The other day I got those Sylvania Cool Blue headlights for my 92. I changed them and as soon as I got out of town on to the darker streets I noticed the difference. So much better than the standard halogens. The good news is that the lights are 100% street legal in every state. These lights have a light hint of blue, not like those annoying ricer kids with those darker blue lights. The cool blues were about 15.00 a piece. Of course I will be getting extra exterior lighting but this was a start.
Kurt

Try the Sylvania Silverstar's, they're even better.

Originally posted by sideswipe
Try the Sylvania Silverstar's, they're even better.

Indeed.

to quote "tony the tiger" [silverstars]

they're GREEAATT!!

peter

i second the silverstar vote.... SOOOOOO much better than stock

I have never seen the slyvania silverstars before......although have been headlight shopping for a a couple months.
-What makes these better than the cool blues?

Thanks,
Al

What makes them better? They're brighter and whiter than anything else out there. If you want blue, get the Coolblues, if you want BRIGHT WHITE, get the Silverstars.

I am very happy with my SilverStars.

where can you get the silverstars?

asp84

the silverstars are 60/70 watt, a LITTLE higher than standard 55/60.

they are not high enough to melt anything plastic.

i got mine from advance auto.

www.performanceproducts.com sells them

go to the sylvania website [sorry i can't remember address], they have a lot of info on them.

they're around 23-25 bucks each, that is still a LOT less than piaa.

peter

i bought mine at autozone... just call around to different auto parts stores in your area... and if you think your regular lights are bright.... wait until you see the highs.... both of them will BLOW YOUR MIND... ford should have made these bad boys stock

I noticed a heck of a difference with XV's as well. I think I'll try silverstars when the XV's burn out though.

Hi there:

Worried about the same poor lighting power of my 92 XLT, I found a new developed xenon gas filled 9004 bulbs, Xenonix brand, manufectured by a canadian based company named Green Lighting Co.

The change was amazing!

A 100% improvement of the lighting power and, more over, the bulbs (sells in pairs) cost only $8!

Try this ones, I strongly recommend that.

Andy.

Worried about the same poor lighting power of my 92 XLT, I found a new developed xenon gas filled 9004 bulbs, Xenonix brand, manufectured by a canadian based company named Green Lighting Co.

These are actually manufactured in INDIA. They are also sold under Phoenix Lamps India Limited, an Indo Japanese Joint Venture.

As a side note to coated bulbes. All coated bulbs emit 15-33% less usable light (LUMENS) due to the coating.

Thanks for the correction.

Anyway, the Xenonix headlamps are OK for me, no matter where they are manufactured, so I share my experience with other guys, also dissapointed with the poor lighting power of the standar Explorer headlamps.

In fact, I add to my XLT a pair of Hella Pilot 150 fog lamps under the front bumper, because in my city a special kind of fog, very dense (called Camanchaca) is usual, so the normal headlighs only glare myself when the light is reflected by the fog into the cabin.

In such cases, just turn off the headlamps and turn on the fog lamps, and the visibility improves a lot.

:redexp:

now im no ricer, but i happen to think that hiper white bulbs that have that deep blue tint in the headlights are really nice, i'd rather have the blue than this bright white

I personally use 100/55 watt lights with #12 wiring thru relays (no voltage drop due to old and undersized wiring). The biggest problem with those "BLUE" lights is that they cause excessive glare (about 35-45% more) to oncoming drivers. This is due to the fact that the blue wave length is the shortest one in the light spectrum. Thus ones eyes do not dialate properly when the "BLUE" light approches them causing more than normal amount of light to enter the eyes.

I have to agree will all of the other posts, the Silverstars are truly the BOMB!!

The lighting vs the stock bulbs are amazing. Ford should make this standard in their vehicles.

Had mine for 2 months and no regrets. I only wish that I could get some for my stock fog lights.

Does anyone have any recommendations?

I know of a guy that took the sockets off a junker and wired them inplace of the stock fog light sockets so he could have all the lights match. This was on a 99 mazda/ranger pickup.
Kurt

Instead of the Sylvania Silverstars go with the Osram Silverstars. Osram is the parent company of Sylvania. The Osrams are extremely white burning at 4000k with no hint of blue what so ever. They are legal just about everywhere except the states. But being that they do not show any color you won't get picked out of the crowd for looking ricey. I have a set in my Honda CR-V with clear lense headlights and they rock. I bought them through www.powerbulbs.com.

(A Wise Guy)
You cant buy them the X

I am also a member of the SilverStar fan club.

I wonder if they have them for my factory stock fog's?

I personally think that explorer stock fogs are pretty good compared to GM, what type (size) of silverstars should I be looking for, and how hard is it to install them correctly (not mis-aimed). Thanks.

yoru headlight bulbs are 9007 and the fogs are h1. however the silverstars dont come in h1. you could modify a 9005 bulb to fit in place of the h1. there is practically no chance to misaim the fogs because they are held in place. the only way to misaim is if the bracket holding the fogs are bent.

The 99 fogs are not H1, they are 893. There are no Silver Starrs in that size, sorry, I want em too.

http://www.midnightmoose.com/ford.htm

i 7th the silverstars, or whatever it is at. i put them in, hit the country roads and holy crap, i was pleased

I am going to get the silverstars:D

the 893 are for the 95-98 i believe. the newer 99+ models have the round fog lights and are H1. i bought an h1 bulb because one of mine blew out. maybe some models are different, but most of the 99+ with round fogs have h1s or modified 9005.

My 99 has 893s.

I got the Silverstars, Cant complain...mad I had to pay over 50 bucks then found them on ebay for 36 w/shipping...

I had the Xenon HID Lights as well...I didnt put them in correcly and burnt my headlight assembly piece...was mad about that...

I think I will try again and hopefully they should work out this time...I liked the Xenon ones cause they had the blue tint as well as being as bright as the silverstars for ALOT CHEAPER!

Who has the Xenon lights? Did they fit correctly or was it just me?

I put in the 8000K HID conversion kit w/balasts and all.

Now THOSE are sweet!! Bright as hell, white as hell and the only drawback is the shit lenses in the 2nd gen X.

Major plus is that since they're only 35 watts there's no heat issue to worry about melting the lense.

I had the 90/100watt Hyper White bulbs and found myself pulling the lenses to put epoxy on top to cover melted/cracked areas from the heat the higher wattage bulbs produce.

But the HID conversions are slammin', no heat and super bright. But they $$$.

BTW- the HID conversions are Plug and Play.

But you lose the high beam...for the 9007 they're single beam.

There is one company coming out with a dual beam, but they aren't out yet.

Please estimate how much more light you put on the road with the HIDs vs regular lights.

Thanks.....

I don't know how to estimate how much more light, but- distance is increased immensely, daylight equivalent as opposed to the dull yellow standard lights produce.

I'd say way better than the high wattage simulated HID bulbs and they use next to no power!

Seriously next to no power.

With the high wattage bulbs I could see the charging needle drop a little, but with the HID Conversion no movement at all.

Trust me I was a little leery about spending the $700 to have them installed, but after one night I was completely satisfied.

On a drive from NY to Vermont in some intense snow they were the only reason I could see the road.

I pity the poor fools who were driving with factory lights on that night.

Just to add to that if one of these clear lense (Crystal Eyes, APC) projector lense companies would come out with a replacement lense for the 2nd gen X they would be even better functionality wise.

Just to add to that if one of these clear lense (Crystal Eyes, APC) projector lense companies would come out with a replacement lense for the 2nd gen X they would be even better functionality wise.

Yeah I have hear about that, do you think that if we get a lot of 2ng gen x's together we can get a class act type thing and get them to produce some lenses?

Nah, they aren't even interested in the 2nd Gen X.

They've got the newer models to deal with...

Originally posted by cdsl227
Nah, they aren't even interested in the 2nd Gen X.

They've got the newer models to deal with...
Do you know this for a fact, has someone already tried?