Headlight Lamps

[Wheats]

How many of you upgraded your lamps for the headlights?What did you use and were you happy with the results.

Thanks in advance

Ken

[Gobird]

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Replaced my stock with Sylvania Bright White, I think that's is the name of them. Made a difference.

[Ol'Dave]

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Sylvania Silver Stars here

[Gobird]

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Dave , You are correct. Just took a look and they are $34.00 for a set at Advance Auto.

[Sealy]

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He might be talking about a bi-xenon conversion. Don't know if a kit is available for our Birds. While I like them on my BMW (came from the factory), the thought of converting an older vehicle scares me.

[TexasWhiteBird]

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Silverstars in my WW as well. Definitely whiter and brighter than oem and Polargs in the spl's.

[Wheats]

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Thanks all,no conversions here just want to swap out for a better lamp.

Aloha

[Lonestar]

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SilverStar Ultras here. Better then OEM but if you drive at night a lot their life expectancy is not real good. Additionally, halogen auto lamp bulbs start fading from their original brightness and it happens at a rate that you do not notice it unless one goes out and you only replace one instead of both. The SilverStars and SilverStar Ultras, as noted, do not last as long as normal halogens and they start dimming from new illumination rather rapidly.

[Wheats]

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SilverStar Ultras here. Better then OEM but if you drive at night a lot their life expectancy is not real good. Additionally, halogen auto lamp bulbs start fading from their original brightness and it happens at a rate that you do not notice it unless one goes out and you only replace one instead of both. The SilverStars and SilverStar Ultras, as noted, do not last as long as normal halogens and they start dimming from new illumination rather rapidly.

What night driving i do is short,20min each way,dinner,movies etc. Not alot of street lighting here so good illumination is important and you never know when you're going to get caught in a heavy down pour.I guess it's a trade off good light/short life.

[mike6187]

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I got ElectroSport Halogen Headlights in one of my vehicle. Its glass lens on the headlight assembly is optically engineered to provide sharp beam cut-off in order to illuminate the trail ahead w/o blinding incoming drivers.

[5bird7]

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Mike, what year thunderbird to do you have those on?

[theflash]

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I have a 2003 , got it new and I never thought too much of the OEM lights.

If I drove it much at night I would have changed the lights out long ago.

I will be putting in a set of Sylvania Silver Star, this week.
I have a set of them on my bike and SUV and they are very good.

[lasuvidaboy]

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How difficult is it to replace the bulbs and are any special tools needed??

[PaBlkBrd]

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[QUOTE=lasuvidaboy;426867]How difficult is it to replace the bulbs and are any special tools needed??[/QUOTE]


Changed to Sylvania Silverstar Ultras. Not difficult at all. Change both out in about 10 minutes

[Virginia_PCR]

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Can I assume there haven't been any adverse affects like fuse issues or excessive bulb heat on the lens covers by any of those that have converted to the Sylvanias?