Mr_Purple

So I've been hearing a lot about luminics bulbs toasting stock headlight wiring in various types of cars latetly. Has anyone ran into this problem? Also, I'm thinking that it might not be just confined to luminics bulbs, but to any aftermarket bulb that runs 5000+ kelvins. Could just be to much for stock wiring. What's your opinion/stories on high kelvin bulbs?

SquallLHeart

higher K means less bright.. bad.

have luminics pure blues installed with some conductive grease... been working fine for about half a year now.

get that grease.

bBoxed_In

it's not so much the kelvin rating more then the wattage the bulb is drawing (typically generic bulbs run at 85w vs. the stock vehicles that typically run 55w). save yourself the headache and grab a set of good bulbs.

B2FiNiTY

Many people in the past have reported issues. They do sell wiring harness that are supposed to protect your oem harness. Haven't seen any reports on those parts though.

SquallLHeart

more so connections are bad vice wattage....

poor connection = arc and spark --> heat and resistance --> meltdown.

iheartzombies

iTrader: (1)

not to branch off topic but I dont wanna start a new thread about this.

I switched to 9003 silverstars in my xb and people bright me all the time, like I have my brights on. Will it get me pulled over or something?

rogcjms

the harness frying has been happening to a lot of tC owners. I have the Pure Blue's on my xB and no problems at all. Our stnadard H4 bulb is rated at 60/55, so are the Luminics H4's. The tC's stock bulb is I believe 51/55, could be wrong. The Luminics bulbs for the tC are 55/60, again i could be slightly off both ratings but those 3 watts are frying those harnesses. The dealership i go to told me to get a bulb with exactly the same wattage, any higher and it will fry the harness and will not be warrantied. So since u have an xB, you should be good 2 go.

SquallLHeart

not wattage.... because silverstars are rated higher than stock too... no report of harnesses ever frying from them.