New sylvinia xenon bulbs

[blk450er]

I want to get way brighter bulbs for my 08 with a better pattern spread. I've used silver stars before and didn't seem too much different than the stockers. I was at autozone last night and seen a new bulb from sylvinia. They are a step up from their silver star ultras and they're a xenon bulb. They are $60 a piece I believe. Anyone use these? And re they any good? I don't know anything about hid bulbs but would like to use something like them.

[travisH3]

are you talking about the sylvania ZXE? I have a pair I bought but they really dont do that much difference. Pm me if ya want to buy em, im not using them and only had them on my truck for a few weeks. $35 shipped for a pair?

[blk450er]

I can't remember the exact name. I know they are xenon bulbs and the most expensive at autozone. But if they don't make much of a difference then maybe I'll look into actual HIDs. I just don't know much about those though..

[travisH3]

Yeah they are the new XENON fueled yada yada from them. its supposed to have "HID attitude" but they arent that white. you can still see they have a warm white to them. Its prolly as close to HID you will get to HID's with a halogen bulb. I have tried the silver stars, ZXE, and the PIAA ultra white and havent been impressed by any of them. I now have my HID's back in and just pointed down so no one flashes me because of my lights

[blk450er]

What hid system are you running? Are they plug and play into the rackety wiring?

[travisH3]

I do installs for friends and I always use DDMtuning kits. They are cheap, with warranty but customer service is only through email i think and shipping is slow. I have bought 12 kits so far and have only had one kit come in with one bad ballast. They sent me a new one though. If you want really good service but pay the price, retro-solutions is a great company. thats who i order my LED's from.

[blk450er]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the HIDs run through a ballast that taps into your battery? Or do they plug straight into your factory wiring harness? Are they pretty easy to install?

[SpDyDaVe]

Other than HID lights the only bulb worth the money has been the PIAA bulb sets. I love the factory vehicles with HID lighting systems and when I recently sold my Lexus I missed them greatly. Unless you go with a HID system anyone worth their salt knows that after time most upgrade bulbs burn out quickly so invest in the best bulbs out there. Otherwise in a year or so you will be back to buying another set and with that you had purchased the PIAA set. You can buy a set of them cheaper than on Ebay from THMotorsports.com.

PIAA H13:
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If you have fog lights you can upgrade them as well with the H10 bulb set.
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