100W bulbs

[SilentRacer]

Can I run 100W bulbs in my fog lights without changing anything. 100W should be brighter than 55W right?

[dplacencia]

I have PIAA Bulbs in my head light and fogs that produce about 110W of light. I have no problem with this set up.

[shazapple]

Wattage is a measure of power not light :wink: but yes 100W bulbs should produce more light than a 55W bulb, unless you buy a really shitty 100W bulb.

You are almost doubling the amperage (not to mention increasing the heat) so chances are you fuse is going to blow right away. Putting in a bigger fuse is a no no, because it is there to protect the wiring (which could cause a fire if too much amperage it put through it)

[RadeOn]

Are your fogs made of glass? Otherwise they might melt.
Make sure you make you headlights brighter at the same time, otherwise looking ahead at night (if you drive with fogs on) would suck.

[SilentRacer]

headlights are HID so its not a problem. What happened was one of my hella yellowstars 55w blew out, I'll be on the safe side and get another 55w. I'm pretty sure the foglights are plastic.

[rougeben83]

I have 85w on mine with a 12g wiring harness...I didn't notice a lick of difference TBH.

I think our stock foglights just suck with the optics.

I would check to see if the wiring can handle it btw. When I was down there the stock wiring is something like 18g wiring. It's not really made to hook up to anything hotter than a 55w bulb.

[Duff]

Heat is the problem that the one hundred watt bulbs will present. This heat has been known to melt the plugs that the bulbs plug into. It has also been known to melt the wires going to the light. Shorting out these wires could cause some serious other shorting out if they run in a common harness.

I have seen other people advise replacing the wires to the lights with an appropriate guage to handle the heat and use a socket that can handle the heat.

I use Silverstars, which are not well thought of by many, but they are bright and white. They have a short life however. I am trying a Sylvania XtraVision and am going to run it on the burnt out side and compare it to the Sivlerstar. I have not put this in yet but will post my observation when I put it in and check out its apparent brightness, color, and dispersion characteristics. Some people like Silverstars and I have found them to be superior to the stock bulbs on my Dodge pickup. I'm open to new ideas so I'm going to try the XtraVison bulb; it costs one third of the price of the Silverstar and is supposed to last a lot longer and give as much light.

I suggest that you look around for bulbs that are standard wattage but put out more effective light to the road. Also, the light housing itself and its design, reflector pattern, etc, plays a major role in how the light from the bulb hits the road, dispersion, apparent brightness, etc. Ever notice how Ford pickup lights seem so much brighter than other vehicles?

Duff

[rougeben83]

Heat is the problem that the one hundred watt bulbs will present. This heat has been known to melt the plugs that the bulbs plug into. It has also been known to melt the wires going to the light. Shorting out these wires could cause some serious other shorting out if they run in a common harness.

I have seen other people advise replacing the wires to the lights with an appropriate guage to handle the heat and use a socket that can handle the heat.

I use Silverstars, which are not well thought of by many, but they are bright and white. They have a short life however. I am trying a Sylvania XtraVision and am going to run it on the burnt out side and compare it to the Sivlerstar. I have not put this in yet but will post my observation when I put it in and check out its apparent brightness, color, and dispersion characteristics. Some people like Silverstars and I have found them to be superior to the stock bulbs on my Dodge pickup. I'm open to new ideas so I'm going to try the XtraVison bulb; it costs one third of the price of the Silverstar and is supposed to last a lot longer and give as much light.

I suggest that you look around for bulbs that are standard wattage but put out more effective light to the road. Also, the light housing itself and its design, reflector pattern, etc, plays a major role in how the light from the bulb hits the road, dispersion, apparent brightness, etc. Ever notice how Ford pickup lights seem so much brighter than other vehicles?

Duff

I suggest getting the euro version of the silverstars. They're labeled Osram (of osram sylvania) silverstars. They're untinted which helps with the output even more. They're called "+50%" bulbs over there - the xtravision is one of them too.

They basically burn hotter at the expense of shorter lifespan- well worth the trouble though IMO.