Anybody ever installed Silverstar Ultras?

killeatandrepeat · Joined: 18 Jan 2008 Posts: 47

Are they worth the money?

Cravin74 · Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 299

drewsquared · Posted: 4/25/08 7:15PM Post subject:

love them but they are kind of pricey

FreedomOne · Joined: 20 Dec 2007 Posts: 1003

I love mine. I had the first Silverstars and loved them. But when I purchased the Ultras, I also got the high beams, and all I have to say is...WOW!

Easy install too, it took just a few minutes. At least for my tC.

draxcaliber · Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 7947 Location: Maryland

i only did mine because they were avaliable from pepboys with a $20 rebate.

tmrepp · Joined: 15 Mar 2008 Posts: 1074 Location: SE, PA

Made a huge difference when I was driving the Isuzu Trooper.. when I get some money flowing again, I'll be putting some in no doubt.

dqlostsoulz · Posted: 4/26/08 9:59AM Post subject:

draxcaliber wrote: i only did mine because they were avaliable from pepboys with a $20 rebate.

X2, but from kragen...............they are way better than stock i love them!

crazyedie19 · Joined: 02 May 2006 Posts: 894

any one have any pics?

dqlostsoulz · Posted: 4/26/08 10:19AM Post subject:

The one on the left is ultras silver star and the right is oem................

And these are with both ultras on.........................

pickledchang · Joined: 02 Apr 2008 Posts: 742

wow, nice. how much do these usually run for a pair?

FreedomOne · Joined: 20 Dec 2007 Posts: 1003

I think I paid $50 each set at Auto Zone.

SeattleGuy · Joined: 09 Dec 2007 Posts: 94 Location: Seattle, WA

Bought some at Schucks couple months ago. On sale plus a 20 buck rebate so I thought what the... They are an improvement but are certainly not HID's. I recall they claim 10% brighter which sounds about right, but I think the color temperature helps the most (closer to daylight). I really hate the xD's headlights on low - it's my biggest gripe about the car so far. Someday will find a way to mount fog/driving lights to fill in the near field. The absence of such on the aftermarket is gripe 2!

Runawayrogue · Joined: 02 Mar 2006 Posts: 479 Location: Portland, OR

I've used both Silverstars and CoolBlues in my tC and they are quite a difference... Got the CoolBlues on sale at WalMart once for $7 each. PepBoys is usually the place for Silverstar Ultras.

I think I'm going to drop some in my xD here soon...

Whispaz · Joined: 09 Jul 2007 Posts: 2478 Location: Boston

had them on the Murano since my wife was complaining that it was becoming difficult to see at night. Made a huge difference

killeatandrepeat · Joined: 18 Jan 2008 Posts: 47

I installed 'em and man are they bright!

pickledchang · Joined: 02 Apr 2008 Posts: 742

in noticed more a of a difference with the high beams... but i do like the color temp a lot better.

Runawayrogue · Joined: 02 Mar 2006 Posts: 479 Location: Portland, OR

On my tC I actually did the 9005 - 9006 retrofit and put highbeam bulbs in the lowbeams... 1700 lumens vs 1000... it made a HUGE difference.

I'm thinking of snagging some Ultras for the D though. They're worth the money, especially if you're already replacing blubs.

ChelsDS · Joined: 21 Aug 2007 Posts: 2825 Location: SoCal

I've been hearing that Silverstars don't last that long :? Like 6-8mos max or something like that. Because of that I bought a knock off brand for nearly half the price at Kragen :) That way if they burn out I won't feel bad of shelling out a bunch of money :rofl:

tmrepp · Joined: 15 Mar 2008 Posts: 1074 Location: SE, PA

My mom always tells me to drive with my lights on, I say I do, it's just the parking lights though. I'm not wasting $50 bulbs during the day. Sorry.

AAG · Joined: 25 May 2007 Posts: 923 Location: Dallas, TX

Whispaz wrote: had them on the Murano since my wife was complaining that it was becoming difficult to see at night. Made a huge difference

Had the same complaint here from my Fiance about her 06 altima. I put in the regular silverstars and they have helped light up the road quite a bit. The OEM low beams suck, we constantly would have drive with the high beams on because the lows were useless.