SYLVANIA SILVERSTAR???

[P4l101]

SYLVANIA SILVERSTAR??? Should I buy those or should I go with something different because right now I cant see S*** with my stock bulbs.

Thanks

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[Flipside909 [SC³]]

What year is your car and what do you have first of all? Silverstars are very good bulbs and way brighter and cleaner than stock.

[P4l101]

I have a 94 camry v6

[BLUEMEANIE]

SILVERSTARS RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Flipside909 [SC³]]

On 2002-03-20 17:25, P4l101 wrote:
I have a 94 camry v6

I would definitely go with the 9006 SilverStars.

[CorollaKen]

Can any of you TO or Southern Ontario guys give me the location (address) of a CanTire that carries the SilverStars ?

I randomly faxed a detailed request to a TO CanTire store for them to ship a pair to an Ottawa CT for me - haven't heard boo from them :sad:

Here's why...

The losers at CT up here look on the computer and say...

CT: &quot;Yes we have them...oh sorry they are CoolBlues...what did you want?... oh we can't get them&quot;
Me: Can you order them in for me?
CT: &quot;Uh, what is the part number...gee that doesn't show up in our system&quot;
me: I don't know the CT part number, just the Sylvaina # 9006 ST
CT: &quot;No, still doesn't show up.&quot;
Me: Can you ask another store in TO to ship them up here [while waving CT credit card]?
CT: &quot;Umm, you'd have to call one in TO and give US the part number - the phone numbers are in the back of our catalog.&quot;
Me: Gee thanks [walking out of store] &gt;

[EKam]

On 2002-03-22 10:08, CamryKen wrote:
Can any of you TO or Southern Ontario guys give me the location (address) of a CanTire that carries the SilverStars ?

Did you try Walmart? The two CanTire in my area do not have them (nor the CoolBlues).

[BLUEMEANIE]

If you want a set, maybe you can get a bunch of guys on your side of the boarder to chip in to make shipping worth while and I'll pick you up a whole box of them.
They sell them every where around here.

If you're interested and really can't find them any where and want me to help, I don't mind.

Just lemmy know and I'll find them as cheap as I can.
I got to pick up some taillight bulbs on my way home tonight anyway.

[CorollaKen]

Did you try Walmart? The two CanTire in my area do not have them (nor the CoolBlues).

Walmart has Phillips as a supplier - I've never seen Sylvania products there, believe me I've looked :smile:

Now, are the Phillips High Visibility bulbs as good at Silverstars ? Anyone ?

They are priced higher than the BlueVision's (which I have 9006's of right now) - do they perform better than or equal to the SilverStars ?

Thanks,

[CorollaKen]

On 2002-03-22 10:43, BLUEMEANIE wrote:
If you want a set, maybe you can get a bunch of guys on your side of the boarder to chip in to make shipping worth while and I'll pick you up a whole box of them.
They sell them every where around here.

If you're interested and really can't find them any where and want me to help, I don't mind.

Just lemmy know and I'll find them as cheap as I can.
I got to pick up some taillight bulbs on my way home tonight anyway.

Thanks for the offer - too complicated for me though - I live too far from Toronto - I'd be paying for 2 lots of shipping...USA-TO, TO-Ottawa :sad:

I'll see if CanTire can come through for me.

[EKam]

On 2002-03-22 14:06, CamryKen wrote:

Now, are the Phillips High Visibility bulbs as good at Silverstars ? Anyone ?

Straight from one of the links from the TTCC links page... :roll:

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What is the brightest halogen bulb?
For the 55W marked segment, sorted in order of brightness:
+50%: Philips Vision Plus (achieves its extra performance by increased luminance, not lumens.)
+30%: Philips Premium (a.k.a HiVisibility in NA)
+20%: Osram/Sylvania Xtra Vision, Osram/Sylvania Silverstar
+0%: Philips Bluevison, Osram/Sylvania Cool Blue, Osram/Sylvania Halogen Plus, and OEM bulbs like GE.
-10%: PIAA Superwite
If your car is set up for higher wattage bulbs, Philips Rally bulbs will give more lumens than most asian overwatts. Be aware that lifetime of a Philips Rally bulb is ~100hours - so keep some spares in the glove compartment. Philips bulbs are availble from http://www.powerbulbs.com or http://www.autolamps-online.com
Narva bulbs are also top notch. Narva is a daughter company of Philips with one intention: compete with top notch products on the aftermarked. Philips themself are OEM oriented.
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I used to have BlueVision, they're just whiter (not any brighter than stock). HiVisibility are brighter than stock.

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[T2000]

Have you consider Philips HID from Autolamps? They drop the price a bit from $600 to $499, still seem high to me. One of the reason that hold me back is how much glare will this make and if there's too much glare, I mean I may blind the oppsite direction cop car, this could mean trouble. :razz: