Sylvania Silverstar headlights

Since putting them in the RAV4 and Cruiser I have not had one person flash at me or otherwise indicate that the lights were a problem. Both vehicles however do exhibit fairly decent beam cutoff.

Richard.

If one knows what one is doing, one can install a hidden switch with some ballasting to cut the intensity back to OEM levels if needed in a given situation.

Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my adddress with the letter 'x')

The higher levels are within DOT guidelines.

Richard.

Probably not a good way to determine if the glare is bad or not. I don't even bother flashing people anymore. Those with the most offensive lamps when flashed, decide to 'teach me a lesson' and then put their highbeams on. It's really pointless to indicate to people they are emitting rude amounts of glare in this society. These people really don't give a f*ck and are probably doing it on purpose. Like with most things, it's considered to be more rude to point out the rudeness and ask it to stop than to be rude.

After I finished the headlamp work on my mustang, I parked it, and got into another car and faced it as though I were oncoming traffic. I didn't find any disturbing glare. Now I know the weight in the car made things a little off because there was nobody in it, but given how glare sensitive I am, if it was anywhere close to bad I would have noticed it.

Richard, you're not correct. The bulbs themselves are a DOT certified design, but installing a bulb that produces nearly 90 percent more light than the intended bulb almost always renders the *headlamp beam* noncompliant. That doesn't necessarily mean it's better or worse, doesn't necessarily mean it's safer or more dangerous -- those are completely different questions and the answers are variable depending on the specific headlamps in question.

True, but fortunately (well, not really...) today's poor headlamps are frequently no more annoying on high beam. AND getting the goober to go too high beam also shuts off his stupid fog lights, too, so there's a net improvement! :-)

Did you put these bulbs in a Mustang? According to the bulb cross reference they don't fit a mustang.

I parked it,

No. I replaced the headlamps, wired up relays, new xtravision 9007 bulbs.