into a bad front end accident that cracked my rad support and destroyed my hood and and fenders etc.
The bulbs survived and I kept them in for another 4 months or so before I sold that car.
The bulbs fit into my Cobalt so I took em out and they've been in for about 4 months now... one of them only just went out. So about 16 months + a huge car crash for them to die lol.

 

Silverstars have lasted in one of my vehicles for like 2 or 3 years.....

 

Don't have em in this car but my last car I had them for over a year (Silverstars)

 

Got Silverstar Ultras in mine. I get plenty of light with them too.

 

I had silverstar ultras for about a year before one went out. They def made a difference. I'd like to do PIAA but I cant justify almost $80 for a set of headlight bulbs right now.

 

when i bought my last set of piaa bulbs (about a year ago) they were $70 canadian. silverstar ultras are $59. really, not that big of a difference.

 

no difference in brightness its just in how long they will last, or at least thats what i was told when i bought my sillverstars, i love em the low beam with em are about as bright as the highs on the stockers

 

I have regular Silverstars in mine, just got them on Wensday and i like them. At first, I thought they were actually worse than the stock lights, but once I drove I was wrong. Plus, they have a VERY SLIGHT tint of blue to them. I paid $30 for mine brand new.

 

i have silverstars in my Balt right now, and they are great

 

hey steve...I've had the silverstars in my Cavalier and they were great, right now I have the bulbs from Vision in the G5 and they're great too...I'm probably going to go with the Vision bulbs HID kit.

$166 CDN and free shipping to Canada...can't go wrong there.

 

i dont want to go hid in the stock housings, i dont want to be one of those guys blinding everyone. i may go with hid's in the stock projector driving lights though