GTi_Red wrote:RUM4MO wrote:GTi_Red wrote:Get some 90w instead of 55w
You are having a laugh are you not, that is completely illegal for road use and could cause damage to the headlight fitting and wiring.
Less illigal compared to hid without a projector lense, they still keep the beam pattern and don't point to the sky. As for car electrics they are still a 12 volt bulb so work perfectly fine and dont heat up enough to cause any damage to the metal housing
Two issues, with that "still 12 volt bulb" - correct, but how do you think the drawn current differs - 90 watts is the electrical power consumed by that bulb, so that means 7.5 amps instead of 4.6 amps for the 55 watt bulbs. Now that might not immediately cause any fuses to blow or wiring to overheat, but all the wiring and relays will have been designed to safely handle 55 watts, in the event of a fire your insurance company might just walk away. The main issue as far as damaging the headlight assembly will typically not be the metal parts, but the plastic lens.
Fitting uprated 55 watt bulbs that have the correct approval is a better solution, while they will dump a bit more heat as they run a bit hotter, this will be a lot less than a 90 watt bulb.
Wife's car with the super white extra output Philips Extreme Plus does not get flashed by other road users - I don't disagree about your comments about HIDs fitted into reflectors though.