just put these in today, havent had the chance to "use" them yet cuz its still daytime lol....but my other lights were so dim i could barely see the lines on the road......will post pics tonight though

 

they do a decent job, i have them on my fogs, but you should have gone with HID's though

 

How much were your Silverstars?
I got my HID's for $70 on ebay.
A Lexus ought to have that cool blue light.

 

too expensive, i like these lights though, alot brighter than stock bulbs

damnnn.....i shoulda looked on ebay....especially cuz i do a lot of buying and selling on the site itself

 

Cool, I'd like to see night time pictures. My original bulbs on my 1996 ES 300 lasted ten years before they blew out then I got the Silverstars and they're great...

 

New bulbs always bring new life to headlamps when things are going dim. Good choice on the silverstars.

Do not go PNP without Xenon reflectors or a retrofit. You will not get more light output than you already have.

 

will have pictures tomorrow....just washed and waxed my car today in the freezing cold!

 

did you get the highbeam bulb and mod it to fit the lowbeam for higher light output?? i always wanted to do that while i was in college and driving the ES at the time. but money was tight as 40bucks for those lights from wal mart was a bit too expensive compare to the amount of food i could pay for.

 

we got the same bulb, so much better then the stock ones, and a not as good, but decent alternative to HIDs. make sure the lights are balanced, and there is a faint whitish bluish color to them i think you would like

 

True and False. True, in most cases where beam pattern is poor. False, because HID gives out more Lumens than halogen when you have a good beam pattern in a non HID, also my beam pattern is good on the stock 92 ES projectors.

 

True, because he has stock halogen reflectors. Your car has stock halogen projectors.
If you go PNP with reflectors, the light is scattered everywhere with no controlled cut off line and the bulb is visible from the side views, which is blinding.

 

I put in the low beam Sylvania Silverstars last year and they did improve the visibility at night. Not quite the blue/white light I would have liked but not as yellow as the bulbs I had in before. The only problem I've had with them was that they both burnt out in less than a year. At $50 a pair replacing them every year just didn't seem worth it to me.

 

I had Silverstars in my 96 ES, but short life and expensive replacement cost drove me back to stock units. Reliability more important to me than bling.

Where can I get info on low cost xenon stuff? They were $5-600 a few years ago when I first got the Silverstars. What is needed to do it right? Do xenons burn out fast, or are they reliable? Hard to install? thx

 

i think you shorten the life span of the bulbs by touching it with your fingers. leaving the oil of your fingers on the glass which heats up while the bulbs are on. i read that once on this forum and it makes a lot of sense.. i use rubbing alcohol to clean them first before installing them.

 

You are absolutely right about that. One little touch and the bulbs are sure to be toast. Not saying that is the reason the silverstars are burning out prematurely, but to rule that possibility out, I wear disposable latex gloves when I handle bulbs for my car and I still make sure not to touch the glass.


Where are the pics of the new lights?