So after one bulb went after a year of use I ditched them altogether.HIROne of my favorites so far, and I still use them in my fog lamps since they have yet to blow out. Glare and refraction made it harder to see. The kit worked nice for a bit, light output did suck and in the rain or weather it blew big time. Yellow is achieved at 3200-3500K for some foglamps or rally/Le Mans cars, just fyi. Most kits are 6k, 8, 10k, 13k! Which is nuts and reduce light output but changes color to blue, purple, pink as you go higher. They utilize projector lenses and reflector tinting to get the color you see as at that Kelvin temperature they are equivalent to daylight. A regular stock HID set for say an Audi or Acura runs between 4200-4400 respectively. Again the numbers on HIDs mean the color temperature, not light output. Hence people who drive a lot at night or with DRL's will see a much sooner burnout.HIDI had a Xentec 6000K set. Also note that SS is rated at 300 hours, your stock halogen has a 1000 hour lifespan. Kelvin is a color temperature scale while Lumens is actual light output. Any bulb with a coloring on the glass will put out less Lumens than a standard halogen. If you look at the packaging they give you the Kelvin scale for light output and that is off. the Ultra name was given to them because they lasted slightly longer than a regular SS. The SilverStar Ultra is supposed to be somewhat better but not in light output. I went through 3 sets in my 02 Civic with a 9003 bulb and one set in my Matrix before I ditched them for good.
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Plus at $60+ for a set they are not worth the cash.Silver StarMy experience was always horrid with them. This causes premature filament burnout and potential frying of wires. Granted I use a 9006 being an 05 Matrix but here is what I found in a nutshell:PIAAOverpriced and use higher wattages to get more power. Everything from PIAA, SilverStar, HID, HIR, and currently running Phillips Xtreme Power bulbs.
I have probably been through more lighting than you can imagine. Same age, same hours, only a short time until the "twin" dies as well!!!I just put in Phillips Night Guide Tri-Color beam 9003/H4 bulbs.How are these?What have others used?How have they lasted for you?Were they bright enough?I know I can disable the DRL's but I want to keep them, the safety aspect of having them is very real, I realize they shorten bulb life but for me the safety factor they offer is worth it.This site has been referred to and is very interesting but doesn't go into what brands and types are best. They lasted from the summer of 07 to December of 09.I put in Silverstar 9003/HB2 SU/2 bulbs on 12/09 and just replaced them this weekend 08/10 due to one burning out.I always replace any burned out bulb in pairs, be they headlights, tail lights, turn signals, marker lights, etc. Headlight bulbs have been discussed a bit in various posts, often dealing with one brand of bulbs and you've always got the "put in HID's" guys shouting out, but I haven't found a post that compared bulbs to each other and how they worked and how long they lasted.I'm curious, what are the BEST replacement 9003 BULBs for the headlights on a Vibe? The choices are staggering even within a manufacturer's family!!My Vibe came from the factory with GE 504800-H4 in them.
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