What kind of headlight bulbs can i throw in my stock lights (head and fog) w/o blowing switches and melting ****???

 

GE Nighthawks.

Think about upgrading to the Sport 4 headlight setup

Consider a new HD wiring harness and relay.

Stay away from any blue coated bulb.

Stock fog lamps are for show, not a great performer by any means.

 

That why when I got fogs I didn't buy dodges. I got hella.

 

i got hid bulbs off ebay for like 10 bucks well worth it too me , they have a blueish tint to them , even not having a hid kit, they would be really bright im sure if i had a kit , but better than the exspensive stuff

 

sport headlight setup? i dnt have a sport

 

I use silverstar ultras and they've worked real good for me. Especially since I polished my headlights

 

In my experience, Sylvania bulbs tend to always last shorter than almost any other brand, even the no-name "ricer" brand bulbs that I used to try. For example, I used a 1156 bulb of theirs for a taillight in my 1995 Dakota once, burned out within two months. Bought a GE bulb, lasted for years up to the point I traded it in for my current Ram.

I'm glad they work for you J415, but have you compared them with any other bulbs other than stockers?

Their SilverStars appear to give off more light, but they actually don't. I've compared them to GE Nighthawks and Philips TrueVision. They look whiter than the GE and Philips bulbs, but both the GEs and Philips go farther and light up the road better.

The SilverStars are the only Sylvania bulbs I've had that lasted a while, so I guess I'll give them that.

I currently use Eurolite bulbs, made by Toucan Industries. Good units. I've rewired my lights (relays from the battery, direct) and use 80w/100w bulbs, which helps a lot as well. Also stops the headlight switch and/or turn signal switch from melting. Nice white without going to the useless blue, and brighter by far than the traditional GE, Philips, or Sylvania units. Only thing nicer, IMO, is HIDs, which I will eventually, some day when I get around to it, start on. Viper's the guy to talk to about HIDs, there isn't much he doesn't know about them.

I believe Hometheaterman uses Fareinheit bulbs and likes them, but I can't find those in my area to test them.

Blue bulbs are OK as long as they have the power to back it up. Coating normal bulbs blue is normally not going to work well.

Not to rain on your parade, but those are not HID bulbs. The eBay description may have said something about HID, but either they lied to you flat out (which happens a lot on eBay) or in the fine print some place it stated "just as bright as HID". Real HID conversion kits come with ballasts and completely different bulbs that don't fit in your normal wiring harness. Dozens upon dozens of eBay auctions claim their blue tinted normal wattage bulbs are as bright as HIDs. They are all lying. Trust me, I've tried many different units from eBay, and I've seen Viper's HID setup. Its even brighter than my 80w/100w Eurolite bulbs, and those are really good compared to SilverStars.

 

I can't say that I'm as experienced as you are on the various bulbs out there (I'm not trying to be a smart ***, I'm being serious) but there working good. I bought them only because at one point, I was doing weekly night trips from Sacramento to san francisco. I was in dire need of more/better lighting because I was having trouble seeing at night. They did the trick. I've had them for about 1 year now. When I reviewed them to see what people had to say about them, I would often hear that they would burn out pretty quickly, but I decided to throw cation to the wind and...so far so good. I just don't want to spend more then $40 on a set of lights that might burn my switch or my wires. Hey, what would you recommend for stock fog light bulbs?

 

hmm very interesting. Looks like ive got some testing to do.

 

You can change it out. The Sport Headlight is a four bulb set up instead of the two you have ... much improvement.

I haven't yet, but plan on getting a set of Bosch fogs that will fit correctly in the factory locations.

Coated bulbs = less light output. Sylvania amped up the output to compensate, but that just shortens the bulb life. They look "whiter", but that's it ... no brighter. Expensive as well. Might as well be throwing your money away.