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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 10:30 AM
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^^ Same here.
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by ZRO26T
Have Silverstars in my Silvy, Yukon, and Accord! Best bang for the buck. In my Silvy & Yukon, the lows are brighter & make oncoming drivers think I have hi-beams on... until I flash the hi-beams (w/ Silverstars in them). I'm sure that made 'em think twice.

Had a buddy I was following him on the way to his house (he was intoxicated) after a bunch of us went to a party. He claimed the lights were so bright, had to turn down his rear view mirror.

I'd definitely recommend Silverstars, hands down!
It doesn't matter how bright bulbs are, if people are flashing you and turning their mirrors away from your lights, your headlights are obviously in need of aiming.
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Mikegyver
It doesn't matter how bright bulbs are, if people are flashing you and turning their mirrors away from your lights, your headlights are obviously in need of aiming.
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Mikegyver
It doesn't matter how bright bulbs are, if people are flashing you and turning their mirrors away from your lights, your headlights are obviously in need of aiming.

are you gonna send him to his room with no desert and put him in time out?
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Old Mar 20, 2006 | 01:58 AM
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so i guess the silverstars are a good choice. hehe
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Old Mar 20, 2006 | 10:14 AM
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anyone running silverstars in denali headlights? Curious to see how they perform in this housing.

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Old Mar 20, 2006 | 03:20 PM
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Ive had hid's since i got my truck and I would never go back 6000k's are the $hit
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Old Mar 20, 2006 | 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Mikegyver
It doesn't matter how bright bulbs are, if people are flashing you and turning their mirrors away from your lights, your headlights are obviously in need of aiming.
Sorry Guy, but you are wrong. They are aimed perfectly. Let me place 2 spot lights on the front of my truck and aim them correctly and have you coming at me on a dark 2 lane road. Then tell me it doesn't matter how bright the bulbs are.
Also, trucks tend to sit a bit higher than cars. Most the flash me are cars.
Maybe you just need better bulbs.
This also goes to member JimS as well.
LOL! This is really kind of stupid to argue about. I think I would be able to tell if my headlight were aimed wrong. I was never flashed when I had the O.E.bulbs.

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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 12:50 PM
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ok i know the silverstars for the high and lows but are they good for the fogs as well and will the burn my wiring if i do use them in the fogs.
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by CHEVY6000VHO
Sorry Guy, but you are wrong. They are aimed perfectly. Let me place 2 spot lights on the front of my truck and aim them correctly and have you coming at me on a dark 2 lane road. Then tell me it doesn't matter how bright the bulbs are.
Also, trucks tend to sit a bit higher than cars. Most the flash me are cars.
Maybe you just need better bulbs.
This also goes to member JimS as well.
LOL! This is really kind of stupid to argue about. I think I would be able to tell if my headlight were aimed wrong. I was never flashed when I had the O.E.bulbs.

Jim
I didn't know we were arguing, but since you said we are, here goes: Your comparison of spotlights to headlights shows your complete lack of understanding of headlight design and the reason for aiming them. If you had the same bulbs in the spotlights as were in the headlights, the spotlights would always interfere with oncoming driver's vision, no matter how they were aimed. The reason for this is because spotlight beams aren't designed with cutoffs in the pattern. The only reason that headlight low beams have a cutoff pattern is to avoid blinding oncoming drivers. High beams aren't cutoff because the only concern is maximum light output. High beams aren't always brighter than low beams, they just have a different pattern and aiming.
The possibilty also exists that your new bulbs aren't up to OEM or DOT standards, and the filiment isn't precisely enough located, and this is affecting the beam cutoff by having odd spikes that shoot above the cutoff and bother other drivers. This could well be the case, since you only changed the bulbs and didn't re-aim the lights. If that were true, I would understand your refusal to lower your headlight aim as an honest mistake, rather than juvenile bullying of oncoming drivers.
And by the way, tough guy, I have Danali projectors with 6000K HIDs in them, and haven't had people flash at me yet.
I wish I knew we were arguing sooner, this is fun!
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