what do you all think is the best and brighest headlight bulbs?

 

Piaa Xtreme White. last longer than most and light output is very bright.

 

Well, I have PIAA Xtreme White, which are brighter than the OEM Halogens.

 

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alot of people burnt out their piaa within a month of usage.

i personally like silverstar, but they too have burn out issue for some people.

so i ended up with hid's

 

TOSHIBA HIR 9011 and 9012 (Halogen Infrared Reflecting bulbs)

Can be had for $60/pair on eBay. The same guy has been selling them there for last several years. They are a best bang for your buck, if they fit your honda of course link: http://www.finemotoring.com/


Modified by ny153 at 12:04 PM 12/27/2006


Modified by ny153 at 12:10 PM 12/27/2006

 

PIAA's are alright. I've have the GT-X, the super whites, hyper whites, and so on. Light output is decent. But after sitting in a car with HID's, bulbs are completely worthless I personally perfer OEM, if they weren't so yellow

 

From my personal experience, stay away from Piaa, too expensive for a bulb that doesn't last very long. I just started getting into this new bulb from autozone by slyvania called xtravision and I have to say it's a great improvement over other bulbs. As for the Silverstars, they're aren't the real ones offered by Osram, the US versions are really just a coated bulb. I posted a pic in another bulb related thread in this forum, see if you can find it and you'll see the difference between the 2.

You can also go with a 9005 conversion which is a 9005 Highbeam bulb modified to fit your lowbeam. Gives a brighter appearence and slightly more light.

Also another good alternative is from http://www.Autolumination.com, I picked up a set of the yellow bulbs for $10 shipped and that was also a great improvement.

 

Have you tried HIR bulbs? (see my post above) I've heard great things abouth them.

 

There is no doubt that the HIR are probably one of if not the best upgrade option but they are pricey at what? like almost $20 a pop, correct me if I'm wrong as I haven't actually looked at the price lately. I'm just giving options to ppl that just want to go to their nearest Autozone/Advance Auto whatever and take care of their issue right then and there.

 

OEM replacement bulb costs, what 8-9$ + tax? HIR's are 25 each now, still cheaper than some sylvania bulbs. If HIR's were available at autozone then everybody would be using them

 

My bro got some PIAA in like 99 and it burnt out like a year ago. So thats like 6 years. He droved a lot at night too worth the money. I'm trying Luminics, looks good so far. pretty bright.

 

i use silverstars...how are those compared to the PIAA ones..???

 

I think you can get Philips HIR's for like $25 for a pair. The 9012 is replacment for the 9006 low beams correct. I think the 9011 are for the 9005 highbeams. Anyone cut the tabs to make them fit?