Has anyone replaced their stock 9007 headlight bulbs yet... i use to have silverstars on my 01' galant but they didnt last too long. Im looking for the HID wannabe bulbs. I know they seem cheap but for the price I think they look pretty nice. either something really bright white or white with a blue tint.

 

im scared of those, i had them inn my 2000 cavy and they melted the headlight harness

 

thats not good, what kind were they, i met a kid last summer with a cavy and had those bulbs with a blue tint, they looked pretty sweet actually

 

Make sure you get some that pulls the stock wattage ~55 low / ~65 high. Anything higher you will probably ruin your leads to the box. Unless you wanna upgrade your entire wiring harness.

BTW, I've had good luck with Sylvania SilverStars in the past. They run just a tad higher than stock wattage but well within compliance with the wire load.

 

i replaced mine with a 3 dollar regular 9007. i was pissed only had 6000 miles on the car and one went out.

 

they were some from pepboys in the clear container with a blue foil background like $40 a set and when they worked they looked awesome very blue and bright but then they melted my stock harnesses so i got high power harnesses and they melted those as well then my stock headlights back in and never worked the same

 

Warranty!!!

 

I got the Nokya headlights for 20 bucks and they are pretty good

 

I have used the silverstars without a problem , Make sure with any Bulbs you buy , That you DO NOT Touch them with your hands , The oil shortens the life quit a bit , use a clean dry cloth to handle the bulbs ..

 

I've got some PIAA Extreme White's on order... I'll let y'all know how they do once I get them in.

 

i had the piaa extreme whites in mine, for about 3 months. then one of them went bad, lost the low beam, but the high beams on both still worked fine. luckily, they have a 1 year warranty on them. put in silverstars when the piaas went bad, i think they're a little less bright, but at least they've lasted longer.

 

Get the NOYKA Hyper Blue. Ive had them in for months no problem and it give a nice bluish white light.

 

OOPS NOKYA HYPER BLUE not Noyka

 

right 3/36,000 I work for a dealer and we warranty everything up till then

 

I have the xenon's and look pretty good. Especially when high beams are on, you can deff tell that they are bluer

 

i ended up getting the silverstars $31 after mail in rebate.. not bad, plus they give off a very strong white light, im happy

 

I was looking at the Streetglow Xenon 9007's rated at 100W/80W but that might be too hot for the harness; I know they make upgrade harnesses for the Cavy's b/c at one time all the power went through the switch and this created a problem; I dunno how the Cobalt's are wired or how much sustained wattage they can handle; Streetglow and Hella also have Xenon bulbs in the OE wattage as well.

Streetglow.com and Hella.com I think??!!


Scott

 

Sylverstar or PIAA ???
whats the best ?
PIAA extreme white 80$
sylverstar 40$

 

The PIAA's are more of a blue/white color... where as the Silver Star's are just bright white...

Get the PIAA's on e-bay.... I paid $60 for mine shipped.... they go for $100 retail around here...

 

Go to ebay right now... héhé
And purchas today..
sorry for my english im Quebecois

 

i am already on my second set of xenon blues for my cobalt. they burn out so fast and it cost me 50 bucks for 2 every time. but they are so fricken bright man.

 

save the trouble and get an hid kit. you will not regret it.

 

i paid $31 for 2

 

did you guys have trouble getting the headlghts out to replace the bulb? when i replaced bulbs i pulled the headlights out, major pain to put back in

 

Yeah... I must say... those headlights are such a pain in the ass to get out.... wow... who the heck came up with that?

But anyways.... the PIAA's look awesome... nice and clear white... no yellow tint... I'll get some night shots this weekend and post up.

Check e-bay for these lights... they're normally $100 but you can grab 'em for like $65 shipped.