blue headlights
 

I'm looking into getting some new headlights for my truck.
if you've done research or actually gotten new headlamps:

what kind are they?
are they blue or white or purple?
how much did they cost ?
where did you get them?
would you recommend them to others?

thanks :cool:

Re: blue headlights
 

Autotemp. I had some Very blue Zenon lights for my car, I'm going to get some more for my truck. I think I paid $45 for a set. They had the more blue/purple ones but they said they were not street legal.

Walter

Go with Sylvania Silverstars or PIAA brand bulbs. Anything else is either illegal or crap. You could also splurge for a HID kit but those are about $700.

well, I picked up the silverstars, haven't had the change to put them in yet..anticipation is killin me, however the -20 and 60mph wind gusts is making inside feel nice.. :mrgreen:

I put Silverstars in my Xterra. Big mistake, the headlights for the Xterra's are already too bright. At night every other car flashes their highbeams at me. Anyhow they're not bue, they are more like a pure "10000K" kind of white and they are super bright.

You don't see them too often but I like those HID lights you see on some cars. Watching them fire up looks eerily familiar ... :cool:

The problem with aftermarket HID though is that they often don't come with the correct reflectors so they don't work as efficiently. Also, on some of them, you lose the high beam/low beam function.

I always wondered how they handled that. So the answer is they don't! Hehe.

as newguy said, because of the angle of light in the headlight unit, and because most headlights that aftermarket HID kits go into are not of the projector style, it causes a different color to come, then what you usually anticipate.

Some of the HID kits come in a hi/lo product, inwhich the high beam function will still work. Usually by turning on a #194 bulb next to the HID bulb.

Also, one last thing about aftermarket HIDs...they may or may not be legal to use. I know in the US, there is a ban on aftermarket HIDs. If you use them, you may run the risk of getting a ticket.

Let me know how they turn out for you. I have the Sylvania "Cool Blues" which are just as yellow as normal headlights. I ran PIAA's for a while, but one burned out just after a year!

That's why I got Zenon's :smile: They were bright and blue. Still going after 1.5 years.

Walter

walt. did you have to do a complete conversion for xenons?

I did buy the sylvania silverstars and i'm quite impressed, I almost like the crissssp white over the blue...the cheapy aftermarket blue looks so amature.

I put some blue ones in my Mustang when I lived in Kelowna a few years ago and the cops made me take them out or get a ticket during a check stop. I asked why and he said they were not approved for canada. I showed him that they had DOT ratings and he could not care less. He mentioned that you could not see reflections at night and that standing water would look black and this had caused some accidents. I still have them, but they do not fit my truck now. They sure lite up the night. Back then they were 35 each.

No, they were just bulbs. I think I paid $35 each.. well worth the price. I tried the Silverstars and I was not impressed with them (But that's just me! :lol: ) The Xenons had a white/blue look to them and were amazing at night.

Walter

Just curious, what did you not like about the Silverstars?

They were not blue enough for me :biggrin:

Walter

You wouldn't have a pic of them running on your car would you? I'd like to see a side by side shot comparing Silverstars to PIAA or regular bulbs.

I can't get the pics to look any different.. I can notice quite the difference in person but in the pics I can't tell.

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the silverstars are on the left stock is on the right.

Maybe it would be easier to see the differnce in color if you pointed the headlights at a white wall and took pics of the wall?

Hmmm yeah they are not the least little bit blue. Just white as far as I can tell. Just stupidly bright white ... I have no real need to turn on high beams. Since putting them in I get flashed at night a LOT ... I'm guessing I am going to either have to take them out and put back in the PIAA's, or aim them downwards to help with this problem.

These Xenon's you put in, they were kind of blue-ish? Might have to look at those.

I don't have my car anymore. You can get them at AutoTemp. They might have some setup in a car?

Walter