muddeprived

There is a playground next door at the church and the kids are always throwing rocks and stones. They hit my jeep, for the 3rd time, and broke the passenger headlamp. I was just gonna get a regular sylvania headlamp from advance but wanted to see if they were any good first. I could simply upgrade to better lights since the factory ones suck but the kid's father has agreed to pay and fix it so it looks like i will just go with the regular oem replacement. Are they good?

TrueBlueXJ

They're about as good as it gets with OEM XJ lighting, which as we all know is sub-par. If he's buying, just get the Sylvanias, unless you think you can convince him that they're the 6054 Bi-Xenon/H3 headlamps, which cost about $900.

BlueXJ

Now True that would be cheating and just wrong. But you are gonna get the best sealed beams from Sylvania Silverstars. JMHO.

SeriousOffroad

Silverstars FTW!!
Been running them for years and luv 'em.

BlueXJ

Yeah for sealed beams they are the cream of the crop!

finneys98xj

You canget aftermarket headlights off ebay that aren't sealed beams for about the price of one sealed beam, just tell the guy to give you the money for what a sealed beam would cost and upgrade from there.

finneys98xj

This is what we ordered for it about a year ago and they are alot brighter than the oem on ours.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/79-01...mZ140254495750

muddeprived

The father has returned my email and agreed to pick up a replacement light for me and drop it off here. That was nice. It probably will be silvania from advance since he's from around here too and that store is right down the road.

jeep98b

I would take it back to Advance and replace both with silverstars. You will like the better light they put out. I ran them for years. I have H4 replacements now and love them more than the silverstars I got the ones similar to IPF's.

BlueXJ

Silverstars are the best sealed beams on the market IMHO.

finneys98xj

I still say go with light you can replace the bulbs on! That way you can get whatever bulb you want.

BlueXJ

Josh what happens when a glass lens breaks due to a rock or trail damage. You still have the same broken light and the bulbs you have for spares have no housing in that circumstance. You can't rush down to your local AZ to buy a glass lens like your eBay items so what should you do go without light while you wait for some outfit in Taiwan to ship you a new set?
Silverstars are at your local auto parts store waiting for you.

whowey

I liked them also. But my only issue was that they burned out quite quickly compared to regular halogen headlights.

BlueXJ

Whowey have you seen a study comparing the two because I have not and this is news to me. I have a set that was replaced that were over four years old and a buddy broke one with a baseball while I was out of town so he replaced both of mine with a set like alien has suggested and they lasted through two trail runs before I shattered one with a tree branch. And am now back to Silverstars and the current ones are almost two years old.

whowey

No, I have never seen a study comparing the two styles, only personal experience.

I had two sets of Silverstars that each lasted almost exactly a year.

But the caveat being both sets went out in the coldest part of the winter. I do not know whether the cold(sub-zero daytime highs) had anything to do with it, but I switched back to a standard halogen headlamp and this current set has been in service for over two years. I loved the lumens and look of the light from the SilverStars. My wife liked them so much, she got a set of the SilverStar bulbs for the ZJ. And she now wants a set for the van.