For those of you that may be interested, I just replaced the factory High/Low bulbs with these Hella High Performance Xenon Blue Bulbs in hopes of brightening things up a bit. While they do appear to be noticeably brighter and definitely closer to a pure white light, the brightness was not as dramatic of a difference as I expected to see. They cost a few dollars more than the Sylvania Silverstars, but are probably very comparable. I opted for these however, because the packaging had D.O.T. Approved disclaimers ALL over it....so I figured they just may be a smidgen closer to the limit of legality They are the same wattage as stock. I do think my headlights are aimed too low however...

Overall I'm happy with them

good to know. i've thought about switching to that type of bulb.

they'd probably shine brighter with a set of those sexy clear housing headlights.. mmm.. thanks for the info