Super Bright Headlights?

[CASTRO]

What the other people have said is true. Even PIAA sacrifices some visibility for show. I usually take my car on mountain pass runs where everything is pitch black and some of the people use HIDs/PIAA/stock etc. I use silverstarts and even though its not that nice to look at, it gets the job done because you get to see more of the natural surroundings. Anything with a bluish tint that gets the color above white will only make things harder to see. Its true for flashlights too. I have an LED flashlight thats a bright white color and still has a normal halogen bulb option too. When working with the LED, it makes things too bright and almost washes away the color. It does however cover a larger area but the halogen bulb still seems to be easier on the eyes.

[Jon11582]

I wouldn't try 7500k, u won't be able to see s*it when it's raining. Why??

you can try piaa but they only last 6 months or less....


I wouldn't try 7500k, u won't be able to see s*it when it's raining...

The higher up the Kelvin Scale you go, the bluer the light is. Bluer light increases glare, which is better to BE seen in, but is harder to see with. Lower on the scale is yellow, which reduces glare, but looks muddier, and makes it harder to see color.

To compound the problem, On most halogen bulbs, they achieve a higher color temperature by coating the bulbs blue. This doesnt actually make the bulb any brighter, but actually produces a "whiter" or "bluer" light by blocking some of the non blue light (which is what the blue filter does). Your acutally losing brightness. Some bulbs like the Silverstars overcome this by overdrawing the bulb element, to produce more light. The downfall of this is that if your overdrawing the bulb, its not going to last as long.

Thats why I dont think any of these bulbs with a blue coating are going to last very long. They probably have overdrawn elements and will blow out in a few months. If by chance its a blue bulb and the element has a typical draw on it, then its just going to be very dim since the blue is blocking most of the non-blue light.

4000K-6000K is where you want to be for the whitest light.

Stock is 3200K. Sunlight is around 5500K

Summary?

Bright, Long Lasting, Cheap

Pick 2

Cheap and bright - Sylvania Silverstars or Xtravisions
Longlasting and cheap - Stock, or Sylvania LLs
Bright and long lasting - HIDs


If you really wanna stay off HIDs, Silverstars are a good balance, since its a very light blue coating, enough to differenciate you from others, but not enough to ruin you visibility. And changing them every few months to a year is a compromise you'll have to make if you want to stick to brighter than stock halogen bulbs. Mine blew out around 10 months.

[SleeperSolara]

I have SilverStars, and they look bright white.
They work good.
I like them.

[cdeez]

i got silverstars too...and there is an "in the middle" there is stock, there are other bulbs other than stock, then there are HIDs...lol......and as long as a nika can see thats all that matters...

yeah..cdeez said that..

[WortownSolara]

my PIAAS lasted for 2 years. i was more than happy with them.

Now i just need to finish the projector housings for my HID

[Paladin06Greg]

The time they last versus the hours they last is a factor of how much you drive the car I would imagine. I only drive mine once a week at the most and only when there is no rain or snow within 100 miles.

[DatSRBoi]

I havnt tried PIAA nor RAZO but heard they are brighter somewhat but looking at the road they fade faster. But ill have to try to find out myself. Ive tried every bulb so far and silverstar is the best for road use. Not show.

Arent you contridicting yourself? You said you havent tried PIAA or RAZOs but say silverstars are the best?

I never said "best" in it..

[Paladin06Greg]

Thanks for all the feedback guys. You been great!

[ICrazyChrisI]

i got silverstars too...and there is an "in the middle" there is stock, there are other bulbs other than stock, then there are HIDs...lol......and as long as a nika can see thats all that matters...

yeah..cdeez said that..

If anything, stock is in the middle. Everything else lower than stock.

[DatSRBoi]

Shiz...How about no Headlight bulbs..just use and tape a flashlight to the car at night haha

[Paladin06Greg]

OK, I did the PIAA and i'm glad I did.

[boneezy]

long post to read.. but my 0.02 also.. boo on silverstars.. i guess coz in my personal experience mine burned out in 7 months.. PIAA all the way!

[Paladin06Greg]

Stop the press. I left the house early this morning before sunrise and it was raining. I could hardly see a damn thing with the PIAA's. Man they coming off ASAP.

Anybody want to buy them?

[RichD978]

Stop the press. I left the house early this morning before sunrise and it was raining. I could hardly see a damn thing with the PIAA's. Man they coming off ASAP.

Anybody want to buy them?

Lol what type of PIAA greg? I had the ones imported from JAPAN. GTX Plasma i believe. They weren't bad. I wanted to try the 8000K PIAA but i might as well spring for HID's

[Paladin06Greg]

Yep GTS and I was not happy. I also got a set 7500K(w/PIAA) that I'm going to try next.

Stop the press. I left the house early this morning before sunrise and it was raining. I could hardly see a damn thing with the PIAA's. Man they coming off ASAP.

Anybody want to buy them?

Lol what type of PIAA greg? I had the ones imported from JAPAN. GTX Plasma i believe. They weren't bad. I wanted to try the 8000K PIAA but i might as well spring for HID's