100 watts high beam bulbs - safe?
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Salim,
so, I went ahead and replaced my stock 55w/60w bulbs with 80w/80w. Again, it was 10 years ago, and now my daughter still drives that old Benz with those bulbs, which BTW give out a lot more light.
So, now I am trying to do the same with my high beams on the Lexuses. I am a little hesitant about 100w, but 85w looks as an attractive option. The stock bulb, correct me if I am wrong, is 60w. I want to know, if anybody out there actually had any experience with higher wattage bulbs.
so, I went ahead and replaced my stock 55w/60w bulbs with 80w/80w. Again, it was 10 years ago, and now my daughter still drives that old Benz with those bulbs, which BTW give out a lot more light.
So, now I am trying to do the same with my high beams on the Lexuses. I am a little hesitant about 100w, but 85w looks as an attractive option. The stock bulb, correct me if I am wrong, is 60w. I want to know, if anybody out there actually had any experience with higher wattage bulbs.
This in turn will cause poor disipation of heat(RX) -which will result in something melting down. Search for sylvania lights. I cant remember which lights is it-but they make headlight bulb that produces a stong white light output with still the same wattage. I beleive BMW use them on certains models with out hids.
#34
correct me if I'm wrong -but your MB has glass lights cover versus the RX plastic frame cover (the front of the headlights). The MB glass disipates heat better than would our RX headlights (it can hold the heat better while it cools).
This in turn will cause poor disipation of heat(RX) -which will result in something melting down. Search for sylvania lights. I cant remember which lights is it-but they make headlight bulb that produces a stong white light output with still the same wattage. I beleive BMW use them on certains models with out hids.
This in turn will cause poor disipation of heat(RX) -which will result in something melting down. Search for sylvania lights. I cant remember which lights is it-but they make headlight bulb that produces a stong white light output with still the same wattage. I beleive BMW use them on certains models with out hids.
http://www.finemotoring.com/
where you can read all about them. They worked really well, and, as stated, draw no more current than the OEMs and had no effect on the plastic housing.
[But maybe those bulb types are not yours?].
Good luck!
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I've seen bi-xenon conversion kits somewhere; converting your low beams to HID bi's would seem to accomplish this with much lower risk. google hid bi-xenon conversion kit
#43
I just don't think anything bad will happen. I posted the same question on a Moscow-based Russian Lexus forum. There are several people using these type of bulbs in their cars and noone had any problems. So far I have this:
1. Some people usem without problems.
2. Not one person told me "It happend to me or to someone I know".
3. A whole lot of people have theories of what could or should happen.
So I ordered a pair, it's only 8 bucks anyway. Will see what happens.
1. Some people usem without problems.
2. Not one person told me "It happend to me or to someone I know".
3. A whole lot of people have theories of what could or should happen.
So I ordered a pair, it's only 8 bucks anyway. Will see what happens.
#45
Well, I am not too impressed with the performance of the 100w bulbs. They are definately brighter then the stock bulbs, but I did not run them long enough to test for overheating. I ended up installing Nokya bulbs. I understand they are not top-of-the-line by any means, but I did not want to experiment with anything expensive.
Has anybody ever used LEDs bulbs for highs? Something like this, for example:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...=STRK:MEWAX:IT
There is a guy on toyotanation used them, read post #22 here:
http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/sh...=354010&page=2
Has anybody ever used LEDs bulbs for highs? Something like this, for example:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...=STRK:MEWAX:IT
There is a guy on toyotanation used them, read post #22 here:
http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/sh...=354010&page=2
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