Hi all

Well i think i can now drive our Xfire after dark now , Picked up some H7 100W bulbs off Ebay , They are far better than the H7 55W as standard , Only problem i think you should not use them on the road , But as our headlamp are so dim to start with i do not see this as a problem , I have fitted them & they look just bright as our other car (206) but not any brighter , I payed about £26 for 2 sets of 2 .


Cheers

Andy

 

i would be concerned about the wiring. you may want to increase your wire diameter or risk the heat melting the plastic. i'm sure others will know better.

 

Hi Eruby
Cheers for that ,I will keep an eye out for that problem & report back , I just can not tell you how much brighter the headlamps are with these bulbs in .

Cheers

Andy

 

Hi Eruby
Well did a 2 hour night drive over last weekend & the cables did not get hot , I will have to see what they are like in the summer (if we have one this year ). I will now put the other pair into the Hi beam & see how much different that makes.

Cheers

Andy

 

Hi,

Take care because other parts of the headlight assembly could suffer?


Working on the same principle as a house light, if you were to put a 100W lamp into a holder / lamp shade that is marked up at 60W the chances are it would get too hot, burn / brown the holder or the shade and the plastic surrounding the holder would become brittle.

The exception to this rule is if you put in a low energy lamp that gives out 100W's of light but only uses say 15W's power; if this is the case then you get brighter light but actually create less heat.

Don't know if the lamps you have used follow the last rule but I would think not. The chances are that you are now creating 100W heat inside each headlamp and this has got to go somewhere so be careful and keep an eye on the headlamp surrounds and holders.


By the way, if they hold up please let us all know because brighter headlights are always a good thing.

Good luck.

Al..........

 

Hi E74778

Yea i'm keeping an eye on the heat , but the back of the bulbs/wires are not getting hot at all , Well i wil see how it goes but the extra light they kick out is very welcome , I have been told that 100W are too bright to be used on the public roads , But as you know we are starting from a very dull standard headlamp setup so this could balance it out .

Cheers

Andy