Silverstar 9004 lasted 14 months...

[Henceforward]

I installed 2 9004 bulbs for my car on 7/13/2003, and the left side bulb (driving beam) burnt out today. Thats over 14 months, is this a good life for a Silverstar 9004?

These things are 'spensive!

 

[custom89stang]

yeah, the silverstars last a lot shorter than stock, but they look kooler. that is a normal life span

 

[Henceforward]

Life chart...

I found the life chart here, I never knew they had the worst life span.
http://www.sylvania.com/ConsumerProducts/AutomotiveLighting/Products/ProductComparison/default.htm

But to have a whiter light I guess I have to pay the price.

The duller the light the longer the life, and the cheaper the cost...

Wish I had the cash and time for a proper 4100K HID retrofit.

Osram would be killer...

 

[cevtv]

Thats over 14 months, is this a good life for a Silverstar 9004?

I have not been able to get more than 6 months out of them. Could be because the roads around here are really bumby, causing the hot filament to fail........

 

[65ShelbyClone]

Osram would be killer...

Which is Sylvania. Hella seems cool, though.

I have a regular Sylvania bulb in the passenger side and it had lasted at least two years. I expect it to last longer and at $9.95 a bulb, I'm doing ok so far.

I find that the whiter the light, the harder it is to see at night, especially on the brushy mountain roads up here. I drive a '91 Civic to save gas and it has super white high wattage lights and they are actually worse than my 'stang with stock equivalents.

 

[1993SSP]

IMO they suck a$$, I had one in my car explode, my pass headlight is full of the bluish glass from where it exploded, I wore gloves when installing them so I know the bulb itself wasnt touched at all, thankfully advance auto was open, I went back to the regular bulbs, I can see better at night with them anyways