Date:         Mon, 17 May 2004 20:20:06 +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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BTW

You almost always get what you pay for,itīs almost always worth to put some
extra money on high quality products !
With the E-codes you get a lightpattern that is almost like a flattened V
with left leg horizontal and the right raising towards the roadside and one
pair of lowlowlow priced bulbs I bought ( and returned) had the light
vertical instead of horizontal :-P

Calle


----- Original Message -----
From: "Calle Fallberg" <calle.fallberg@telia.com>
To: "Vanagon list" <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: Re: Sylvania Silverstar headlight bulbs..great or gimmick???
anyone tried em?


>
> Iīm 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 itīs 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 ??.
> Iīve tried all up to 190/130 W H4 but donīt 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. Iīve even got the wiring melted on a Golf.
> What Íīm getting at here is that what suit one time might not do so
another
> and weīre all indipendantly sensitive to reflexes from roadsigns and other
> things so itīs best to try!
> The thing that IS worth investing in whatever bulbs youīre 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 thatīll 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
> > >
> >
>