What is the best H13 bulb?
 

I want to upgrade my headlight bulbs. What is the best bulb for this?

thanks

Bright ones are best :thumbsup:

I looked into this when i very first got my truck and the best ones you could get were no better than whats already on the truck. Im gonna go the HID route at some point. might be worth you looking into them.

Intresting find. Might take a look at them. 80% brighter is a great % improvement :thumbsup:

Not quite sure how they can be 80% brighter while still using the same wattage 65/55, to still stay legal. Sounds like marketing numbers to me, after all 73% of statistics are made up on the spot. :) Nothing wrong with the bulbs I got from FoMoCo, and I see no need to blind other drivers with even more glare than a truck of our size.

I had silverstars in my last F150 and there was an improvement over stock.
They were not so bright that they blinded everyone.
My question was to see if there was anything better than the silverstars.

I had silverstars in my '03, and decided to try the PIAA's in my '08.

Even thought the PIAA's are almost double the cost, I feel they were worth it.

Just a bit whiter than the silverstars, and supposed to last a lot longer.

I saved my PIAA's to put in my '09 - just haven't gotten around to doing it yet.

http://www.piaa.com/Bulbs/Bulbs-H13.html

Edit - maybe not double the cost anymore:
http://www.amazon.com/PIAA-Xtreme-Wh.../dp/B001CTRKFQ

I am using PIAA's. Worth it to me and the output is much better than factory.

i too am using the piaas better then stock i have used the silverstars but they burnt out to fast

80% is a bit of a misnomer, but they are great bulbs. Search for Daniel Stern's comments on them.

Silverstars last half as long as the regular Sylvania Standard bulbs.
There are SilverStar Ultras, but not sure how much better they really are.
Anyone ever try LED bulbs?
Got a pair of standard sylvania h13 , i'm not quite up to doing a full hid conversion yet.

Not sure why you say the Silverstars last half as long. I am using a set in my 09 that I originally put in my 04. Then in my 07. Still going strong.

ive been running the philips crystal vision ultras for a while now.. definitely much brighter/ whiter than stock and much better output vs. stock as well. i see much further and brighter with these bulbs

There are only a handful of vehicles using LEDs as primary light sources- Audi, Mercedes, BMW, etc. Its not possible to use LEDs in our trucks.

Standard Sylvania bulbs boast quite a decent life span. The Silverstar line are only guaranteed for a year. I've had four sets of Silverstars and only one made it past 12 months. Most failed around the 8 month mark.

Time is a misnomer for life span. Bulbs (mostly) degenerate when they are on. For the average driver with 10-15 hours of burn time a week, Silverstar bulbs generally only last around a year. Like you said, they can last past a year- if you rarely ever drive at night :whistle:

Do quite a bit of driving with the lights on. Most mornings and any time it is raining.