Some here know that I really hate Piaa Super Plasma white H4 bulbs.
I bought them for the rig back around '99 or so.

I had bought the Hella H4 housings to replace my stock lights, and fell for the hype of the Piaas.

They are crap in the rain, all but a little light about but disappears when driving in the rain.

Many had problems with them burning out, but mine would not.
Finally this morning on the way into work at 3:30 am the drivers side went out.

Got home today and I still had the stock Hella 55/60 H4 bulbs that came with the housings.
Put one in, and then it started to rain.
It is more yellow compared to the whiteness of the Piaa, so it looks a little funny.
I will have to swap in the other one this week.

I never figured though that the bulb would go for about 5 years.

At a later day I will replace both bulbs again with some recommended by Daniel Stern's.
His link is on the above page, and he is considered the guru of automotive lighting.

 

i just ordered a set of the real silver stars made by Osram from a company over in Europe, i never knew that the silver stars over here were basically a blue bulb and way over priced, i just got the Osram version for $30 shipped, thanks a lot for the link Corey

 

If you can, I'd recommend "test-driving" some Silverstars first. I had the bulbs from Daniel Stern, and they were great and all, but I kinda always wondered how they measured up to the Silverstars.

Maybe you could order the Stern bulbs and get a Silverstar to compare. Then send back the one you don't like.

 

I've had my Silverstarts for probably about a year now and I still love them, of course now with all of the other lights I have if there is a time when they aren't enough...I've got something to cover it, but if I want just normal night time driving light the Silverstars are great, but in bad weather I will admit they're not the best...but who needs em when you got Hella 500 fogs?

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