AnabolicFrolic
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- City, State
- Bend, Oregon
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 01 XLT
I have never been too impressed with the Headlamps in my 01' Explorer XLT and i really wanted to something brighter and whiter. I kept reading on these forums about the Piaa superwhites and the Sylvania coolblues. I heard too many people say the Piaa's arent that much brighter than stock so i coildnt justify paying the 65 dollars for them. I didnt want to to buy some Ebay "el Cheapo HID's either.. and have them fry my harness or burn out after 2 weeks. I remembered the Sylvania silverstars were just recently released but hadnt heard much about them. Well i went out and bit the bullet and bought some. The total came out to 44 dollars for 2 9007 Silverstars. Thats not too shabby.!
I must say, im very impressed with these bulbs. They arnt exactly cheap.. but they dont break the bank either. I noticed a large improvement over the stock bulbs. The light is very white, and not a fake blueish color, and they are very bright and light up the road well.
Here is a picture
I didnt stop at that though. I had also read about people trying to replace the stock fog lights bulbs in the late model explorers with something brighter. There was some talk about maybe using a 9005 bulb or an h3 or some stuff like that.. i didnt beleive that, so i popped mine out. Its close to something like a 9005 but smaller. i then looked at the bulb itself, it looks suprising like a H1 bulb. I pulled it out and sure enough it was an H1 bulb.. So i drove down to the local "performace shop" and picked up some of those euro XENON bulbs.. for about 20 bucks.. they are 75w bulbs compared to the stock 55w bulbs. The package says "Eurolite Xenon Charged" and the web adress is www.toucanindustries.com
I installed these and wow are the bright.. These arent exactly fog lights but they sure are bright!!! so basically i now have 2 sets of headlights and they cost about the same as getting 2 piaa bulbs.. woohoo!. These eurolight h1's get pretty hot, so it will be interesting to see how long they last....
But i guess that answers the questions of what bulbs can fit these late-model fog lamps.. and yep! H1's fit fine.
here is a pic of the headlights and fogs:
Overall im impressed with both. for the money i think its well worth it. I can see much better at night now, with or without the foglights on. Im not sure how the h1's will hold up. but im confident the Sylvanias will last a good long while. I will keep you updated
and just for the heck of it.. a pic of my explorer:
I must say, im very impressed with these bulbs. They arnt exactly cheap.. but they dont break the bank either. I noticed a large improvement over the stock bulbs. The light is very white, and not a fake blueish color, and they are very bright and light up the road well.
Here is a picture
I didnt stop at that though. I had also read about people trying to replace the stock fog lights bulbs in the late model explorers with something brighter. There was some talk about maybe using a 9005 bulb or an h3 or some stuff like that.. i didnt beleive that, so i popped mine out. Its close to something like a 9005 but smaller. i then looked at the bulb itself, it looks suprising like a H1 bulb. I pulled it out and sure enough it was an H1 bulb.. So i drove down to the local "performace shop" and picked up some of those euro XENON bulbs.. for about 20 bucks.. they are 75w bulbs compared to the stock 55w bulbs. The package says "Eurolite Xenon Charged" and the web adress is www.toucanindustries.com
I installed these and wow are the bright.. These arent exactly fog lights but they sure are bright!!! so basically i now have 2 sets of headlights and they cost about the same as getting 2 piaa bulbs.. woohoo!. These eurolight h1's get pretty hot, so it will be interesting to see how long they last....
But i guess that answers the questions of what bulbs can fit these late-model fog lamps.. and yep! H1's fit fine.
here is a pic of the headlights and fogs:
Overall im impressed with both. for the money i think its well worth it. I can see much better at night now, with or without the foglights on. Im not sure how the h1's will hold up. but im confident the Sylvanias will last a good long while. I will keep you updated
and just for the heck of it.. a pic of my explorer:
, but it's all I got to go on right now. Plus, look at my pictures, I have a different bumper than yo do. Did they make 2 versions of the 2001, and therefore, 2 versions of the fog lamps? If so, the 899s / H1s are way not-compatible and so I sit again in the dark. Literally!
