Yes, i did indeed search.

Anyways whats the best way to clean these? rubbing alcohol?

Any can you tell me about your experiences with blown bulbs, does the fragments stay in the headlight housing?

I got some silverstars i know they are going to burn/blowout eventually so yea. After these are out of commision, im going to just use cool blues.

Thanks

 

do silverstar 9005's fit in your teg?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by integraL &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">do silverstar 9005's fit in your teg?</TD></TR></TABLE>

9005 are the high beams, you can modify them to fit in the low beam housing

alcohol can be used to cleam then jsut fine.

 

yea i just did em wasn't super easy like i expected. lol, i had trouble with taking out the 9006 bulbs out, had to put in a screwdriver then pull really hard. It seemed to be stuck or seomthing. Anyways bright ****, is it suppose to emit a pretty warm beam? thanks

 

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When a bulb "blows", it doesn't actually explode (at least I've yet to see one). Just the inner filament burns out, creating the smoky residue on the inside of it. No need to worry about broken fragments in your headlight housing.

 

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When a bulb "blows", it doesn't actually explode (at least I've yet to see one). Just the inner filament burns out, creating the smoky residue on the inside of it. No need to worry about broken fragments in your headlight housing.
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Words to live by

 

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xteg01, have you tried it? i heard you just shave off a part of the cylinder

 

They'll work for about 6-8 months. I had them and both of mine blew out in that time

 

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That depends on how much you drive, too. I rarely drive at night, so my 9005 Silverstar conversion has been going strong for about a year now.

 

My silverstars died withing 6-8 months like said.

I was wondering if anyone actually tried the 9006 silverstars?

 

My silverstars lasted 4-6 months. At $25 bucks each I decided that would pay for Hids in 3 years. So I sprang for the full 4100k HIDs and never looked back. No comparison.

I ran the 9006 Silverstars in the low beams, they looked great too. I could barely notice a difference between the 9005 and the 9006 in the low beam housing, it was minimal. Id recommend just going with the 9006 for the lows instead of fugging the 9005 to fit, that is why they only last ~6 months.

 

Yeah the Silverstars were no comparison to my recently acquired McCulloch 5300k HID's.

 

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When a bulb "blows", it doesn't actually explode (at least I've yet to see one). Just the inner filament burns out, creating the smoky residue on the inside of it. No need to worry about broken fragments in your headlight housing.
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W3RD!

 

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xteg01, have you tried it? i heard you just shave off a part of the cylinder</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah check out this link:
http://www.bmwe34.net/E34main/...t.htm

 

ummm , is it suppose to feel kinda warm when you put your hand in front of the light? Its giving me a wierd feeling, my previous bulbs didn't do this.(stock that is).

just asking if this is normal.

 

No one i know of has melted anything doing this conversion, including myself.

I wouldn't push it w/ 80W HO bulbs, though.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by imp0rtedrice &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ummm , is it suppose to feel kinda warm when you put your hand in front of the light? Its giving me a wierd feeling, my previous bulbs didn't do this.(stock that is).

just asking if this is normal.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yup, turn on the high beams and they will feel warm as well. It's fine.

 

dunno if i should buy another set of silverstars when my blow out... or spend $400 on HID's...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Vtecfool &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">dunno if i should buy another set of silverstars when my blow out... or spend $400 on HID's... </TD></TR></TABLE>

Where are you going to get these HIDs, now that they can't legally be sold?

You're better off with better halogens than some badly made HID crap from Mr. Jung or some other fraud.

What you can find probably won't be $400, since supply and demand indicate that with constant demand and diminishing supply, prices go up.

FWIW, I sold my Catz kit and am improving my halogens since parts are unavailable and a bad bulb means I would've thrown $450 down the drain.

 

I'm using 9006 silverstars in my low beams but i've only been running them for about a month. I decided not to try the 9005 conversion after hearing all fo the "they only last 6-8 months" comments.

Don't HID's really suck on DC2 headlights? Lots of glare from the examples that I've seen. I had a PNP set on my Prelude and the glare wasn't too bad but I still got highbeamed almost every time I drove at night.


Modified by coil222 at 3:09 PM 10/4/2003

 

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Where are you going to get these HIDs, now that they can't legally be sold?

You're better off with better halogens than some badly made HID crap from Mr. Jung or some other fraud.

What you can find probably won't be $400, since supply and demand indicate that with constant demand and diminishing supply, prices go up.

FWIW, I sold my Catz kit and am improving my halogens since parts are unavailable and a bad bulb means I would've thrown $450 down the drain.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yea, i was thinking xenondepot.com? I think they still sell it..

 

for HID's do you have to replace the bulbs?

 

one of my silverstars just blew....anybody want to buy just one...?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by integraL &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">for HID's do you have to replace the bulbs?</TD></TR></TABLE>

They last much much longer than regular halogen bulbs if you install them correctly.

I have seen a truely blown bulb and it was a mess. Pieces everywhere inside the housing.

 

mess...
Anyways 9005 are seriously worth it for the first time you use it. Just when they blow use cool blue 9005 or OEM 9005 those last a while. Anything better then 9006. Just my opinion.
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