80/100 Halogens in stock housings (xB Gen.1)
 

Anyone change out the stock 55W bulbs for 80W/100W ones in the stock housings? If so, are you getting flashed by oncoming traffic?

I too made the mistake of trying HID (Hi/Lo) capsules in the stock housing...bad move. :eek: So instead of going through the hassle of R&R'ing the stock lenses for Sonars -- or the like -- I'd simply like to pump up the wattage and install a wiring harness with relays. TIA

Robert

Two things if I remember... you need to replace the stock wiring with a high-temp harness. The power and ground will need to be about 12-10AWG. I couldn't find the thread about this from searching, but I remember the guy used luminics bulbs and eventually fried a few lines before upgrading to the high-temp harness and bigger leads. The actual time/research for cost/finished might be better off going with HIDs in a projector type housing.

Thanks for the quick reply...I'll be using harnesses. As far as cost, it's significantly less expensive to stay with halogen bulbs (and harness), though I'll freely admit that HID is a better light source...in the right housings.

RJ-What might you do with your stock houseing?
I NEED either the entire housing or just lenses!
wanna help?:)

I'll be using the stock housings, just not with HID capsules. Sorry, Clover. :icon_frown:

Thanks anyway....hey-*new to the site) wheres the parts wanted section...need me a cargo cover or a DIY on making one

i used to run 90/100 with a wire harness and i was fine. i didnt start getting flashed till i switched to HIDS.

Okay, have my 80/100s installed and while they're brighter and whiter than stock, they're *not* HIDs.

I've done some searching in this forum and it seems that some feel bi-xenons are the answer to HIDs in stock heads. Is it as simple as that? Is there a well-defined cutoff in the beam pattern? And someone help me on this...as I understand it, the bi-xenon unit is actuated via a magnet (capsule/bulb moving in and out for low or high beam). Is the design of the shield around the capsule purposely architected to give a defined beam cutoff for lows and highs, or is it just dumb luck? And for those of you with bi-xenon units, are you getting flashed by oncoming traffic with your low beams on, and do your high beams do an adequate job on dark roads? TIA.

RJ