Silver Star Ultra

[dark knight]

Does anyone know the Silver Star Ultra part # for a 2009 Silverado with DRL? I have searched and cannot find the part #'s I need for my high, low and fogs.

 

Thanks for the help!

 

Scott

[Knowklew]

I wouldn't bother with silverstars. Just run Hids

[dark knight]

What is the best HID to buy? There are so many vendors and so many levels of brightness.

[Knowklew]

find one that suits your tastes the best.

[Hunt1]

I went the HID route, and I'm happy with the results. The pictures were taken with my phone. Forgive the blinded husky, he just want to be a part of the action.

Phillips 4300K lowbeams ($170) I may have overpaid, but ebay ratings were positive and plentiful.

Xentec 3000K fogs ($35)

[Hunt1]

Fogs only.

[BigBlueLB756]

To answer your original question:

Low beam: H 11 SU

High beam: 9005 SU

[mtsusa]

Don't do straight HID's in a stock reflector housing- it's illegal and it pisses off other drivers. That's why they're intended use is in a projector with an integrated beam cutoff, so you don't blind drivers in front of you or scatter light too far upwards. Nothing personal against you guys who said you installed HIDs, just giving my perspective.

 

Also in heavy fog/snow/rain the light scatter of the HID will be worse than stock highs, making it hard to see. Just my .02.

[plumber802]

I wouldn't bother with silverstars. Just run Hids

 

 

 

I 100% agree.

[BigBlueLB756]

They don't show a Sylvania Ultra Star replacement for the fog lights.

[uchi]

i had hids in my explorer and as nice as they were they were blinding towards oncoming traffic. but the low beams were much brighter than the high beams on my sierra are. with this being a much bigger truck i dont want to run the risk of pissing off johnny law or anything so i think what i may end up doing is going with a silverstar high and low beam and a 5000k hid fog light. that way the lights are a little bit brighter down low and wont be eye level with the other drivers and when i do the 6 light mod finally itll really light up the road. that being said we tend to have alot of fog in my area at night time with the escarpment and what not and it gets bad at times so i was thinking of running a yellowish bulb for the fogs to help cut through the light, like a 4000k hid in the fogs and maybe even go 5000k hid in the high beams and leave the low beams with a silverstar. thats just thinking outloud though. running an hid hi beam would be great but its only downfall would be flashing the highs for any reason. so thats one of those things im in the air about.

 

i understand the importance of seeing where youre going, i wrote off my 1990 z71 because i couldnt see well enough at night came around a corner and ran it into something thats why i put hids into my explorer, but at the same time ive been on the recieving end of a truck with hids blinding me.

 

what if you did a projector retrofit into your fog lamps? that way youd have a nice solid cut off line wouldnt blind drivers and theyd be bright as hell?

[wfleeger]

Don't do straight HID's in a stock reflector housing- it's illegal and it pisses off other drivers. That's why they're intended use is in a projector with an integrated beam cutoff, so you don't blind drivers in front of you or scatter light too far upwards. Nothing personal against you guys who said you installed HIDs, just giving my perspective.

 

Also in heavy fog/snow/rain the light scatter of the HID will be worse than stock highs, making it hard to see. Just my .02.

 

+ 1

[Knowklew]

if you adjust your lights properly you shouldnt really "blind" oncoming traffic.

 

I totally understand the projector housing argument, but not everyone has 1000 or more to drop on lights.

[brandon_guzzo]

if you adjust your lights properly you shouldnt really "blind" oncoming traffic.

 

I totally understand the projector housing argument, but not everyone has 1000 or more to drop on lights.

 

+1 I put HID in my truck and aimed my headlamps down one notch and I have not had one person "flash" me and its been almost 2 months. But i get what your saying about the projectors.

[uchi]

id get flashed once a month or so with my hid setup. but there were nights where id get flashed a couple times a night. that being said, hids will give off alot of glare so aiming them down doesnt always help. and a projector setup is cheap. i did the retrofit on my bike for 180 bucks, bulb bi xenoin projector and ballast with wiring, you can do it cheaper per side if you go with a non bi xenon setup