Hi. I am looking at going from 35 watt to 55 watt on my hid lights. Has anyone had any issues with the 55 watt lights? Too hot, melting stuff, too much glare.
Stick with the 35s or go 55s?
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Hi. I am looking at going from 35 watt to 55 watt on my hid lights. Has anyone had any issues with the 55 watt lights? Too hot, melting stuff, too much glare.
Stick with the 35s or go 55s?
If I remember from posts a long time ago, to run 55w you need to any wires to do with the headlights to a thicker gauge wire as the standard loom can't take it. I believe 35w is fine to use the standard loom though
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Hi. I did assume ide need to run a relay feed. I wondering about the heat inside the lamps too. Just had a 15 minute drive home from work in the cold and the back of my cluster with the 35w is fairly warm but not hot.
Could I recommend going to LED instead of HID? Far less likely to damage the headlamp chrome, and headlamps are drying up.
Is this something you have done?Quote:
Originally Posted by piman2k
I have, much better than the yellow bulbs and passes an MOT without issue
Which ones did you get? Ill look in to it ,thanksQuote:
Originally Posted by p.nicholas
I’ll see if I can find them
Here’s the thread. https://www.sxoc.com/vbb/showthread....0-LED-H1-Bulbs
Still out of stock but others are available
cheers, ill look in to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by p.nicholas
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Originally Posted by piman2k
LED conversion bulbs in reflector light housings now fail the MOT as HID's do.Quote:
Originally Posted by p.nicholas
So you're telling me I've got to refit the crappy old bulbs to pass an motQuote:
Originally Posted by R3K1355
My hids have passed mit for 10 years or more.
Officially yes. But you could well get away with it, the ballast is quite small and easy to hide so can look stock.Quote:
Originally Posted by p.nicholas
They might spot the difference in light colour, but might not.
Good for you, but loads of people fail.Quote:
Originally Posted by 6terras