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burke2

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I was looking into getting some new lights for my 02 GT because the stock ones are a little dim. Those Xenon lights are looking nice and I was wondering if anyone had heard anything good/bad about them. I was told that I would have to upgrade my wiring harness because the brighter bulbs will melt the harness, is there any truth to this? Also, where would be a good website to price such bulbs?

 

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medik13

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Piaa's

 

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I'm sure that you would have to use a different harness. My buddy has a jeep and when he just installed the bulbs it worked fine for like a month, but then it melted and he had to replace the harness with the upgraded one. Since then, its been about 3months, he has had no prob.

 

MineralG2k2GT

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burke2 said:

I was looking into getting some new lights for my 02 GT because the stock ones are a little dim. Those Xenon lights are looking nice and I was wondering if anyone had heard anything good/bad about them. I was told that I would have to upgrade my wiring harness because the brighter bulbs will melt the harness, is there any truth to this? Also, where would be a good website to price such bulbs?

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Depends on which bulbs you get. If you go to www.showparts.com they have a nice kit for the mustang which includes 2 Xenon bulbs for the headlights and foglights for 28 bucks. A pretty good deal

 

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MineralG2k2GT said:

Depends on which bulbs you get. If you go to www.showparts.com they have a nice kit for the mustang which includes 2 Xenon bulbs for the headlights and foglights for 28 bucks. A pretty good deal

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which wattage do i choose? 50 or 37.5?

 

Snarf

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Check your owners manual, it might tell you what W the stockers are.

 

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medik13

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The Sylvania SS's are 50W, I believe???

 

JonJon

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Piaa's

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My friend had PIAA's in his Grand Am then went to Silverstar's. He said the Silverstar's were brighter, didn't cost $40 a bulb, and didn't break every month. PIAA

Silverstar's are stock wattage.

 

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medik13

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My Silver Stars have been replaced two times withing 4 months. No, I didn't touch the bulb with my fingers. They have not been all that either, but everytime they blow I contact Silvania and they send me a replacement as soon as I send them the defective bulb!

 

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I installed PIAA's and street glows and they melted my harness make sure you buy a harness upgrade or you will melt it if you go with a higher than stock wattage

 

forpit2000gt

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not a flame , just a question.
why do you want brighter lights, I have no problem wit hstock. Is it for you to see better oer do some do this for cosmetic reasons?
I have clears on the front and installed chrome turn sig. bulbs for cosmetic reasons, but didn't change headlight bulbs.

 

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I bought these lights: http://www.showparts.com/product_info.php/products_id/227?osCsid=cf38fb48df4b71db8e93eb11fdfb9e4e

I had them in my car for roughly 6 months. One day I was driving home at night and all of a sudden none of my lights worked. No Head or Fog lights at all. When I got home I took out one bulb and noticed that the harness was melted. Then I took out the other and noticed the same thing. Took it into Ford a couple of days later, and they told me that you need to upgrade to a different harness voltage. They replaced both of mine under warrenty. Do yourselves a favour, if you upgrade your lights, upgrade your harnesses. An electrical fire is far more expensive then a higher voltage harness!

 

JonJon

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My Silverstars are plenty bright and they're stock wattage. My headlights have been great for the past 2 years, my fogs just died. I think it was from driving through NY though, freaking pot holes everywhere. I haven't called Sylvania yet but I'm pretty sure they'll replace them for free.

 

JonJon

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Oh, I just got an email from Sylvania today (I bought my fogs online through them)

$5 rebate on a pair of fog/head/signal lights.
http://ecom.mysylvania.com/directmailer/silverstar/autorebate.pdf