silver star ultra headlights?

[timaishu 10+ year member]

Does anyone here have experience when it comes to silver star ultras?

Im thinking about getting a pair. The bulbs I have right now are stock and dull as hell.

Do you like them? How long do they last till they burn out?

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[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

have had them for 8 or 9 months....big step up from my stocks, but you will get gang ***** by people telling you to skip the ultras and go hid.

 

[infamous_e46 5,000+ posts]

big difference over stock but 50 bucks a pair mehh.................. hid kits can be had nowadays for about 70 bucks

 

[timaishu 10+ year member]

I thought HID were more expensive than that. 70 bucks for real?

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

more than likley its your lenses and not you bulbs, also I would reccomend putting relays into your headlight circuits and upgrading their grounds first. About $20 in parts.

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

pics of the lenses?

 

[timaishu 10+ year member]

Its not the lenses. I clean and polish those everytime I wash the taurus.

What difference would upgrading the grounds and such do? Provide it with more power?

 

[timaishu 10+ year member]

Heres a pic of the lenses. Im pretty sure its just my head lights that ****.

Anyone have any other thoughts?

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

Its not the lenses. I clean and polish those everytime I wash the taurus.
What difference would upgrading the grounds and such do? Provide it with more power?

yes its a common upgrade, you want to check voltage at the sockets and see what it is. Adding in relays will allow it to draw power through the relay directly from the battery, instead of through like 30ft of small gauge wiring and through a probably cheaply made headlight switch.

 

[timaishu 10+ year member]

Have you ever dealt with SUV lights.com?

I hear that they make new headlight harnesses and such.

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

my ultras

 

[sxpimpin 10+ year member]

I work at advance auto parts and personally I'd go with the plain silverstars over the ultras.

I see the ultra's coming back alot more and alot sooner than the plain silverstars...

It may just be the dumbasses touching the bulbs when they put them in but i dunno

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

seems expensive, for $10 you can get relays, and maybe 10 more if you dont have any extra wire or connectors, but if you dont wanna make your own harness (10 mins) then go for it

 

[timaishu 10+ year member]

my ultras

Wow. That looks pretty good.

My headlights would only would only barely reach to about the halfway point in between the first and second reflector in your picture.

My moms subaru outback lights extend much further and brighter than mine with the high beams on.

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

uphill section of road, so it looks a bit shorter, but these are the brights

I actually get flashed all the time. People thinking I have my brights on.(and they are aimed very well as you can see in the pics)