'92 Q: replacement headlamp---Sylvania Silverstar. Which ones?

[kdkrone]

The following list of replacement bulbs is from the Sylvania site. I have searched the forum and the only recommendation I came upon in the forums was for the Long Life (9006LL). There apparently is no Long Life for the high beams. What are the downsides to using the Ultra (or the High Performance )?

ThanksKen K

1992 INFINITI Q45

Low Beam Headlamp90069006SU Silverstar ULTRA for Ultra Night Vision - The Whitest and Brightest Halogen9006ST Silverstar High Performance Lighting: The Whiter and Brighter Halogen9006XV XtraVision Halogen Upgrade: Up to 20% Brighter9006CB Cool Blue Halogen Upgrade: White Hot; Super Cool; 100% Street Legal9006LL Long Life Halogen Upgrade: Lasts one and a half times longer

High Beam Headlamp90059005SU Silverstar ULTRA for Ultra Night Vision - The Whitest and Brightest Halogen9005ST Silverstar High Performance Lighting: The Whiter and Brighter Halogen9005XV XtraVision Halogen Upgrade: Up to 20% Brighter9005CB Cool Blue Halogen Upgrade: White Hot; Super Cool; 100% Street Legal


Modified by kdkrone at 3:34 PM 9/11/2006

[maxnix]

If you enter the year in the dhart drill down, it should give you the corect bulb.

Aren/t the high beams H1 or H3?

THe ST suffix indicates Silver Star.

[kdkrone]

Thanks. I did the drilling for the numbers--that is what is posted. What I want to know is which of the various product lines that I posted, mainly why not the Silverstar Ultra, which they claim is brighter than the regular Silverstar?

Here is a chart off of their site:http://www.sylvania.com/Consum...t.htm

Thanks,Ken K

[maxnix]

"Best" vs. "Premeium"? Shakespeare was wrong, we need to shoot the marketing department first!

Don't know about the new one, and don't know anyone who has them installed. Read carefully.

[kdkrone]

Gotcha.

If I am not mistaken, you had posted back in 2003 that you have the Silverstar Long Life installed? Still pleased with them?

ThanksKen K

[Q45tech]

Brightness all depends on your eyes and the chromatic responses of your eyes.

Every driver depending on age and eye color and genetics will have a different response.

I've got one ST and 1 regular now they seem to last ok a few years depending on hours of operation.

I always keep spares in the trunk to change on side of road.

[MattB]

I had Silverstars installed in my old G20. I loved them and they lasted about two years before blowing out, but I attribute that partially to weakening weather seals on a 12 year old car. I'm looking around now for a set of Silverstar Ultras for my I30...

[kdkrone]

Q45tech (or anyone)

Is there an issue with the amount of heat that any of the bulbs gives off versus that given off by the OEM bulbs with regard to the deterioration of any nearby parts?

ThanksKen K

[maxnix]

Gotcha.

If I am not mistaken, you had posted back in 2003 that you have the Silverstar Long Life installed? Still pleased with them?

ThanksKen K

Silver Star and Long Life are different. My Silver Stars are still fine in all three cars.
Modified by maxnix at 12:35 PM 9/11/2006

[maxnix]

Is there an issue with the amount of heat that any of the bulbs gives off versus that given off by the OEM bulbs with regard to the deterioration of any nearby parts?

ThanksKen K

Current draw is the same (very important!), so one may infer the heat produced is the same.

[kdkrone]

Thanks. Must have been someone else who posted about the LL (Long Life)KK

[maxnix]

Until recently, the best non-OEM accessory bulbs were Long Life only.

[kdkrone]

Maxnix,

And "since recently"....?????

Am I correct, then, in assuming that either the Long Life or the regular Silver Stars are just fine. Do you know about the Ultras?

ThanksKen K

P.S. Must ask. Is Maxnix short for the German expression machts nichts?

[MattB]

Maxnix,

And "since recently"....?????

Am I correct, then, in assuming that either the Long Life or the regular Silver Stars are just fine. Do you know about the Ultras?

ThanksKen K

P.S. Must ask. Is Maxnix short for the German expression machts nichts?

I think the Ultras just came out.

[maxnix]

Is Maxnix short for the German expression machts nichts?

Ja wohl!