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Old Mar 4, 2007 | 11:24 PM
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i got tired of not being able to see at night so i took some silverstars and sealed them in the factory houseings then took some camaro headligt connectors and wired them in, and i got some new foglights to match the headlights, its amazing how much of a difference it is...



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Old Mar 4, 2007 | 11:29 PM
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though i might warn you i too went that approach though they look awesome but silverstars are known for burning out rather quickly as in a 3 to 5 month life span believe me i know ....i finally went with hid's and planning on making projectors soon though... my hid's are in custom made h4 housing for now... by a non sposered company .....silverstars look great but dont last worth a s**t for $20 a bulb anyways.....sylvania need to fix them right !!!!!
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Old Mar 4, 2007 | 11:45 PM
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Originally Posted by CULATR
though i might warn you i too went that approach though they look awesome but silverstars are known for burning out rather quickly as in a 3 to 5 month life span believe me i know .........silverstars look great but dont last worth a s**t for $20 a bulb anyways.....sylvania need to fix them right !!!!!
That's funny cause mine lasted for 2 years.
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must be getting a bad sets of bulbs then from advance.... seriously on my g/f's bugg i swear we go thru like at least 3 sets a year it seems on just the headlight not counting the foglights eitheri basically gave up and plan on gettting her a hid kit as well ........another thing i noticed on the silverstars is the blue light over period of time the blue hue burns away and putting a new bulb beside it in the other light makes the old almost look like a stock bulb........
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Cool if your happy...but once you go to HID's you will never want anything else.
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by CULATR
must be getting a bad sets of bulbs then from advance.... seriously on my g/f's bugg i swear we go thru like at least 3 sets a year it seems on just the headlight not counting the foglights eitheri basically gave up and plan on gettting her a hid kit as well ........another thing i noticed on the silverstars is the blue light over period of time the blue hue burns away and putting a new bulb beside it in the other light makes the old almost look like a stock bulb........

Sure you're not touching the bulb when you install them?
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Cool if your happy...but once you go to HID's you will never want anything else.
yeah ther fine for right now i just didnt feel like buyin the hids right now, but anything is better than those **** stocks
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every time i put them in i use latex gloves when they first came out i found out about the no touching on the glass bulb...



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Originally Posted by curtisw511
yeah ther fine for right now i just didnt feel like buyin the hids right now, but anything is better than those **** stocks

yea thats all that matters ...
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 11:27 PM
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my silverstars last like 4 weeks? idk why maybe i got the wrong ones ors oemthing
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