Sick of buying bulbs every 2-3 months.

[Mr. Poopypants]

Once again, I had to replace one headlight and one foglight (silverstars). Has anyone ever tried the Sylvania XV (Xtra Vision) They are supposed to be brighter than stock lights but I don't want to go out and blow the money on them if they won't make a difference.

[joatmon]

my stock bulbs are still going just fine with 78 K miles (probably about 2000 hours of mixed DRL and headlight use)

[Viben' round]

well in my experience with brighter bulbs, they die quickly! I had a set of expensive piaa's for my headlights lasted months, set of aftermarket fogs, lasted less than a month. good thing I had kept my original bulbs, they still workand that's been since march of '03. so if I were you I'd buy a bulb that is equal to what the originals were. just my $.02

[ColonelPanic]

I've had those in there... I didn't think they were too bad. I thought they were a tad brighter than stock, but I've heard mixed responses from others.They lasted a lot longer than Silverstars, but one did eventually croak after several months... So, I went back to two cheapo GE bulbs and haven't had any problems since. lol!Pity they can't blend excellent lighting with longetivity...

[DavidPIL]

Hiya...Yeah, I used the Xtra Visions in my old Truck, were only slightly better than OEM. Used one as a cheap replacement for when my first Silverstars blew out, they reminded me more of the OEMs than anything else.Right now I'm running Hella bulbs in the headlights. Not a super white light like the blue coated bulbs but comparable to the SS's. We'll see how long they last... Dave

[03VibeGT6Spd]

One question, when you install the bulbs are you touching the glass bulb with your fingers or are you using a clean cotton rag?

[ragingfish]

The Xtra Visions aren't going to give you *whiter* light, but it might be brighter. From what I've seen, they're just slightly more robust than stocks...Not sure what price they retail at, but might be worth a shot...You could always do the HID conversion, of course......wickedly whiter light, and no bulb replacement.

[Mr. Poopypants]

Quote, originally posted by 03VibeGT6Spd »One question, when you install the bulbs are you touching the glass bulb with your fingers or are you using a clean cotton rag?I'm not touching the actual bulb at all, it is just the nature of silverstars to burn out quickly.

[Mr. Poopypants]

Quote, originally posted by ragingfish »You could always do the HID conversion, of course......wickedly whiter light, and no bulb replacement. I would love to go with HIDs but $$$$$$$

[Viben' round]

piaas will run you about $80, honestly not a great investment for a replacemet bulb, in mu opinion that is... I had them before.