The BEST (in ur opinion) 9006/9005 bulbs

[aleks77]

hey guys, what in ur opinion are the best 9006 or/and 9005 bulbs? I had plasmaglow 100w blue fake HIDs before and i LOVED them BUT they melted my wiring harness and the socket that holds the bulbs.....even the heavy duty ones, so I need something new hopefully wont melt anything

Thank you.

[MadDawg]

If my front left headlight compartment wasnt so fugged up, then i'd say the best 9006/9005 ive used are Hilite Industry's xenon light bulbs.

[cman2000]

sylvania silverstar...just modded the 9005 to put into my 9006 socket. awesome and won't burn the harness

[Chrisqo]

piaa extreme whites or the sylvania silverstars

[99CamV6]

Im using sylvania silverstars(super white), it's not that white though, only has 4000K

[itzsteven]

tried mtec yet?? they're okay compare to silverstars, I have a pair for 1 year, and didn't have any problem with it.

[Toysrme]

9005 European SilverStar's put in a 9006 hole. If you can find them that'll be around 50% more light than a typical halogen bulb.

[Eye8Pussies]

altered Eurolite Hyperwhite Xenon 9005 bulbs

I know what people say, but these bulbs are some of the brightest bulbs I've ever seen...they look almost like hids, I've used this set for a year now, and they're 20bucks for a set

[Super Kaioken]

XD5 xenon bulbs...........they're really bright and crystal in color. GP Thunder has a yellowish look though =/

check out my cardomain page if you wanna see an example

[BLUEMEANIE]

Gotta jump on the modded SilverStar wagon here ...

[AMScamrySE]

I would not recommend the Silver stars... I liked them But one just blew out after having them only about 6 months. And I friend of mine who I suggested that he buys them also had his go out, that was only after 3 months. And they both went out a day apart of each other.

The original bulbs in my 92 lasted for 10 years. I remember replacing them. These only lasted for 6 months... fuck that.

[cman2000]

^^AmscamrySE

did you clean the silverstar bulbs before installing them? w/ rubbing alcohol? bec even any grease from your fingers on the glass area can decrease their lifespan. my first set of silverstars (9006-unmodded) lasted over 1 yr...about 14-15 months sylvania said the average lifespan is about 1yr, give or take some. the other one was still going strong, but decided to do the 9005 conversion...so both came out.

[Toysrme]

Mine spent 2 months being DD 100% at night, and have spent a year and a half as my highbeams after I went HID.
I have to say I agree with cman2000. I've never seen one die in real life and I would bet it's user error more than anything. :\

I always clean them with acetone before they go in, but I found one of my projectors had die-electric grease shoved in it for some reason... I had to melt the housing in half to get that crap out.

[BLUEMEANIE]

My silverstars lasted 3 years or so.

[AMScamrySE]

I think you would all be surprised at how many headlight bulbs I have put in over the past few years.
Most of the lights I put in being the "hyper white" kind. I gave up on the whole "fake hid" bulbs after every one I ever had blew after not that long. The OEM bulbs that I put in my civic after all those hyper white shits blew are still in there today.

So I figured since these silverstars were $20 a bulb, they werent like those other bad ones I have bought for $10 a set. Nope.

And usually if you get grease from your fingers on the bulb, it will blow almost immediatly. Not in 6 months.

There is no user error here...