Silver Star Vs. Mercedes Oem

[Andrew C280]

I bought some silver stars you decide if there better than stock mercedes bulbs, passanger side is stock - drivers side is a silverstars.

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[sph17]

I have a 97 with the new headlights that uses a H7 bulb. I had a 96 with the old headlights that used H4? bulb. I think the old style headlights did much better with stock bulbs than the new style.

I put SilverStar H7 bulbs in my 97 and I thought they were improved, but not as good as the old 96 with stock bulbs.

[Andrew C280]

yes the bulb size between the H7 and H3 is the big difference the H3 in older than 1997 is twice the size of the H7which is newer than 1997

[sph17]

With the older style headlight there is much more light to the side of the car, which is helpful when looking for a house number or something else off to the side.

Maby the "new and improved" headlight "concentrates" the beam in-front of the car to use the available lumens to illuminate the road.

I have read that HID Xenon headlights act this way also, as there is very little "scatter" or light to the sides.

[1SIKBNZ]

id maybe pay 5 bucks for an "upgrade" that looks like that.... I have some of the aftermarket "hid look" bulbs they are like a bluish white. they were like 20 bucks and i get compliments all the time, they look great! go with sumthin like that... plus visibility is a whole lot better!