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Old 04-06-2012, 12:29 PM
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Looking to get more out of my fog lights would a 55w lamp be to hot ?
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Yep! It would melt the housing.
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How do you think a 35w lamp would work ?
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Originally Posted by d220
How do you think a 35w lamp would work ?
Wait...i assumed you were talking about HIDs. I know that 55W hids will melt housing and 35W will not (this is what ive had for 1.5 years now). Im not sure if a 35W halogen and 35W HID burn at the same temp. Maybe someone can chime in and help out with that one.
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55w hid will def melt the lens, ive heard 35w dont melt them like 55s but over time the lens with fog up from the amount of heat concentrated in one area on the lens. dont know about regular bulbs i would suggest LED bulbs. they look like hids but burn a lot cooler and will last a lot longer
heres the website for mine if intrested http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED-B...-p8022474.html
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Originally Posted by foxracer2759
55w hid will def melt the lens, ive heard 35w dont melt them like 55s but over time the lens with fog up from the amount of heat concentrated in one area on the lens. dont know about regular bulbs i would suggest LED bulbs. they look like hids but burn a lot cooler and will last a lot longer
heres the website for mine if intrested http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED-B...-p8022474.html
are you running LEDS in both your driving lights and your fogs?
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Originally Posted by d220
Looking to get more out of my fog lights would a 55w lamp be to hot ?
It will not melt if you buy the 55watt HID kit from DDM tuning. I have both 55 watt HID in my highs and fogs from DDMtuning.com and they have not burned anything. You should be fine.
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Originally Posted by terkkila
are you running LEDS in both your driving lights and your fogs?
yes but the parking /blinkers is a switch back led. when i turn them on as parking lights they are 5000k white, when i put my blinker on their amber. heres a link so you can see what it looks like

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You running silverstars in the heads and the fogs? I like the light output.


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