GE Nighthawk Vision Headlights

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GE Nighthawk Vision Headlights

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Had a set of bargain brand headlights that just were'nt cutting it along these
backcountry roads I travel at night, so I did some research and decided to try some Nighthawk vision headlights, all I can say is HUGE DIFFERENCE.

Now, I do lose a little road distance both on low and high beam ( i'm gonna guessetimate approx 1/3 ) BUT, the amount that it lights up the sides of the road is amazing, this for me is important as deer are a major hazard

Parts Source has them for $58can (includes tax) this week
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Cool. I paid around $ 40 for some Xenon imitations for the low beams and the lights are whiter, but I dunno if they're actually any better. Sounds like you scored!
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Now you will be able to see the road kill to take it home!! :-s LOL!!
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We sell the nitehawks at my shop. Lot's of people that have had silverstars in the past and tried these said the nitehawks were better. I can't speak personally, just pass on the feedback. What size does yours use zam .. the sealbeam or have you done a conversion?
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crash wrote:We sell the nitehawks at my shop. Lot's of people that have had silverstars in the past and tried these said the nitehawks were better. I can't speak personally, just pass on the feedback. What size does yours use zam .. the sealbeam or have you done a conversion?
Rob, I have the old style sealed beam, mine are the 6054 size.

One interesting thing I found out about the silverstars, evidently there is the Parent company in Europe ( Osram ) that owns Sylvania, this company also makes a light called silver stars, but they are evidently slightly different ( and better ) than the silverstars made by Silvania over here
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I've delt with a lot of European DOT parts and their standards are a lot different. I've put headlights on my 93 Caprice 9c1, the U.S. models were plastic composites with a milky lens, and the European ones were clear glass. The only prob I had was that the beam pattern was set up for left lane driving so I had to adjust the beams a lot. Same thing on my porsche I used to have and on my motorcycles. Other than that they seemed to be more powerful due to the faster speeds over there, so your not overdriving your headlights.
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