What happened to the days of twisting and pulling two little rods to release the entire assembly like the OBS trucks? My 17 year old and I went to install the Silver Star lights today and were stumped. The owner's manual says I have to remove the air cleaner housing on the passenger side but how? It says nothing about the battery or washer fluid tank on the driver side. After looking at it for a while, we thought we could remove the two bolts on top of the housings but then found at least one more bolt burried behind the grill. OK, that looks easy enough to get out. 4 bolts and a bunch of clips but wait! What is this big plastic bumper piece connected to the bottom of the grill?
As he worked the grill, I fished my hand down in front of the air cleaner and got both bulbs swapped out. With daylight running out, we decided to put it all back together with only half the lights installed. Besides it would be a great opportunity to see them side by side.
Well, they are whiter and brighter by about 15-20%, not the 30% they claim. The packaging also has some outrageous claims about wider beam pattern but that is just not true. The pattern is no wider than it was before. Not bad for $50 or so I thought. As my son is reading the packaging, he finds out that bulb life is only 25% of what the factory bulbs are! Holy crap! I am going to have to tear the truck apart more often?
I avoided HID because using them for DRL has its drawbacks and high beams are not very easy on them either. With all the back road driving I do, I'm kind of bummed about the results.
As he worked the grill, I fished my hand down in front of the air cleaner and got both bulbs swapped out. With daylight running out, we decided to put it all back together with only half the lights installed. Besides it would be a great opportunity to see them side by side.
Well, they are whiter and brighter by about 15-20%, not the 30% they claim. The packaging also has some outrageous claims about wider beam pattern but that is just not true. The pattern is no wider than it was before. Not bad for $50 or so I thought. As my son is reading the packaging, he finds out that bulb life is only 25% of what the factory bulbs are! Holy crap! I am going to have to tear the truck apart more often?
I avoided HID because using them for DRL has its drawbacks and high beams are not very easy on them either. With all the back road driving I do, I'm kind of bummed about the results.