adding 100w rated bulb into my stock 55w rated wiring ??????

[jny03subbie]

Hey there guys, I was running (1) 55w rated bulb and (1) 100w rated bulb into my foglights okay? I had them running for about 2-3 weeks and 100w bulb blew just last week. I thought I've just swapped out an new bulb (which is an another 100w), but it seems to not work. So then I've swapped the current 55w bulb into the fog asembly (where the 100w blew out) it worked fine. So now I've returned the 55w back into where it was before, and now it does not turn on (like WTF!!!). My question is this, Is it save to run 100w rated bulbs into stock wiring (fogs and headlight) on my 2003 BE ??? and am I gonna have my fogs light fix somehow ???

[jey]

No, you will probably blow a fuse at least.

[loganmossmusic]

I dont know you would blow a fuse but I think you should do some wiring upgrades, like increasing the size of the wire. My grandpa has told me everytime we work on cars that car companies figured out that if they use one size smaller of wire than is ideal, they can save lots of money, and so most cars have wiring that barely cuts it. So running extra power through a wire that is at its limit running normal bulbs may not be the best idea. Plus you will get slightly more voltage out of it.

[anothernord]

No, definitely use a relay harness that takes power from the battery.

[rougeben83]

wiring is too narrow, youre just heating them up and not getting enough amps to the higher wattage bulbs to really take advantage of them.