Silverstars suck!!!
10-19-2008, 11:42 PM
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Silverstars suck!!!
Ok so I just did the sealed beam conversion from stock to Autozone's Silverstar Ultras and I have to say I'm very disappointed. I wasn't expecting HID quality or anything like that, but these seem worse than stock, I can't see anything!! Has anyone else done this?
10-21-2008, 01:03 PM
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Yeah they're fine the beam pattern just isn't very good at all. The package they came in said they were supposed to be 50% brighter than normal halogen lights, but this isn't even close..
10-21-2008, 08:58 PM
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Yeah I've looked at all the right ups for them and they look great...I wonder what went wrong. My left head light is a lot whiter looking now than the right one. Not the light, the actually glass housing, does that mean anything?
10-22-2008, 06:29 PM
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the housing is just showing its age. I don't know if it would buff out or not. You could try. My silverstars i used in my pick-up burned out twice way too early, so i bought some really good bulbs off ebay, and they have been good ever since. They ad a lifetime warrenty, were way brighter, and were made in USA 
10-22-2008, 09:13 PM
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Well I don't really want to buy new bulbs and try that all over again. Is it possible to do something with the fog lights? I don't have stock fogs so I was thinking about maybe putting something really bright down there..like HID. Any ideas?
10-23-2008, 06:36 PM
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I kinda took care of this problem by installing some nice driving lights with 55 watt bulbs.They are bright enough to drive without my lights even being on.I have also done the mod to keep the driving lights on with the high beams if I want more light for back road driving.
10-24-2008, 01:35 PM
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10-24-2008, 11:36 PM
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What do you recommend that I do with the FF75s? I've given up on getting any light out of my head lights, so is it possible to say put a HID bulb inside the FF75? Would it just blind everyone on the road?
10-25-2008, 08:15 AM
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I bought a pair of Silverstars for my Dakota, and they looked great....for about three months, then they both burned out within a week of each other. Picked up some eBay cheapies, looked just as good for half the price. Still shining bright after a year
10-25-2008, 10:02 PM
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10-26-2008, 01:10 AM
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Well I'm just gonna leave those in the headlights, turns out they were aimed up way too high as the first person said lol, but they still aren't at all what I was expecting they're more like white versions of the stock bulb. Has anyone ever put in some Hella 90mms in their fog light locations?
10-26-2008, 01:51 AM
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10-26-2008, 01:41 PM
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Me too, figured for the money they had better be good, figured it was a fluke at first, but soon realized something was up.