What does everyone think about the Silverstars and the Philips Vision Plus? What do you think is better overall..thanks for the help

 

Philips.

 

Ive had silverstars in my talon for a while, and they are excellent.

 

My vote goes to Silvestars. I've had them for over a year now and they work flawlessly.

-- Andrey

 

I like my Silverstars.

 

the silverstars are great! super bright white light especially the high beams

 

i had silverstars in my WRX... while NOT brighter, they were whiter than OEMS, which were yellowish...

now i just have HIDs...

 

I was thinking about getting some Silverstars for the Accord that the wife drives. I'd also like to get some for mine too but don't really wanna spend $80 on lights at one time. So I'll probably get some for the Honda first. But Silverstars are the best bet? She hates driving at night and/or in the rain cause she says she has a hard time seeing (she doesn't have eye problems) so I'm thinking some better headlights will do the trick.

 

If she is having trouble seeing in the rain try some Hella Yellowstars! I absolutely love mine and at $10 a bulb you can't go wrong. www.rallylights.com

 

I've had the Silverstars on my 4Runner for about 18 months. Other than a shorter-than-normal service life, they're much better than stock. I have no info to do a comparison with the Philips Vision Plus.

As far as seeing better in the dark with rain, I concur with the Yellowstars. Since I wanted the best of both worlds, I kept the Silverstars in my headlamps but replaced my foglight's standard H3 bulb with Hella H3 Yellowstars. BIG, BIG difference in fog and rain...

 

(hi localmotion!)

A follow-up question for everyone... What about these lamps in the rain?

I just ordered a set of Philips Vision Plus's hoping that they'll do better in the rain than the random $15 5000K bulbs I'm running now. But there's another recent thread here that talks about the Philips being ugly in the rain.

I'm convinced that (short of HIDs) a whiter lamp isn't good for rain (hence fog lamps being yellow), but it seems that to get more light in general, you have to get away from the yellow edge of the spectrum.


EDIT: Looks like I should have read further in the thread... Yellowstars huh? 'k, I may give those a shot.

 

I use the Philips Vision plus and Cibie Airport Fogs (yellow). After the research that I did, this will (hopefully) give me good vision and long service life. I have read many cases of the Silvertars failing early although it is apparent that several folks here have seen decent service from theirs.
Mike

 

Are the yellow lights legal on the road?

 

Umm, when I say "yellow" in this regard, I'm talking about the yellowish (off-white) tint of standard headlights. A full-blown big bright yellow lamp (like my Lightforce lamps) would _not_ be legal on the road. At 1 million candlepower, they're a bit bright.

But... You can certainly run low-power yellow lamps like the stock fog lights.

 

what type of phillips vision plus do i get for my 2002? are there different models of this light depending on vehicle?

also, can these only be ordered online?

 

I ordered the phillips vision plus from England--they are great--they cut through the rain to. I used to run a 130/100 but they were prone to burnouts. The vision plus has gone through some rugged trails and they are still burning!

 

I've had the Silverstars for a little less than a year and I'm happy with em, although in the rain they don't perform all that great, its not too bad...get some Hella 500 Fogs and you'll be ready to rock! :rockband:

Fink

 

so it sounds like you have to order the phillips vision plus online. does it have to be from outside the US? and what version do i get my my truck?

 

Get Osram Silverstars.

 

I had sylvania silverstars for a few days and hated them