I have read the threads from 10+ years ago that recommended SiverStars, but I haven't seen anything newer...

My EG headlights do not exactly light up the road, anything new I should try?

Thanks All!

 

How much are you looking to spend?

 

I had not thought too much about it, does $20 per side get me something functional?

Or better yet, what do I need to spend to get something nice?

 

IMO projector retrofits are cheap (about $400) and nearly plug and play. Bi-xenon so you retain your high/low beam function, much better output than anything halogen.

start putting together a kit on TheRetrofitSource.com and see what you can come up with.

the next best option would be Denji replacement housings.

 

I'm gonna be trying some LED's. The new stuff is suppose to do a good job of mimicking the original bulb, so the LED works in the OEM housings without messing up the light pattern.

 

I got some LEDs off amazon
I had a coupon code and they were less than $30

Definite upgrade over silver stars, a little tricky fitting them with the clips

 

Are you talking about using the HID projectors in the original housings?

 

I do not hear good reviews about putting LEDs into halogen housings. I hear the light just scatters everywhere, and high beam does nothing. I am kind of leery about LED inserts for now.

 

Hit or miss is all I have to say when it comes to LEDs.

 

The high beams are meh .... But I am happy with the lows better that the silver stars for sure, I got the cheapest ones so I can't complain

I have same brand in the 95 teg and the are awesome, assuming because the projectors

 

It's all about the form of the LED. They aren't all the same.

 

Yes, or clear housing headlights.

You can run the projectors in the fluted lenses, you just won't have a clear cutoff, but it will still be better lighting and not blasting everywhere like an HID bulb in the housings will.

 

All miss. Proper retrofits or bust amirite!

 

Did you mean to say LED?

 

No. I can’t comment on LED bulbs as I’ve never run them.

 

Everything else seems half baked, but I ain’t an expert on this at all. Watched a video on it where a guy did a proper disassembly of the headlights, and even though that killed it for me it definitely looked like THE way to go, especially after seeing the before and after in a comparison between one headlight and the other.

Also, op could get a light bar like I used to have on my Civic!

 

The Racing Sports 9003 LED that I used was okay. You can try one of those "30% brighter" clear 9003 bulbs. They typically use a tighter filament wind, and may also advertise as having Xenon in the gas mixture. They are slightly brighter than standard stock bulbs and are at the upper legal tolerance for 9003 bulbs. They don't last as long as Long Lasting type bulbs. There's the Sylvania Xtravision and Philips VisionPlus or X-tremeVision.

Found this on candlepowerforums

International regulation ECE R37 specifies the luminous flux of the H4 bulb: 1650/1000 lumens ±15% and max allowable wattage 75/68w @ 13.2v. The U.S. regulation 49CFR564 for the 9003/HB2 (U.S. designation for the H4 bulb) is similar: 1580/910 lumens ±10% and max allowable wattage 72/65w @ 12.8v. The lumen differences are not the extent of the performance differences; the filament changes required to make a long-life bulb tend to reduce the beam focus, which shortens seeing distance, and to reduce filament surface luminance, which makes the light less white and more brown. The opposite filament changes are made to create the "Plus" or "Hyper" (+30, +50, +80, +90) type bulbs: Lifespan is reduced, but the beam focus is better so seeing distance is longer. Light color is whiter and less brown. The takeaway message here is that even if all the filaments put out exactly the same amount of light — the same lumens from a long life, a +30, a +50, a regular, an ultralong-life, etc. — the headlamp performance and appearance with the long-life bulb would still be inferior compared to the same headlamp performance and appearance with a regular, or +30, or +50, or +80, or Hyper bulb.

 

Here is the link from Retrofit Source for HID kit for EG: https://www.theretrofitsource.com/90...ect_restrict=1

Denji replacement housings for EG - does not seem to be easy to find... I did find this kit from inline4 that looks to have the Morimoto projector kit and the Denji housings: 92-95 Civic Denji Black Series : Blue Lens (UltraSpec Stage2 HID)

I am not sure what you mean by "blasting everywhere like an HID bulb in the housings will". Isn't that what I would have if I went Morimoto Elite HID kit from the RetroFit Source in my factory headlight housings? It sounds like that would not be a good choice?