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Honda Pilot EX 2004 super white head lamp replacement
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On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 10:12:33 -0700, "Seeker" >
wrote: >Greetings to all > >Can any one help me in selecting the correct PIAA or anyother bright white >lamp for my Honda Pilot EX 2004 SUV? > >Any help in pointing to the right direction will be appreciated. > >Thanks > I'm using Sylvania Silver Stars and while they're an improvement over the OEM ones, longevity is another matter. When I bought a pair, one went only after 8 months or so and the other one crapped out at something like 15 months. YMMV. But there are some discussion of other bulbs over at www.hondapilot.org. Do a search for "sylvania" and read some of the threads. In the Sylvania threads is where you'll find discussions of other bulbs, such as Phillips, PIAA and etc. |
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Connor Maxwell wrote: > > On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 10:12:33 -0700, "Seeker" > > wrote: > > >Greetings to all > > > >Can any one help me in selecting the correct PIAA or anyother bright white > >lamp for my Honda Pilot EX 2004 SUV? > > > >Any help in pointing to the right direction will be appreciated. > > > >Thanks > > > > > I'm using Sylvania Silver Stars and while they're an improvement over > the OEM ones, longevity is another matter. When I bought a pair, one > went only after 8 months or so and the other one crapped out at > something like 15 months. YMMV. Sylvania also has XtraVision bulbs. After a long chain of e-mails back and forth to Sylvania customer service they told me that the SilverStar and the XtraVision has the same light output (Lumens), the XtraVision has much longer life expectancy than SilverStars, but the SilverStars have higher color temperature. Light output in Lumens is weighted according to how humans perceive light at different color. Thus even though the two bulbs have a different color temperature, as far as the human eye is concerned they are equally bright since they have the same light output measured in Lumens. As far as I know, your car uses 9003 headlight bulbs. These are virtually identical to H4 bulbs as used in Europe. Osram H4 SilverStar bulbs are brighter than Sylvania 9003 SilverStar bulbs (even though Sulvania and Osram is the same company). A number of on-line retailers sell Osram H4 SilverStar bulbs in the US. I have bought things from http://www.suvlights.com in the past and been happy with them. They have the Osram SilverStar, as do a number of other retailers. |
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>I'm using Sylvania Silver Stars and while they're an improvement over
>the OEM ones, longevity is another matter. When I bought a pair, one >went only after 8 months or so and the other one crapped out at >something like 15 months. YMMV. > I've had mine for over a year and still as bright as ever. Not bad for $10/pair. Currently Pepboys is selling them at $20/pair. Regular price being $40/pair. ____________________________________ Do not write below this line. Reserved for me. |
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Randolph > wrote in message >...
> Connor Maxwell wrote: > > > > On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 10:12:33 -0700, "Seeker" > > > wrote: > > > > >Greetings to all > > > > > >Can any one help me in selecting the correct PIAA or anyother bright white > > >lamp for my Honda Pilot EX 2004 SUV? > > > > > >Any help in pointing to the right direction will be appreciated. > > > > > >Thanks > > > > > > > > > I'm using Sylvania Silver Stars and while they're an improvement over > > the OEM ones, longevity is another matter. When I bought a pair, one > > went only after 8 months or so and the other one crapped out at > > something like 15 months. YMMV. > > Sylvania also has XtraVision bulbs. After a long chain of e-mails back > and forth to Sylvania customer service they told me that the SilverStar > and the XtraVision has the same light output (Lumens), the XtraVision > has much longer life expectancy than SilverStars, but the SilverStars > have higher color temperature. Light output in Lumens is weighted > according to how humans perceive light at different color. Thus even > though the two bulbs have a different color temperature, as far as the > human eye is concerned they are equally bright since they have the same > light output measured in Lumens. > > As far as I know, your car uses 9003 headlight bulbs. These are > virtually identical to H4 bulbs as used in Europe. Osram H4 SilverStar > bulbs are brighter than Sylvania 9003 SilverStar bulbs (even though > Sulvania and Osram is the same company). A number of on-line retailers > sell Osram H4 SilverStar bulbs in the US. I have bought things from > http://www.suvlights.com in the past and been happy with them. They have > the Osram SilverStar, as do a number of other retailers. I'm going to cross-post this to rec.autos.tech. I'm sure that Daniel J. Stern will pick up on this. I'll sum up what I'm sure will be his short answers. 1) PIAA = way overpriced crap. 2) **Sylvania** Silverstar = overpriced, short-lived, underperforming, just-to-look-cool crap. In 9006, they're rated for less than 1/5 the life of XtraVision. 3) **Osram** Silverstars = a good way to go, although they also don't last as long (but not as bad as their Sylvania counterparts). 4) What most bulb makers sell as "whiter" light is really bluer light. Bluer light is not better light, and to make it blue (short of a real HID system) means reducing light output or doing something potentially dangerous/illegal. 5) The rated light output in lumens is within a legal range, but has little to do with the actual light output. The XtraVisions will illuminate better than Sylvania Silverstar. |
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