One of the headlight bulbs in my '95 F150 just burned out. Im going to replace both of the bulbs of course. I was wondering if there was a type or brand that anyone recomended. I've heard that the xenon bulbs are considerable brighter than stock. Has anyone tried these? Any suggestions would be appriciated. Id like to have those super-white lights. I only want to change the bulb, not the housing.($$ purposes). Thanks in advance for replies.
-jordan

 

Avoid the ones that turn the light blue. Get enhanced standard halogens, such as the Sylvania Extravision or the GE NightHawk. I spent 30 on a pair of sylvania silverstars and I honestly cant justify it. The original halogens looked more powerful than the silverstars.

 

Unfortunately I have to disagree with Pantera. I originally replaced the factory lights in my 89 Ranger with Cool Blues and noticed a difference over stock. When I bought my F-150, I put in Silverstars and saw a huge difference over the stockers.

Trevor

 

it would depend on what the 'original' bulbs were. after 5 to 10 years they were probably replaced at least once. i have had good luck with silverstars, in my 87 vette they were sealed and made a big difference, in my subaru the bulbs were better but not as earth shaking as the change in the vette.

 

When I bought the truck last year (1995 F150), the 9007 bulbs that were in the housings were original from the factory. They had the same date stamped on the plastic part of the bulb (8/95) so they were ten years old. While handling them, I broke one, so I had to put a stock replacement (they were standard sylvania halogens, both old and new) After replacing one, I was afraid that the age of the bulbs was going to make a difference in the ammount of light they put out. Turned out they had exactly the same power, even whith the age difference.
My headlight housings are in remarkable condition, the clear plastic is actually clear, not clouded, so I had high hopes for the Silverstars. I made quite a bit of research and I decided that the silverstars looked like the best bet for increased light output. Once they were in, the difference was obvious, the light was a lot whiter, nicer, but somehow it looked like they had less power than the yellower halogens thay replaced. I waited for a highway trip to try and compare headlight reach and color with other cars and it turned out that my light was indeed whiter, but it lacked the reach. The beams looked more diffused, like if the housing had problems focusing the beam.
The next day I pulled one out and compared it with one of the old halogens, expecting some physical difference that could cause the difference in performance, maybe I bought the wrong ones, but I could find nohing wrong; They were dimensionally the same, and were the correct type.
Maybe Is simply my perception, and maybe to someone else, the silverstars would feel like an improvement, but righ now I feel I may have had a better bang for my bucks purchasing something simpler, cheaper like the Sylvania Extravision.

 

The blue lights typically aren't any brighter than the white lights. But, it appears to be because blue light doesn't cause the iris of your eyes to close as tightly as white light would. For you as a driver, of course this enhances your visibility however for uncoming traffic, for the same reasons, you're blinding every driver coming your way.

Which is rude at a minimum. I personally consider it unsafe.

 

I had some superwhite 80/100W,...had to get rid of them cuz every oncoming driver flashed me their highs, even though I was on low beams.

I like the Silverstars...real bright, plus the bulb isn't blue-tinted like the rest of the super-whites.