Want The Brightest,whitest,durable Halogen Bulb For My Corolla S 2003 ( Not Hid )
I Was Planning To Install A Hid Conversion Kit But I Dont Have Enough Money And Its Illegal, Due To My Oem Halogen Headlight Is Dark,so I Plan To Change My Halogen Bulb To A New One, I Dont Know Which One Is Good And Wt BULB Size Is My Corolla S 2003
I Am Also New To This Forum ( I Think I Should Register This Forum Since I Bought The Car, Here I Think Can Solve Most Of My Questions)
I Want Brightest,whitest,durable Halogen Bulb Light That Suits My Corolla S And Can Be Found Widely ( Pepboys,kargen,autozone,k-mart)
I work nights and travel empty roads at night a lot. Swapping my OEM High beams out for Silverstars really made a big difference. They light up the road a lot better.
I work nights and travel empty roads at night a lot. Swapping my OEM High beams out for Silverstars really made a big difference. They light up the road a lot better.
really? i heard about philips xtreme vision is good also
if silverstars is good is it just go autozone and ask them for a pair of silverstars bulb with 9006??
Brightest and whitest are often mutually-exclusive. Silverstars are the whitest, but the blue coating on them robs them of light. What you want are non-coated, high efficacy bulbs. Bulbs like the Philips Vision Plus, GE Nighthawk, Silvania Xtra Vision, etc. These are all +30% bulbs (supposedly 30% more light)
The very newest +80% bulbs are those like the Philips Xtreme Power, Osram Nightbreaker, etc. Recall, however, that these bulbs (and any 9006 bulb) cannot, by law, produce more light than is allowable for a 9006 bulb. Some engineering can increase the light/longevity, but marketing does the rest. If they shift the bulb slightly in the base, they can produce more light with that bulb in a particular location than is normally there with a standard bulb...and claim 80% more light. But you're not really getting MORE light. It's just marketing.
I've had excellent experience with GE's Nighhawk bulbs. I've had them in a few vehicles, have never had one to burn out, and not a noticeable difference in light everytime I've tried them.
I've been using silverstars for the last 6 years, each lasts about a year, I stick with them because I like the light they provide and their cost on ebay has hit rock bottom ever since the ultras came out, picked up a new pair a few months ago for $13+2 shipping, compared to $40 at autozone or even walmart! Using some good hyperwhite fog light bulbs helps too, they seem to complement one another, on the 03-04 it's a H-3 bulb...just my opinion!
On the 05's up the fog light takes a 9006 and I have heard of people trimming the tabs on a 9005 high beam to make them fit in the 9006 slot to get a brighter look!
I agree with Jason, but the Nighthawks are hard to find. Walmart used to carry them, but not any more.
Yes, Walmart used to carry them, but stopped carrying them about 2 years ago, at least in my area. You can still get them for a decent price on Amazon.com. A little while back, Amazon had a deal where you buy a 2-pack of the Nighthawks, and get one 2-pack free, so you could do the lows and highs at the same time.
I would personally only change the high beams due the the inherently short life of "white" bulbs.
You can get better lights without getting "white" bulbs. In fact, almost any light is better than a "white" bulb, because the "white" bulbs are blue-coated and have a reduced amount of light, even though it "looks" whiter and you get the perception of better light.
High efficacy bulbs don't generally suffer from the same short life that bulbs like the Silverstar do. And you get more light out of them also. It's a win-win.
Yes, Walmart used to carry them, but stopped carrying them about 2 years ago, at least in my area. You can still get them for a decent price on Amazon.com. A little while back, Amazon had a deal where you buy a 2-pack of the Nighthawks, and get one 2-pack free, so you could do the lows and highs at the same time.
Looks like Amazon.com is almost the only place on the internet to buy these at $31 for a two pk...Has anyone tried the GE Nighthawk SPORT 9006NHS/BP2 they came out last year that are suppose to be blue tinted and have a more whitish light similar to the silverstar and not like the original nighthawks which was a clear bulb and gave off a brighter non-white yellowish light similar to OEM's!
You can get better lights without getting "white" bulbs. In fact, almost any light is better than a "white" bulb, because the "white" bulbs are blue-coated and have a reduced amount of light, even though it "looks" whiter and you get the perception of better light.
Although that's true most people with newer cars tend to like that "blue/white light" HID look instead of the stock yellow look headlights always had in years gone by and once they change most never go back to clear white yellow look, I have no problem with my silverstars and see the road fine at night with them, but I will try those nighthawk sports if I can find them at a reasonable price same as I found the silverstars! looking at the reviews of the regular nighthawks they got 4 out of 5 star rating, most said they weren't worth the extra $$$
Those Nighthawk Sport bulbs are likely in direct competition to the Silverstar. You are right -- people typically want whiter light, not more light. I think that's why the Nighthawk Sports have come out -- nobody notices you when you have Nighthawks in there, because your lights look like those of most other cars. I fully agree that someone who buys the Silverstar would never go back to anything else, because there was a particular reason that person bought the Silverstar.
I'm just saying to the original poster that without HIDs, you generally can't have WHITE light and MORE light at the same time. Not with conventional halogen bulbs.
Here's a great article on the "good" blue bulbs, like the Sylvania Silverstars:
OK, So These Extra-White Bulbs Aren't The Best Choice For Maximizing My Headlamps' Performance. What Should I Get Instead?
For those who want the best possible performance from their headlamps and are more concerned with their ability to see rather than the appearance of their headlamps, the major bulb companies offer optimized bulbs without the light-stealing blue glass. Narva RangePower+50 and RangePower+30, GE Night Hawk, and Philips Vision Plus, and Osram Silver Star are the ones to get.
Wait a Minute, Earlier You Said Silver Star Bulbs Have Blue Glass!
It's a name game: Osram, the well-established German lampmaker, sells a line of automotive bulbs they call "Silver Star". These are Osram's top-of-the-range headlamp bulbs, equivalent to Narva RangePower+50, GE Night Hawk, Philips VisionPlus, and Tungsram Megalight Premium. They produce the maximum legal amount of light while staying within legal power consumption limits. They have colorless clear glass.
looking at the reviews of the regular nighthawks they got 4 out of 5 star rating, most said they weren't worth the extra $$$
I have no doubts. Again, people typically replace their bulbs for the white appearance, not for extra light. So to them, they probably see very little difference in the Nighthawk vs. standard, when in fact, they're getting LESS light out of the Silverstar than they are even a standard bulb, never mind the Nighthawk. But again, it's the PERCEPTION of light that drives the reviews.
Get the Sylvania Silverstars if you want WHITE light. Get GE Nighthawks or similar if you want MORE light.
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