High watt headlight bulbs- Anyone melt the headlight housing??

[slvr302]

Has anyone experienced the actual headlight housing melt or become discolored from using higher wattage headlight bulbs?

I am aware of the issues with the socket, wiring, and/or light switches melting/burning from not using an upgraded harness.

I am only concerned with the headlight housing getting messed up. Has anyone had this happen?

 

[BlackFox5.0]

I've run 100watt bulbs with no problems. But I had to intall relays so the wires wouldn't melt (again)

 

[Mustang5L5]

I just run Sylvania Silverstarts in all my cars. They are stock wattage but a whiter brighter light.

I'm not big into blue lights, i just wanted a clean white light which these are.

 

[slvr302]

I've run 100watt bulbs with no problems. But I had to intall relays so the wires wouldn't melt (again)

Which 100 watt bulbs are you using?

 

[slvr302]

I just run Sylvania Silverstarts in all my cars. They are stock wattage but a whiter brighter light.

I'm not big into blue lights, i just wanted a clean white light which these are.

I'm not into blue lights either. Just want pure white. I have Silverstars. Don't know what the car looks like at night with them yet (car is in the shop).

 

[Mustang5L5]

I'm not into blue lights either. Just want pure white. I have Silverstars. Don't know what the car looks like at night with them yet (car is in the shop).

You do know they are stock wattage right? not 100W

 

[slvr302]

You do know they are stock wattage right? not 100W

Yes

 

[Mustang5L5]

Yes

Ok just checkin'

btw, i have had to help a few friends replace their headlight sockets after they melted down from running higher wattage bulbs.

 

[slvr302]

Ok just checkin'

btw, i have had to help a few friends replace their headlight sockets after they melted down from running higher wattage bulbs.

I'll bet they weren't using an upgraded harness

 

[Mustang5L5]

Definitely not.

You really need to run a relay with 10G wires and use the stock headlight wires to trigger it. That should solve the problem

 

[slvr302]

Definitely not.

You really need to run a relay with 10G wires and use the stock headlight wires to trigger it. That should solve the problem

I have an upgraded wiring harness from suvlights.com

I'm sure I will not have an issue with wiring...just wanted to know if the housing will be affected by using high watt bulbs

 

[BlackFox5.0]

I used blue ebay bulbs, lasted a few weeks, they are all junk. I put in silverstars and they seem just as bright, and it's nice white light. I've had them in a while now....

 

[slvr302]

I used blue ebay bulbs, lasted a few weeks, they are all junk. I put in silverstars and they seem just as bright, and it's nice white light. I've had them in a while now....

They wouldn't happen to be MTEC would they?

 

[89MustangGX]

I've run higher wattage bulbs (clear, not blue or anything) in my Mustangs and my Truck for years now. Never had a problem. Maybe not having any type of funky coating on it puts out less heat???

 

[BlackFox5.0]

They wouldn't happen to be MTEC would they?

I don't know what that is, so....I'm going to have to say, no?

 

[Henceforward]

Silvania Silverstars!!!

Silvania Silverstars are very high quality light bulbs...I never took before and after pictures, but the after pictures are really good...

They are more expensive than stockers, but if you want nice lights they work...

 

[slvr302]

I've run higher wattage bulbs (clear, not blue or anything) in my Mustangs and my Truck for years now. Never had a problem. Maybe not having any type of funky coating on it puts out less heat???

The coatings are used to filter out the "yellowness" of the light to make them appear more white. That wouldn't have anything to do with the amount of heat generated. Do you know which bulbs you are using by any chance?

 

[cjman15]

I've bought a couple sets of those "blueish" bulbs off ebay... everytime i install them my right bulb blows... eventually my harness was messed up from me removing and adjusting tha bulbs... so i repaired that recently with tha replacement socket off 50resto. I put tha stock halogen type bulbs back in it. Haven't had a problem since, but i miss tha brighter white color of my old bulbs

 

[89MustangGX]

The coatings are used to filter out the "yellowness" of the light to make them appear more white. That wouldn't have anything to do with the amount of heat generated. Do you know which bulbs you are using by any chance?

I'm only thinking that the coating may hold in some heat. It might not, but like I said -- never had a problem, so I have no other explanation.

Here's a link to the bulbs I like:

http://www.classicgarage.com/classicgarage/9010clearhal.html

You can get them in higher wattage low and high, or higher wattage high with stock low. I've used both, currently using the latter. Cheap too.

 

[slvr302]

For any of you guys buying bulbs off of Ebay, you may think they all suck but why generalize all of them? Which ones did u get? I was looking into possibly getting these

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...tem=7908265804&category=33710&sspagename=WDVW