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Car Forum / Chevrolet / Chevrolet Malibu / December 2004High Intensity Bulbs
I have a 99 Malibu. The lights are fairly good on high beam, but I find them a little weaker than I would like on low beam. I am curious if anyone has tried different light bulbs in the Malibu and what their success has been? I don't want to be ridiculously bright (because there is nothing I hate more when I meet on-coming traffic). If you have found a bulb you like, could you let me know roughly what they cost, and where I would get them from? Chris I use slyvania Silverstar bulbs. They are a little expensive 50 $ for 2 but they are the best/legal that you can get. Thank you, Is there a noticeable difference between factory bulbs and Silverstar? I assume they are easy to install. Does installation of new bulbs require realignment of the lights? Chris > I use slyvania Silverstar bulbs. They are a little expensive > 50 $ for 2 but they are the best/legal that you can get. It's a whiter, cleaner light. I put a set in my GF's '02 Malibu low beams. I usually use PIAA bulbs in my vehicles but I wanted to try a set of Silverstars so her car was the test vehicle. I still like the PIAA's better but the Silverstars are close and they are easily gotten over the counter compared to the PIAA's. No alignment needed, just pop out the headlight housing, repl. bulbs and pop back in. Clean the bulbs with alcohol before putting them in, I don't care if they are new as I've had new ones fail due to oils on them from the factory. Don't touch the glass after cleaning.  SignatureJohn "anything you say can & will be misquoted & used against you" '01 FLHR ''Red" '04 MXZ 600ho '99 XC700 BRC mem > Thank you, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Chris > Thank you, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Chris Definately and I dnd't pay nearly $50 for my pair. SignatureYOU are the real piece of work in this post. I think you are a couple of drumsticks short of a picnic there bud. - SVTKate check this link out. http://www.sylvania.com/ConsumerProducts/AutomotiveLighting/HighPerformance/Silv erstar/default.htm How much would a real HID conversion kit cost me for my 2004 Malibu Classic, also how much would it cost to convert the rear lights to LEDs? > check this link out. > http://www.sylvania.com/ConsumerProducts/AutomotiveLighting/HighPerformance/Silv erstar/default.htm Which silverstars are the best to get? Cool Blues? Silverstar? or Xtravision? I would go with the Silverstar. The Blues look neat but the more blue less white color seems be absorbed more by dark objects like trees, etc. and to me there is less light being reflected back than with the whiter Silverstar bulbs light. SignatureJohn "anything you say can & will be misquoted & used against you" '01 FLHR ''Red" '04 MXZ 600ho '99 XC700 BRC mem > > Which silverstars are the best to get? Cool Blues? Silverstar? or > Xtravision? Wrong...and bulb with a filter coating produces *less* light. Think about it for 3-seconds. |I would go with the Silverstar. | The Blues look neat but the more blue less white color seems be absorbed [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] | > Which silverstars are the best to get? Cool Blues? Silverstar? or | > Xtravision? It's not less light unless the coating is very heavy, it's the color spectrum being produced. The better quality bulbs have a very thin transparent coating compared the blue bulbs that have a heavy coating. I've tried/got them all. Silverstars and PIAA bulbs use a very thin coating to balance the gas mix they are using inside their bulbs to achieve the color spectrum they want. Cheap bulbs use the heavy blue coating the get the "blueish" affect and they do put out less light. I used uncoated higher wattage bulbs for years before the coated xenon bulbs came out and the new gen. xenon coated put out a cleaner light that reflects back better than the high wattage bulbs IMO. The new 55/60w xenon put reflective light down the road as far as the old reg. halogen 80/100w do without the need for relays to protect vehicle switching sys. . In my bike I prefer a 3800k bulb over the 4100k that I use in my cars,truck and snowmobiles. Seems on the bike a tad more yellow works better through my eyes..........YMMV SignatureJohn "anything you say can & will be misquoted & used against you" '01 FLHR ''Red" '04 MXZ 600ho '99 XC700 BRC mem > Wrong...and bulb with a filter coating produces *less* light. Think about > it > for 3-seconds. |
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