PIAA vs Slyvania headlights

[Erock08SE]

From reading up online, PIAA are brighter and whiter than the slyvania's but i never heard of them till today. Does anyone have them or know anyone whos used their bulbs?

[clarkgrizwald]

nope. but i can tell you they arent THAT much brighter or whiter to justify the price..

[gdanaher]

After all the hooplah, it's just a lot easier to go down to Pep Boys and get a new bulb when you need one.

[Erock08SE]

Well i dont like my stock lights, and im tight on cash to get an HID kit so i rather go the cheaper alternative and get 4000k bulbs for a 100.00 vs 400.00 hids which im planing to get later on.

[thoots]

Presumably, you're talking about Silverstars vs. PIAA's.

I've had both -- and I got tired of Silverstars crapping out after six months, so I moved to PIAA's. I don't know if there's that much of a difference in brightness or color temperature (some of that depends upon the model from each brand you buy), but in my experience, I'm getting much longer life out of PIAA's compared to Silverstars.

No, I don't want to even think about going with HID systems, but yes, I do want something other than yellow halogens. PIAA Xtreme Whites do just fine for what I want....

[cdtran]

I've used both piaa and silverstars. I had the silverstars in our land cruiser, and it's been over 2 years or so I think, but its not a daily driver, so hours of use are probably low considering it's almost been 2 years. I had the piaa's in an 02 camry for almost a year, and they're still going strong. Both are going to be brighter then standard bulbs, but no where close to hid's. The piaa's seem slightly brighter and are a little more white. The silverstarts seem to get a little more yellow with time, but are still noticiably whiter then stock. The tsx's that were in my gen3 camry and accord are like night and day when you compare it to any non-hid lighting option.

IMHO, save your money and do a retro. If you want the color and don't care about the lighting, then any cheap ebay bulb will get you a few months and are about 1/4 the price of silverstars. Don't waste your money buying "hid-look-a-like" bulbs. You'll be a lot more happy in the long run if you just do a hid retro.

[CamrySExxx]

just keep your stock lights for now.. it does the job and save up for a HID kit.

[Erock08SE]

I wish, im in college and barely making my payments on the car. I wish it was summer and i was working full time. I think i'll end up getting the PIAA's extreme whites for now, only 89 bucks, seen them going to 60.

[cdtran]

if you must, some sellers sell piaa on ebay at a decent price, which is going to be less then anywhere else.

[clarkgrizwald]

89 dollars for a pair of halogen bulbs is RIDICULOUS!!!!!!!!!

[liquidi3ladz]

Don't cheap out. Just save up for a kit, you'll be glad you did.

Just to throw this out there, they're ebay kits out there for less than $100. Just coverup your spotters.

[tonyizhurr]

HID kits arent 400 dollars... mine are super bright hids and i got them for 160 installed from this guy. if you want ill give you his number. they arent ebay knock offs either.

[lammydi]

Originally Posted by tonyizhurr

HID kits arent 400 dollars... mine are super bright hids and i got them for 160 installed from this guy. if you want ill give you his number. they arent ebay knock offs either.

+1 I bought the same kit from this guy. My kit has been installed and use everyday for 14 months now. Even use 6 hours straight on a trip then another 6 hours back home. They light doesn't flickering.
I know it's not the brand name like xenondepot selling but for $160 installed. It worth every penny.
All that said, I still going to upgrade to retrofit for a better output.
I can sum it up for this reason:
Stock bulb to HID kit --> 5 times better output
HID kit to Retrofit --> 10 times better output

Don't forget to cover up the squirrel spotters if you gonna go with HID kit.

[smilepak]

hmm 160 installed?! nice...

[tonyizhurr]

sorry to be a newb. whats retrofit?