Re: [alfa] Re: alfa-digest V9 #1035 Silverstar lights

["Bill LeClair" <billleclair@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I just purchased a set of these for some of my non Alfa vehicles. All of the
reviews rate these as excellent, I will let you all know. They are not cheap
at about $37.00 a pair at Wal-Mart.

Bill LeClair


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Schweikle" <schweikg@domain.elided>
To: <alfa@domain.elided>; <alfa-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 8:24 AM
Subject: [alfa] Re: alfa-digest V9 #1035 Silverstar lights


> Digesti,
>
> A search of the Sylvania site produced the following:
>
> "The life expectancy of a SilverStar halogen light source is dependent on
> the driver's use of the lights, which vary by season, time of day and
number
> of miles driven. We estimate the SilverStar halogen lights to have a life
> span of up to one year under average driving conditions"
>
> Ahhh..."up to one year". Do I detect an example of the P.T.Barnum theory
> here?
>
> George Schweikle
> Lexington, KY
>
>
> > Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 20:04:27 -0500
> > From: Joe Elliott <jee@domain.elided>
> > Subject: [alfa] Re: Headlight upgrades
> >
> > I'm not sure why people get so excited about the color temperature of
> their
> > headlights.  Looking at Sylvania's web site
> > (http://www.sylvania.com/auto/silverstar.htm), the light output for
their
> > SilverStar bulbs appears to be the same as the regular bulbs--only the
> > color temperature is different.  I'm surprised that it would make such a
> > noticable difference.  But regardless of the bulb you choose, be it
> > mediocre or impressive, you're wasting most of the light it produces by
> > sticking with a (dangerously, in my opinion) shitty  American beam
> pattern.
> > http://catalog.com/susq offers the complete range of Hella Euro-spec
> > sealed-beam-replacement headlights for everything from Spiders to Toyota
> > 4x4's.  And I believe that our friend Biba
(http://www.alfacybersite.com)
> > carries the allegedly-superior Cibie brand in the round sizes.  (Note
that
> > some cars equipped with sealed beams in the USA, for example Peugeot
505,
> > early SAAB 900, and early Volvo 240, weren't actually designed for
sealed
> > beams, and can be equipped with even better vehicle-specific Euro
> > headlights.)  Once you've got proper headlights, then you can fit
> > fancy-pants bulbs, but to go for fancy bulbs (or even--yikes--sealed
beams
> > with fancy bulb technology) while retaining the USA lighting pattern
seems
> > like a waste of the fancy bulb technology to me.
> >
> > Just my two cents,
> > Joe
> >
> > - --On Monday, December 22, 2003 8:28 PM +0000 alfa-digest
> > <owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided> wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 21:24:57 -0800 (PST)
> > > From: Steve & Zita Waclo <z_waclo@domain.elided>
> > > Subject: [alfa] Headlight Upgrades
> > >
> > > Hello Tom:
> > >
> > > I share your concerns about inadequate lighting.
> > > Headlights on my GT6+ had a three position switch:
> > > Dim, Off and Intermittant (hope I didn't steal that
> > > joke from this Group).
> > >
> > > Anyway, I started my upgrade efforts with a PIA
> > > replacement bulb for my Honda Nighthawk. The results
> > > were night and day. It's so awesome to overtake
> > > another vehicle with their yellow puddle of halogen
> > > and then go to high beam with the PIA and see
> > > reflectors light up half a mile away. Unfortunately,
> > > the PIA was somewhat over $50 for one (!) so when I
> > > started looking for sealed beams for my '87 Toyota
> > > 4x4, I went with the Sylvania Silverstar. They were
> > > $29.95 at Kragen Auto and are every bit the equal of
> > > PIA. I subsequently replaced the four bulbs in our '97
> > > Accord with marvelous results, and better yet, the
> > > SS's are currently on sale at Kragen for $19.99. Next
> > > step is sealed beams for the Spider QV, soon as I get
> > > the electrics sorted (thanks Group!).
> > >
> > > This sounds like an endorsement and I guess it is.
> > > Check out the Sylvania website. These lamps have a
> > > color temperature (brightness) that is nearly
> > > equivalent to HID systems and the first one I bought
> > > has 10k miles of motorcycle use so far. Did I mention
> > > they are "plug and play"?
> > >
> > > Steve Waclo
> > > Carson City, NV
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