Anyone use 100watt headlight bulbs, illegal obviously, are they very noticeable any problems with those lovely helpful traffic police?

 

Need to be aware of the additional current draw of the bulbs on the car's wiring and also the effect of the additional heat on the reflector if you use them for extended periods.

 

I ran them in my old pre-face lift classic as the lights are terrible. I bought them off ebay 100w with 110w main beam. I ran them for at least 4 years with no problems. It doesn't so much make them brighter and stand out to the Police, more makes them the same brightness as other cars on the road as they are very **** poor in the first place.

My only suggestion is to buy 2 pairs as when one pops and you put a normal bulb back in it terrible again.

 

What model of car?

I ran Phillips Rally Vision on an older completly standard MY02 STI without problems for 3 years.

Only main beam though.

 

Better off doing a hid conversion, you can get kits off of e-bay. I ran 100w in my escort and the fuse board could not cope, the solder joints melted. In theory the fuse should blow before the wiring melts, in practice it didn't!

 

High wattage bulbs good but dont last long.The filaments are running very hot so they are affected by vibration so not so good on Scoobys,HID are good dont go above 6000c Kel as light output then drops big time

 

All of the above.
Higher wattage bulbs are a problem due to higher temperatures leading to early failure.
They also suffer quite badly from beam accuracy. Some were recently tested against the best "uprated" bulbs, Philips Vision plus iirc, 80% uprated? Anyway, the 100W bulbs were NOTICEABLY poorer due to poor build: they scattered light that the PVP bulbs focussed and put where it should be. Other good uprated bulbs are Osram Nightbreakers and Halfords 90% uprated. The Halfords ones are on BOGOF during the winter, and not worth the price during summer

If it's for a classic, do yourself two favours: avoid HID kits using H4 bulbs, and buy the BEST BUILT bulbs you can, not necessarily the brightest. Classic lights scatter terribly, so a bulb that does the same........

 

All of the above.
Higher wattage bulbs are a problem due to higher temperatures leading to early failure.
They also suffer quite badly from beam accuracy. Some were recently tested against the best "uprated" bulbs, Philips Vision plus iirc, 80% uprated? Anyway, the 100W bulbs were NOTICEABLY poorer due to poor build: they scattered light that the PVP bulbs focussed and put where it should be. Other good uprated bulbs are Osram Nightbreakers and Halfords 90% uprated. The Halfords ones are on BOGOF during the winter, and not worth the price during summer

If it's for a classic, do yourself two favours: avoid HID kits using H4 bulbs, and buy the BEST BUILT bulbs you can, not necessarily the brightest. Classic lights scatter terribly, so a bulb that does the same........

 

Tbh i have used the 100w on my 02sti, iv gone thru 2 sets on dip in no time, high beam seems to b ok,,,at tha mo.....so im bk to usin standard one`s now on dip beam......

 

Its an 04 WRX years ago 4 Cibie super oscars was the solution on my escort RS2000 are the hid kits easy to fit I guess there is a thread on here if I search

 

If it uses 4 separate bulbs, 2 for main, 2 for dip, then yes, plug and play. As far as fitting the actual BULB, well, that's as easy as it ever is in modern cars, it MAY need you to remove the headlight(s).

If it were me, I'd do one set of bulbs, main or dip, and evaluate. Then do the other if you are impressed and when you can afford it.

You could buy worse than Aztec.........

 

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