Smoked Headlights...Silverstars vs. HID?
Let me say that I have in the past felt fairly strongly against throwing HID's in a non-projector housing...however, I have a strong concern for my current lighting situation. The 97 cobra I recently traded for has smoked headlights and while they are not blacked out, they certainly diminish the light output. My passenger side bulb is almost burned out (extremely dim) and quite honestly, I'm not impressed with the output at all from the working bulb on the drivers side. I picked up some silverstars from the parts store on the way home today and decided before I open them (deeming them unreturnable), I would do some searching. I found mixed reviews and no definitive answers to weather or not the silverstars are enough to make-up for the smoked lenses.
So what's the verdict, should I throw the bulbs in and say screw it?. Or, do I pick up a plug-and-play HID kit with some 4500-5000k bulbs and live with the ridiculously scattered light output...hoping it throws more light through without needlessly blinding oncoming drivers?
Let me say that I have in the past felt fairly strongly against throwing HID's in a non-projector housing...however, I have a strong concern for my current lighting situation. The 97 cobra I recently traded for has smoked headlights and while they are not blacked out, they certainly diminish the light output. My passenger side bulb is almost burned out (extremely dim) and quite honestly, I'm not impressed with the output at all from the working bulb on the drivers side. I picked up some silverstars from the parts store on the way home today and decided before I open them (deeming them unreturnable), I would do some searching. I found mixed reviews and no definitive answers to weather or not the silverstars are enough to make-up for the smoked lenses.
So what's the verdict, should I throw the bulbs in and say screw it?. Or, do I pick up a plug-and-play HID kit with some 4500-5000k bulbs and live with the ridiculously scattered light output...hoping it throws more light through without needlessly blinding oncoming drivers?