i checked back on the thread i posted when i got the xenon/halogens but i didnt have any pics...

in my experience with the cheap eBay xenon bulbs, they were a lot whiter than silverstars but were a lot dimmer too. my truck has the factory foglights (880 bulb 35w) next to the turn signals and i have silverstars in them. with my low beams on(silverstar 9006), they are about 1/2 to 2/3 as brightas the lows... with the xenon bulbs in place of the 9006 silverstars, the factory foglights are pretty much just as bright as the xenon

however, mine were $3 bulbs and $6.50 shipping compared to some of the highend bulbs like PIAA or the ones cliro linked to. they may turn out good though. i see a lot of cars and trucks during daylight where you can see a deep blue tint in their headlights.


im still not sure what size bulb your truck uses. if its 9007, which is a dual filament bulb, and its 100w/80w it should be brighter than the eBay bulbs i had... if you can, try and buy a single bulb that way if its not what you thought it would be, you dont lose as much money than if you buy two (assuming installation would void the return policy)

 

Thanks for the site Cliro, and I was looking at Plasma bulbs yesterday. The factory lights I had in my truck were Sylvania 9005HB3 12v 60w bulbs, but they don't have any special type of blue film over them. I did find these guys had a kinda weak yellow glow to them.

http://www.car-stuff.com/store/detai...y-9005st1.html
Those are the guys I replaced them with, which I just realized says 65w for high beam. What does that mean with my low beam? Because I know my high beams are more intense and my low beams just look whiter.
They're single filament just like my 9005's that I used to have in. I know the highest I've seen for my truck are 9006, but I don't know about 9007. And I think for a 9007 I might have to buy a new wire harness.

 

9005 is the highbeam, 9006 is the low beam... most headlights are 65w 9005 and 55w 9006

9007 is dual-filament which is basically high/low in the same bulb

 

So since I got 9005's, basically I'd only see the difference when my high beams are on? If I got 9007's the difference would be in both high and low?

 

When you shop for headlights, you gotta look for the color temperature as otnietdehoooomentioned. The higher the temp, the more bluish or "cooler" they will look and, most importantly, you get less light output. So a halogen bulb with a color temp of 3500k should give you more visibility at night than a 5000k halogen bulb. Many stateskeep the legal limit at around 5000k because of the less light output at higher temps.

Personally, I think PIAA is one of the best in the business and Sylvania close behind in 2nd. This is a thread from another forum that convinced me to try them out, may be worthwhile for you to read, I dunno.

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...d.php?t=177538

I haveXtreme white for my Hi/DRL (4000k, really nice white) andthe super plasmas for lo (5100k, white with a small hint of the blue/purple seen in HID). Both deliver excellent visibility, especially the xtreme whites, and are warrantied for a year. As for price, they run around 60-70 bucks, but you get what you pay for in the lighting world, that's for sure. If you really wanna get cheap Xenon bulbs from ebay, whatever you do, don't buy them for your high beams cuz you won't see anything with your hi beams at night. I wouldn't say they are terrible for your lo beams. No light output isn't good, but I think they look really sweet with its cool blue and probably would still have the ebay knockoffs in my truck if I didn't live in such a deer infested state.

As for HID, its probably not for you. No you can't just swap in those xenon bulbs and get the same results. Many things are different between the two setups, like the housing and power wattage used. There aren't too many real HID kits around so that means those real ones won't be cheap whatsoever.

 

Today my dad was infront of my truck and he said they look much brighter, which is good, but even in NY, I've seen people with lights that literally take my eyes off the road because you just can't see. I saw some guy today who must've had HID's because they were whitish blue, but they were blinding and I just thought that's what I want..haha.

But my high beams I'd never use, because they are bad for using all the time since they hardly even hit the road. We have a lot of deer around here, too. I know many people who have hit deers, and I've come very close to it. Around my house, we have groups of deer who just run around all day, especially in the winter. Some days you'd look in the back yard and see 5-6 deer just standing around. I was driving pretty fast on my way home one day, and I decided to slow down randomly, and in a split second I saw a deer dart across the road. If I was going an faster he probably would've hit my door, or the front left side of my truck.

 

If your high beams barely hit the road, you need your lights adjusted...

and FYI, a 9007 and 9005/9006 are NOT interchangable... without modifying wiring or the socket.

 

One vehicle i've noticed that have unusually bright low beams are the newer chevy pickups, like 03 or 04 models to present. They're just so damn brighter than any other bulb i've seen, makes me think the hi beams are on but they're not.

You only need to follow my advice really if you need your headlights to actually help you see at night. Still, the crap bulbs in hi beams don't look as good as the crap bulbs in lo beams anyway (I never got that cool blue in my DRLs) and they will only be on when you really need to see so you should make these a top quality brand like the Sylvania Silverstars or something from PIAA. Put thecool looking ones in the lo beam cuzthose will look much better, day or night.

 

Yeah, I have Sylvania Silverstars in them now. I don't really have trouble seeing at night at all. That was never really the problem, especially when I just ordered driving lights, I just want it to look cooler.