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Moonchalk
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100w Headlight Bulbs
« on: Oct 27th, 2008, 8:37pm » |
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Thinking of upgrading Scorpio headlight bulbs (full beam only) from 55w to 100w.
Any potential downside?
Thanks.
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scorpio_man
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Re: 100w Headlight Bulbs
« Reply #1 on: Oct 27th, 2008, 9:32pm » |
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hi there
we've had issues of the wiring/switch burning out with upgraded bulbs.
i wouldn't take the risk. better to clean the inners of the headlights/lens.
hth
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Scorpio_Mike
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Re: 100w Headlight Bulbs
« Reply #2 on: Oct 28th, 2008, 7:46am » |
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Not sure if 100w bulbs are road legal 
Pretty sure they are not 
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pete from Hull
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Re: 100w Headlight Bulbs
« Reply #3 on: Oct 28th, 2008, 9:22am » |
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You'd be better off doing a HID conversion, someone has done it in the past and the kits are cheaper now, look on e-bay....
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Pete
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Thunderchild
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Re: 100w Headlight Bulbs
« Reply #4 on: Oct 28th, 2008, 4:16pm » |
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In my experience the 100w bulbs tend to distort the beam pattern and really don't make a big difference. As Scorpio_Mike says, they ain't legal either.
Tc
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Highlander
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Re: 100w Headlight Bulbs
« Reply #5 on: Oct 28th, 2008, 5:10pm » |
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Cleaning or replacing the lenses will make a huge difference, I had 150W bulbs on a MK2 Granada years ago, I used the full beam wiring as the switch feed for a relay fitted with the correct grade of wire.
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