I had the Sylvania Silverstars and they blew out in 3 months. Not cool. I live in San Francisco, so snow was not the problem, nor were my grubby hands.
I like how white they are, but am frustrated at how fragile/easily they blow out.

Can anyone suggest a different headlight bulb manufacturers with similar output of the Silverstar and if you've had good/bad results with them.

 

Silverstars look good,,,but didnt last for me either, only a couple months. I made a thread about it a couple months ago.

If you like the white look, for an somewhat inexpensive price, buy some PIAA extremes. Itll last you longer....

 

After experiencing the shitty quality of Silverstars, here's my policy: OEM or save up for HID.

 

^^^Or, even better, do what he said^^^

 

mine was some japanese product, it was expensive compare to other bulbs.
but it gives white since Feb. last yr and still going strong.

 

as was said, stop wasting your money on junk giimmick bulbs..


this is MUCH better in the long run(next two pics are cheap ass projector housings retrofitted with hella HID projectors)


Then not are are you not faking the color, you can actually see better




hell if you have a 6G, even just a cheap HID bulb retrofit works ok. I wouldn't recommend it on most cars, but the 6G accord responds pretty well to HID, not that bad of glare. I tried the bulb route in my wrx and was blinding the crap out of people, so I went with STi HID housings instead, but the accord wasn't bad, I'm just anal about lighting.(this is stock 6G accord headlamps, with rebased philips ultinon D2R, the faint blue line on the botton are the OEM fog lamps with riceboy blue bulbs in them trying to match the HID)



I spent more money on bulbs pre-hid than I did on my entire HID setup in the accord. I tried Silverstars, Nokya, PIAA(two different sets of $70 freaking bulbs), Polarg, you name, I tried it. All a waste of money, none with the true color, nor function of HID. Once I touched HID I have never even thought about buying the junk bulbs. I had my STi housings on my wrx within 2 months of buying the car. I've since added the leveling switch and harness which is a pretty cute feature

 

Not everyone has the $$$ for an HID swap, but FYI, Silverstars are known for their short life. I had a set of Phillips bulbs back in the day which can be bought at any auto parts store which lasted me years. Not as HID looking as Silverstars, but not as fragile, or expensive either.

 

If they're continuously spending $50-$70 on a pair of bulbs that blow every few months or years versus HID which lasts for around 10 years, it's far more cost efficient to buy HID. Plus HID isn't just going for a pretty color, HID is brighter, a color spectrum that excites signs and road paint, in the end not only is it pretty, you can see further and better.

a wise man once said :You're not rich enough to buy cheap stuff.

I'm so addicted to HID I spent $3k more on a one year later benz even though the older one had 15k less miles, the 97 had HID.(97 S600, although I am regretting buying it, what a freaking money pit)

 

How much is an HID kit for a 6th gen accord?

 

$200-$300 for just a bulb retrofit, $250-$400 to do a projector retrofit(plus labor)