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Old Jan 14, 2005 | 04:43 PM
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Silverstars or wanna-be hid conversion

Alright should I go with a set of silverstars or with these from ebay? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=7946854397

The ones on ebay would only be $10 or so more.
My friend has silverstars and I'm pretty pleased with them however the ebay ones sound alright too.
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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 10:54 PM
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Wow, aligning the headlights and cleaning the connections up sure does make a difference too.
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Old Jan 22, 2005 | 03:28 AM
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Wanna-be HID

Be careful of some of those conversions that advertise 100/80 W that will work in an OEM 55/60W system - They will not. All of a sudden when the higher wattage overheats the system the lights go out, most likely on a dark and narrow road. Or they start to flash on and off because of overheating the system. Stick with 55/60W H4's and they will work, plug and play. Cocacolakidd
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Old Jan 22, 2005 | 03:58 AM
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Those eBay ones aren't HIDs. Just blue painted regular bulbs. Get the silverstars. I haven't had experience but all I hear is good stuff. Those painted blue bulbs prevent some light from coming out. Sure it looks white/blue, but it is actually dimmer than a comparitive bulb.
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Old Feb 3, 2005 | 05:33 PM
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looking at what this guy says I wouldn't trust him or his product


to many things that dont fit well

"100/80w High Wattage light output with only a standard Watt current draw."
wattage = volts x amps

so since a car batt with the alt going lets say puts out 14v
so a 55watt bulb is goin to draw 3.92 amps of current

so a 80watt bulb as he says would draw the same amount of current?
lets see at 14volts I get 5.71amps of current flowing
difference of 1.8 amps

doesn't quite sound the same to me
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Old Feb 5, 2005 | 12:26 AM
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I've got silverstars in my TA and they are great. I just went for the plain silverstars, not their blue light or XD ones or whatever they call them.
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