silverstars suck
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silverstars suck hey all,
I purchased those silverstar headlights like 4 months ago, and both of them have already burned out. WTF? I thought they were supposed to be excellent lights. think I am gonna spend the money on HID's soon.
I purchased those silverstar headlights like 4 months ago, and both of them have already burned out. WTF? I thought they were supposed to be excellent lights. think I am gonna spend the money on HID's soon.
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Originally Posted by 1998camaroz28
hey all,
I purchased those silverstar headlights like 4 months ago, and both of them have already burned out. WTF? I thought they were supposed to be excellent lights. think I am gonna spend the money on HID's soon.
I purchased those silverstar headlights like 4 months ago, and both of them have already burned out. WTF? I thought they were supposed to be excellent lights. think I am gonna spend the money on HID's soon.
I love mine too. Are you sure you were cautious not to handle bulb from the glass? This will leave skin oil on the glass and will cause the bulbs to overheat and burn out quicker.
Originally Posted by ddelallata
I love mine too. Are you sure you were cautious not to handle bulb from the glass? This will leave skin oil on the glass and will cause the bulbs to overheat and burn out quicker.
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Originally Posted by Birdman7389
This is very true. Used to have people come into the parts dept at my Infiniti stealership wanting to know why their bulbs had burned out after a few weeks.
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Originally Posted by ddelallata
I love mine too. Are you sure you were cautious not to handle bulb from the glass? This will leave skin oil on the glass and will cause the bulbs to overheat and burn out quicker.
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Originally Posted by camar0guy
whered u pple pick these up? and $?
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Originally Posted by Tech
I put them in my DRLs and they are WAAAAAY too dim. Can't even tell them are DRLs.
I have the Silverstars in all of my vehicles and I've been very happy with them. For the price they're hard to beat and really do make an improvement. The only problem I've had with them dying are the foglamps on my GTP for some reason (they're 880's IIRC). Both bulbs went out within 6 months, but at this point I'm writing it off to a bad batch because the new ones haven't had the same problem nor have any of my others. Actually, my wife's WRX is going on 2.5 years with the original Silverstars.
BTW, if you can't find them locally you can order them through Sylvania online as well. Here's the link: http://www.sylvania.com/ConsumerProd...op/default.htm
BTW, if you can't find them locally you can order them through Sylvania online as well. Here's the link: http://www.sylvania.com/ConsumerProd...op/default.htm
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Originally Posted by Tech
They are dual filament. I've tried reversing the bulb in the socket and I can only get one of the filaments to illuminate for the DRL.
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I have Silverstars in my camaro and 4Runner for over a year now and NO problems. I love mine. I also put them in my in-laws SUV and they love them also. I strongly recommend them!! 
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Cheapest place to buy them is on Ebay.
Buce
Cheapest place to buy them is on Ebay.
Originally Posted by VIP1
Only one filament is supposed to illuminate for the DRL. They use the dimmer filament. The turn signal uses the brighter filament.