I wanted the the expensive ones from tirerack but have never gotten around to buying them. Does walmart have a better light than stock or a great product ? if so what do i need and what brand ? how much ?

thanks

 

Many people have sworn that Sylvania Silver Stars are great. I had them, didnt really like them. They are brighter then stock, but not the bright pure white I was looking for. However I did also have Piaa Extreme Platinums and with one Piaa in one headlight and a Silver star in the other they looked about identical.

I now have Nokya Artic whites wich are more of a blue color, but I like them for now.

 

walmart carry those sylvania silver stars ?

 

Just take a drive out to walmart or autozone.

 

Walmart has silver stars, GE Super Blues (similar to Cool Blues), and some Cyber Whites (the glass looks very clear, with just a hint of blue, but I've never seen them on a car). The Silver Stars are around $35 for the pair, the GE Super Blues are around $20? for the pair, and the Cyber Whites are around $17 for the pair. I have personally used Sylvania Cool Blues and APC Ultra Whites, both IMHO are the same (color) and roughly the same output (too close to call). The GE bulbs are nothing special, but better than stock.

 

I have silverstars with eurolite xenon crystal fogs and it's a pretty good match. the fogs are a tiny bit bluer than the headlights if you look very close, but it is the best match I have seen and I'm happy with it.

 

GE Super Blues are 12v, is that going to be a problem. 20 bucks is cheap enough to hold me over before I go with something good. all i new was something about 65/45 stock wattage ...so the 12v will be safe with the chance of just blowing the bulb early ...just didnt want to melt anything or blow anything up ... if someone will let me know i can use those GE superblues i will take those for now.


any good sites on how to perform the switch ?

 

The Sylvania Xtravisions (if you can find them) will actually give you a noticeably brighter light on the road, I've had BlueVisions for 2 years and these are definitely better. Only problem is they look like your average yellowish halogen lights. If you can live with that, these are the way to go with 9004 housings.

 

turns out 12v is 65/45 watts, the GE super blues 9004 for 9.94 give off a pure looking white with NO YELLOW. The low beams are not very strong, I would say about like stock, the brights really look good.

As for as the parking lights, im having a hard time finding the right 1157 to match the fogs and headlights, the parking lights are yellow

I slapped in some orange to match the blinkers and its okay for now. Any tips or leads for some parking lights (1157) that give off a bright white - NOT yellow would be appreciated !!

thanks, o and figuring out the parking lights for the first time was a trip ..

 

You will never get the cornres to match the others. Its an endless cause. I have tried and so have many others. If you want a bright white/bluish tint piaa's . also try polargs.

 

thanks flavor that will save me some time on that

 

I agree with flavor247. Matching a 27 watt bulb (maximum) to a 45 watt or higher is going to be really tough, if not impossible. I think the best option for lighting is to match all of the amber bulbs in the front (corners, turn signals, side markers). I did it easily by getting all bulbs from the same manufacturer at Auto Zone. Doesn't need to cost a lot either, because they are just amber bulbs. Looks really good.

Dave

 

you can buy these at pep boys or autozone....

 

I got my silverstars at schucks for $50 a pair. I saw them at wal-mart later for the same price. I like them a heck of a lot more than stock.