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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 08:16 AM
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Sylvania makes the silver star head lamps for many application but not the Trans-Am. Are there any other bright head lamps that can be purchased b/c I have .2 tint on my winshield and its hard to at night sometimes.
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 08:56 AM
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HID's are your only option with the TA/Firebirds. Here is a pic of my car with 6000k HID's

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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 09:03 AM
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 09:06 AM
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BTW Sylvania SilverStar bulbs are not actually brighter, but whiter. There is a difference.

Step 1: Remove .2 tint on windshield
Step 2: See better at night

What your asking is like..."my brakes don't work, will throwing an anchor out the window let me stop like a Z06?"
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 10:25 AM
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if you do hids do them correctly and do a projector retrofit. It takes longer but you won't blind everyone on the road.
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 06:27 PM
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How irresponsible is that....? Going around with a tinted windshield...if by .2 you mean 2%...I hope they getcha and getcha good before you get somebody else.
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Mach 5.7
How irresponsible is that....? Going around with a tinted windshield...if by .2 you mean 2%...I hope they getcha and getcha good before you get somebody else.
If I do my math right, I believe .2 is 20% not 2%. **** I don't think he could see if it was 2% . But yeah remove the tint from the windshield. If you really can't live without it then just pony up the money for HIDs.
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HIDs FTW
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I feel yah fellas but i have been having tint on the front windshield of my cars for almost ten years with no prob, but on my nest car i will prob go with 30 percent tint. Ima check out those HID's.
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 12:19 PM
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There was a company that use to make replacement glass lenses that took a newer style bulb,I did the conversion on my car and used Silver Stars and it came out very nice...
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One of our members who is my best friend, "CurtisW511" just finished putting silverstar 9005 and 9006 in his T/A factory housings Ill get him to do a write up if you all would like.
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Its irresponsible depending on where he lives. If he lives in some rural area then I vote: Take the tints off.

On a side note: I live in the city where every street for the most part is lit. I drive around in 35% front windshield tinted and 5% all around tinted with no headlights on. Just fog lights on. Looks pretty mean.
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