7th Gen - SilverStar bulbs

I posted a thread a few days ago in another area asking for advice on the quality of these bulbs. Well, I just installed them and they look great! They really are a lot brighter than the OEM ones. What a great alternative to spending $250 and ^ on an HID system, especially if you're like me and want to get some mods under the hood done on a budget.

Installation on a 2004 Ex Coupe will take you some time. You have to remove the battery on the pass. side to get those in, and on the drivers side, you have to move the power steering resivoir outta the way (not disc. though) to get to them! The turn signal bulbs which I will do later this week, require the removal of the inner lining of the wheel well. Not that big o' deal unless its less than 30 degrees outside and you don't have a garage!

***Word of advice, have a right angle screwdriver ready for this one, it is a must to get around the windshield washer resivoir neck...a stubby won't cut it! Thanks for those who let me know about these awesome twinklers, now I have the coin for the V2 next week!:)

also here is a tip you sould include.

dont touch the bulb with your bare hands. the grease will heat up and blow them.

True, I used gloves on my install, and still didn't touch the bulbs.

i've put new bulbs in mine, but i didn't move the battery... i think you're working too hard... haha

i've been driving around with one stock and one silverstare bulb. I can't tell the difference honestly. the only thing i've noticed is one is slightly yellow. the other is clear. But I might almost say my stock bulb is britter. Unless the stock bulb is holding back the Silverstare.

There is definitely no difference in the brightness of the OEM and the SilverStar bulb. In fact, that is mandated, all interchangeable bulbs have to meet government regulations on brightness. Yes, the SS burns "hotter" than the regular bulb, just like the packaging says, but this is mearly a rating of how "white" the light is. For ~$30 they are okay if you just want a different look. I do have to say that they are much more curteous to the other drivers on the road than a real HID system.

You don't need to remove the batter or power steering fluid resevoir. You're just a baby.

And everyone knows not to touch the bulb. It's on the packaging itself.

Yeah, the Silverstars suck. Just go to any mod shop, and get some $20Xenon Bulbs, way nicer to look at

When I switched in my HIDs it was a beast because of that stupid battery and whatnot. I'm 6'4 260, my hands are waaay to big to be squeezing between car parts.

Yeah, the Silverstars suck. Just go to any mod shop, and get some $20Xenon Bulbs, way nicer to look at

Eeeeaaaasy killer...If you would put a car with silverstars next to a car with the xenons you are talking about you probably wouldn't be able to tell any noticable difference between them.

But in all seriousness, most aftermarket lights (excluding HID's) are all really the same, they all meet the same standards, they will all be the same brightness (or very close), the only difference is the color, and I would much rather have the white light of silverstars than many other blue-ish aftermarket lights.

whoaa SS are the best.. dont get the hyper white ricer look lights... save up and buy the mcculloch HID kit from Importparts.com say its part of the honda-tech GB an theyll sell it to you a whole kit for 280 shipped to your door with a lifetime warranty on bulbs and ballasts... its totally worth it oh and get 5000k they are the best for visual and looks

oh yea but i do agree with the suck part only when it rains.. they suck major .. if its raining :( u cant see anything

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But in all seriousness, most aftermarket lights (excluding HID's) are all really the same, they all meet the same standards, they will all be the same brightness (or very close), the only difference is the color, and I would much rather have the white light of silverstars than many other blue-ish aftermarket lights.

Uhhhhhh no. there is NO comparison between HID and halogens... absolutely no comparison... I have 8k HIDs in my civ and they absolutely blow the pants off anything less. If halogens and HIDs were the same quality, no one would even consider spending the price they do for them.

I had silverstars on my civic b4 i got HID's and i think the silverstars suck....buy some HID although mopre expensive its def. brighter and makes your civic look good. After i put the HIDs on i broke the silverstar bulbs just to hear the pop sound, it was like justice for me.

Hey you gotta post a picture of where your CAI actually sits.... is yours directly below battery and as low as the radiator fan?
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k9/TheMoogly/BypassValve1.jpg

And how does your car run in the rain? Does it act funny? I have a 04 LX sedan and you are the first person with a CAI that I have seen. Whoa sorry for the thread jack... I will PM you knaub

yah PM me and ill answer any ?'s you got....besides that....Sliverstar eh? i give them one *......nevermind i take it back i give them to a trash can! MWAHAHAHA!

I have read before that HID headlights with a kelvin rating of 8000 are not as bright. The most pure output of light and the brightest HID is 4300K anything higher or lower reduces pure light output.

Yeah between 4-6 is going to be the best because they range through yellow to white... I think my 6k are seriously the best ones because of pure light that FLOODS the road. I had 8k for about 3 months but they cant even hold a candle to 6k that I put in 2 weeks ago... 8ks are just so blue that they dont travel well and they arent very good in fog... it is like a creepy disney movie!

I hear what you say TheMoogly and your pimp hand is strong....blue def. isnt good at night usally 6k is the way to go....

What is a pimp hand?! Sounds like a funny word..

I just bought the silverstar bulbs this weekend at a sell at advance auto parts. I dropped them in all I did was move the battery out of the way and install the bulbs. The drivers side was a little difficult to get to because my hands are a pretty big size but it was worth the work. They look great and help vision alot although I did expect them to be a little bit more blue instead of such a bright solid white color.

you SHOULD have enough room to install the bulbs without removing your battery, brake fuild resovoir, ect. I never did and it wasnt a problem...... but the only real difference i saw with the silverstar bulbs was a minor color, besides that the stock is pretty much the same.....my advice is to drop the sliverstars and get some HID's....outside appearce is better and they are brighter.

I had to take out the battery for my 7th gen... I have projectors and they arent twist on/off type... there is a stupid latch that you have to do and the battery and the fluid things on the other side had to be pulled back as well.

yeah i went through two sets of silverstars in the past year and a half. i am never gonna buy those pieces of crap again. if you dont have the money for HIDs buy the hella bulbs they are the same price and more reliable. the problem with the silverstars is that one goes out and then about a week later the other one will go too. waste of money!!!

i had the silverstar ultras for about 5 months. They never dimmed, or went out on me. They did look better than the stock halogen bulbs. Now I have switched to HID and I will enver considering going to halogen again. I have the 6000K. They are super white, with a nice tint of blue. I got my fogs on too. I light up the road

If you don't want HID and don't want to replace your bulbs for a LONG LONG LONG time buy SilverStars. I think you are all crazy personally; they are the perfect color temp, and they will last 3 or 4 times longer than those el cheapo non-HID ricer bulbs, and even dim more slowly doing it!

I bought a set for my previous vehicle and also added them to the AUX offroading lights I eventually added, used to go wheelin with friends and my truck ALWAYS had the brightest lights by a noticeable maragin. Its not that they are brighter than other bulbs whenboth typesare new (per the law), you just don't realize how quickly other bulbs dim over time and silverstars don't.