Verdict

Brightness/Projection
=55%
These bulbs project just about fair just below good. If you ever had bulbs that you just couldn't tell if they were in or not in night time city driving then these are it. at times I couldn't really tell if they were projecting at all. The claim that they are 6000 are false and alot of knock off bulb companies paint/filter the bulb to fake a scientific 6000k output. All things aside the distance on the bulb was fair and found when i switched back to the stock bulbs gave me a far better respect for them. The yellow was a bit deeper in the stock, The Euro's just seemed to soft. (soft light) On the good side is on a really dark night, you can see the blue beam very well on a side profile. And doing the wall test at the back of a factor the bulbs seemed to give off a slightly wider light burst. (low beam) High beem was good. but nothing to right home about.

in all my %, 50 % would equat out to the STOCK bulb. so as you can see it scores only a hair above the stock. The trade offs between the two are so close.

Color/Style/Night time look
=80%

The color depth of this bulb is very good, the night time projection is there and you can clearly identify this bulb from quite far away. (looking at the car) Even under city lights looking at the car, in a parking lot, its easy to see the blue tint in the light. If you were gonna show of your car and wanted something very good, this gives you the authentic look. The bulb looks in the realm of street legal, and the claim by the website and packaging of being DOT approved seems to be legit to me.

Value/Price
=55%

Was it worth the price of 16$ Canadian from a EBAY guy? Yes, but be warned the bulbs died 4 months after running them. And the other bulb died a week later, so that should tell you something about how far 16 bucks would good. But on the other hand. was it worth the look for that time frame, I would say yes. But do not buy this bulb for durability, cause its not there. You can return the bulbs to the states (manufacture) for a free replacement, but you pay the shipping both ways. and that will cost you maybe 25 bucks by the time your done, so its not worth it. I wouldn't buy them again, but I say again if you really wanna show off your car or just run something nice for a while for a drive, go for it.


sorry guys the pics are limited, I regret not taking pics of the factory brick wall test. This is a side by side look, when I was installing them, on the left is the new bulb and on the right is the standard stock bulb or which ever is more yellow, but if you look up close, the new bulb gives a wider beam, (confirmed) but only slight edge not much.


More reviews to come guys,

Next up the PIAA Super PLASMA GT, and the PIAA SUPER PLASMA
HEAD TO HEAD Shoot out. lol

 

Hey there,

Nice reviews you got. I assume you are a light enthusist like myself. Do you mind that to test out the European OSRAM Silverstars also if you can get a hold of them? They claim to be 50% brighter than stock in many areas of the beam.

 

Just wanted to point out in your previous review that you said the Sylvania Silverstars are 400K brighter, which is false, because the K (Kelvin) represents colour temperature only, not light intensity measured in lumens.

 

leungwingkei, thanks for pointing that out, but from the white papers i have seen, Silverstars are rated brighter then the cool stars due to the filter tint on the cool blues, which ever way i guess you can measure that.

 

Yup they are brighter, lumen output might be slightly higher for some types of bulbs, the H7 being one.

 

I put a set of the Sylvania Silverstars in my car last week. Wow what a difference from using Eurolites and NGtec (which were crap). The light is brighter and pure white, no blue-ish tint.