Saprissa

Doug,
Thanks for the variety of pics. Those Silver Stars do look sweet.

only one more dumb question.... the wattage of these Silver Stars is the same as what normally comes in that slot with the Bi-X right ?

CitronC230K_03

yes they are the same. i couldnt get a pic with the blinker on at full brightness. its hard to take a picture with the hazards on trying to get it just right. i took the pics over and over.

PRHeloPilot

Those look nice ! I haven't been able to get them locally so I'm going to try the silver paint thing. What do you have for the side markers and the day lights ? The factory ones don't go with the brightness of the Bi-Xenons so I want to change them.

Do you know where they have these wedges that are really white ?

CitronC230K_03

hey PRHeloPilot, i can buy them here locally and ship them to you. i did it for another member in Wisconson who wasnt able to find them either. let me know and if you want ill buy them and ship. you can just paypal me the money for bulbs and shipping. not looking to make extra cash, just helping out.

PRHeloPilot

You're saying you can get locally the wedges or the signal light bulbs ?

I'm going to try painting the signal lights w/ silver paint this afternoon since those are only to cover the yellow when they are off, but the wedges don't go with the bi-xenons when they are one so those I need.

Let me see what happens with the silver paint because if I don't like how they come out , I'll ask you to get me those also locally and ship them all together, if you'll be so kind.

jinijazz

Yet another generous offer from Citron!
Somebody upgrade him to Super Moderator please

CitronC230K_03

yes i can get the sylvania silver star's from my local pep boys. i cant get the philips silver vision locally. the silver stars are in the front of my car, they have the blueish hue to them. the silver vision are all silver. the silver vision will not fit in the BIX housings. because the philips are single filament. i initially bought 2 pair of silver vision and tried to put them up front. but i got a bulb out message. so i gave one pair for my brother to put in his GTI. the BIX inidcators require dual filament. thats why i went with the silver star's up front. i didnt get the silver wedge 194 bulbs for my car, i used a set of hyper white ones that were sent with my silver vision, they were free.

so i can get the silver stars for you. just let me know.

PRHeloPilot

Yes, this is what I was expecting from the forum, cooperation.

Anyway, if you can get me the part number from your package, there's a Pep Boys here by my house. They just could find (or didn't know how to look) them here.

If they don't have them, I'll let you know. Then the other bulbs I guess I could order them directly from where you ordered them and not bother you with that.

Why didn't you use the siver stars in back, did the dual filament pose any problem or are they more expensive ?

CitronC230K_03

no, i wanted the clean look that the silver vision give in the back. notice that there is no color in the taillights when the bulb is off. that is what the silver vision do, they sit there and look silver. the silver stars have a bluish color to them, but when they blink they are amber so they are legal. i thought the silver stars (blue look) looked really good in the crystal type lens in the BIX housing. the silver vision look good in the taillights because it is all silver. plus the silver stars i could have used, but it would have required me to get the 1156 size bulbs, which are single filament. but since i have euro tails i have the P21W bulbs back there, basically a 1156 but the nipples are different. if you have US spec tails, you will need to shave a nipple off in order for it to fit. but since i have euro tails the fit was perfect without modding the base of the bulb.

i will stop at pep boys on the way home and get the SKU info, part number etc for the bulbs and post the info for everyone.

wingless

My hesitation of using the 2057 bulbs that Citron used is that it is different than the 2357A that the manual specifies.

Does anyone know if the BIX lamps for '05 are identical to earlier years?

My SilverStar purchase was on-line, at the linked web site. It is fast and free. They will sell the 2057 bulbs at that site.

Unfortunately, the rebate coupon is not still in effect.

CitronC230K_03

my manual says to use the 2357 as well. but i couldnt find those bulbs. when comparing the two bulbs in a store a 2057 and 2357 they look identical. i dont know what the difference is. wattage was the same, dual filament, base size etc. so i bought them and they work fine. plus they blink they are not on constant so im not worried about overheating. i use my blinkers but they are blinkers, not markers or a constant lit bulb.

plus they've been in for 4-5 months and i have had no problems.

CitronC230K_03

im a law breaker, i have euro impact strips!

wingless

My vehicle permits selecting DRL on or off, so these are turned off.

CitronC230K_03

my DRL are off as mine has the selcection of manual or constant lighting as well. my side markers are euro impact strips, with my wedge bulbs wrapped in high temp tape for over a year with no issues. when i install PTS, and i have ahe strips off and bumper down, ill take pics of the wrapped bulbs.

jinijazz

One small comment on this,
PRHeloPilot, I think a statement like this annoys some members in this forum.
The facial value of it is plain and simple, but its implication is "some of the members who were against my posting are non cooperating bunch". I see why other members got annoyed or offended by these. Take it or not, it's my 2c.

PRHeloPilot

Your comment is because, if you noticed, this thread was going PERFECT until you decided to make your comment. Don't read into the posts and don't assume anything said here is about you and we'll all get along.

When you wrote : "...Somebody upgrade him to Super Moderator please ..." well THAT was off topic, but nobody said anything because we don't mind and it didn't disrupt anything. Your comment now just disrupted a great thread and was totally uncalled for. If that is YOUR OPINION, then PM me and let me know, don't disrupt the thread.

PLEASE let the thread go on as it was. Thank you.

jinijazz

Now I know why it's not even worth it.

CitronC230K_03

Saprissa

time to start a new thread....

maybe I'll ask about silver colored bulbs at MONSTER.COM

CitronC230K_03

jinijazz

PRHeloPilot

Thanks again Citron.

I went to Pep Boys and found the following :

Sylvania Silver Star bulb (dual filament #2057 $30 for 2 )
Sylvania Silver Star bulb (single filament #1156 $30 for 2 )
Sylvania Silver Star bulb ( # 9006 $50 for 2 )

I also found from Sylvania the 9006CB - Cool Blue (not silver star) $30 for 2

Now if I could only get the white wedges W5W ...

Would anyone know the diference in these two 9006 bulbs ?

wingless

The Sylvania web site has all the requested information. The Cool Blue illuminate blue, not amber, like the SilverStar.

PRHeloPilot

Thanks for replying.

I need to know between the two 9006 only. I was told that the silverstar 9006 is white also but I didn't know how white. Remember the 9006 is for the fog lamps.

wingless

Does it make any sense to click on the link and read the information that describes these lamps?