I bought a pair of 9005 Slyvania Silverstar bulbs and did the conversion. All i can say is Wow! It is a lot brighter than the 9006. Very noticeable inside/out and it burns a lot whiter. People who never done this B4 I suggest you go out and buy it and see it for yourself.one more thing, stop wasting your money on those cheap ricey blue bulbs

 

hey man --- your info is appriciated, but people on this board have been doing it a long time.
furthermore, alot of people have been having problems with them burning out quickly.

 

Many people have had problems with the 9005 converted Silverstars burning out, including me. I ran 9005 Cool Blues for over 1.5 years with no problems, so I recoemmend those. They're only $15-$20 for a pair from Wal-Mart.

 

lots of people have done this already.. and there have been lots of threads on it....I've been running the 9005's for like a year now (w/ silverstars) when they blow out I'm either going to get a real HID system or just get another set of regular bulbs and do the conversion as a lot of people have said their silverstars blew out after 6-9 months... I'm not planning to keep my car that much longer....

 

how much do these bulbs run?

 

hey patrick,
how did the 9005 coolblues compare to the 9005 silverstars? one of my piaa 9006 burned out today after 2.5 years of light and i'm lookin to just do the conversion. also is there another site aside from the bmw site that tells how to do it? i tried goin to it just now, and the server must be down...
TIA

-brian

 

yea, just wait until they burn out in about 6-8 monthes from now. I had both of my silverstars go out in that amount of time. I'm back to the regular ol bulbs and might try the cool blues 9005's one of these days.

 

Don't want to curse myself but my 9005 silverstars are still going after 10-11 months.

 

I done the conversion with philips ice whites and the drivers side burned out inside 3 months, so i bought the cheapest set of bulbs i could ($3 ithink) and theyve been going strong for almost 5 months now!

 

I know it's not a teg or even projectors, but here is the conversion on my lude. The driver's side is the 9005 Silverstar conversion, while the passenger(which you can't really see anyways) is a 9006 Cool Blue. The Silverstar on that side burned out after 6 months. IMO, they are almost identical, but the Silverstar is a tad bit whiter. Once it goes, I plan on just getting another Cool Blue.

 

i've had my cool blues in for a year now, they are great, a big improvment over stock, and haven't burned out. i like them, and ya can't go wrong for the price

-Scary

 

9005 conversions burns out faster due to its design. It was NOT designed to be frequently used as opposed to the 9006.

great article about SUPER WHITES etc. http://www.overboost.com/story.asp?id=102

 

Nice article. I wish every riceboy with blue headlights could read that one.

 

you got pics?

 

What's yoz opinion on the PIAA Extremes? 80 bucks a pair though..

 

i just put PIAA xtremes in my 98 integra.
i really like them, very clean white look.
light up the road much better than old cheapo blue bulbs
plus i got a deal on them from a friend because 80 is a lot of money

 

Yikes! $80 for halogen?

 

Good luck with it, hopefully it last more than a year.

Mine finally blew out after a bit over a year, not too bad compared to some people on the board which had them blow out in just 6 months.

Oh, anyone wanna buy a single 9005 silverstar?

 

i have to do it....

 

LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I did the 9005 conversion on my stock bulbs about 4 years ago and they are still going strong. The Silverstars produce a nice bright white light output , but for some reason they burn out after about 6-9 months (typically) . So, the problem really isn't the design of the bulb, but the manufacter of the bulb.

 

that sounds like a very reasonable explanation.. however, i would hate to live in an environment where i had to use them as high beams frequently, like in the mountains or something and have them die.
so if its not the wiring or fault of the user install, running it frequently as a low beam would be a good indication of how well it performs as a highbeam :D

 

Mine too...almost a year now...and I do a TON of night driving.

$50 for a whole year of awesome night visability is DEFINATELY worth it. I'll buy them again when or if they ever burn out (knock on wood)