Date:         Mon, 17 May 2004 20:11:30 +0200
Reply-To:     Calle Fallberg <calle.fallberg@TELIA.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Calle Fallberg <calle.fallberg@TELIA.COM>
Subject:      Re: Sylvania Silverstar headlight bulbs..great or gimmick???
              anyone             tried em?
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I´m kind of a freak when it comes to lighting because of working late and
driving through moosecountry with little or no traffic and have checked a
lot of different bulbs and for me it´s different from time to time !
In the winter whith all the snow reflecting the light I prefere to use the
bluecoated H4 (General Electric Superblue/Euroblue) together with matching
H1/H3 bulbs in the floodlights OR yellowish ( Philips Allweather or Osram
Gold) all around but in the summer I like Philips Premium or GE Megalight
both said to put out 40 - 60 % more light than regular 60/55 W bulbs -
probably similar to the Silverstar ??.
I´ve tried all up to 190/130 W H4 but don´t like to use them since they have
a tendency to ruin your lights(reflector and glass turns yellow) because of
the heat that builds up inside. I´ve even got the wiring melted on a Golf.
What Í´m getting at here is that what suit one time might not do so another
and we´re all indipendantly sensitive to reflexes from roadsigns and other
things so it´s best to try!
The thing that IS worth investing in whatever bulbs you´re using is two
relays and some heavy wire to boost the power to the light!
You may be able to get a couple of extra volts and that´ll make any bulb
brighter ( and lightpattern more accurate). The only drawback is that it
might shorten the lifespan of the bulbs a bit.
How to hook up ?
This is one site to get info on, there are probably moore !
http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/relays/relays.html

Calle
-88 Volgon
Mullhyttan, Sweden

> Chris,
> I installed a set of E-code headlights in my friend's Audi 90 and put the
> Sylvania Silverstar bulbs in them.  Yes, they are visibly better than the
> average halogen bulb - their light is whiter without the use of magic blue
> coatings.  I'll be putting E-code headlights in my Vanagon in a few days
> and I'll use the same light bulbs in it.
>
> Chris S.
>
>
> > has anyone tried the Sylvania Silverstar headlight bulbs?   they sell
for
> > $38.00 a pair at wal-mart..   has anyone tried them?  do they really put
> > out more
> > light?   says they are supposed to be "brilliant white"..   true or
false?
> > how about some called "XQ" "Xenon Quartz "cyber White"  by Navigator..
> > wal-mart also sells these, but theyre cheaper..  any good?   or just a
> > gimmick?
> >
> > please let us know if youve tried them..and what you think..
> >
> > chris
> >
>