spoonEM

iTrader: (15)

Well i got my ebay fogs for my 04 and they came with h8 bulbs. Im gonna put in some h9's since theyre the high beam bulb, and theyre 65 watts....do you think ill be ok?

caytana1

I got the 04 fogs with laminx and 50 watt h8 bulbs and I was wondering the same thing because I was running these for like 10 minutes and I touched the foglight and it was pretty hot.

EastBayStuntN

iTrader: (1)

i will never put an higher wattage bulb in a projector thats not meant to handle it. same goes for using different application bulbs.

i bought some piaa foglamps that use an h3 bulb rated at 35w. i went ahead and bought a set of h3 piaa bulbs that were rated 55w hoping i will get much better light output and i did. eventually, the 55w bulbs heated up and melted the surrounding sealant on my foglamp lenses.

so whatever decision you make, try not to make the same mistake as i did

dtox666

I used to do the same with my old Ford Escape: running 50w bulbs when I was supposed to use 27w.

Luckily nothing melted or burned, but even then the bulbs would only last a few weeks before they burned out...

spoonEM

iTrader: (15)

hmm...im just pissed that my fogs arent bright....i mean...it looks like my battery is dying. haha. and no...i didnt hook them up wrong, just they arent that bright.

jttegx

iTrader: (3)

fog lights arent suppose to be bright as you think..like your car headlights. but i'd be pretty pissed if they didnt do well in the fog haha

spoonEM

iTrader: (15)

haha....exactly. I dont want them blindingly bright....just a nice bright yellow. I guess ill try it out and see what happens.

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

if you want yellow get the nokya 55w 2500k bulbs

spoonEM

iTrader: (15)

thats what im talking about.....but the package says 65 watts

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

check the bulb itself for actual wattage. mine said 55w on the bulb and 80w on package. the stage 1 are all stock watts i think.

spoonEM

iTrader: (15)

sweet...i think im gonna do the h9's since its the brighter version. lol

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

the nokyas already look alot brighter than stock. i wouldn't risk putting hi wattage cause its hard for heat to escape the fog light

spoonEM

iTrader: (15)

good idea...i guess ill just stick to h8's then.