Death Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 I've been changing a lot of the lighting in my car to LEDs, and I've noted that each bulb saves about 6w of energy.. anyway, My headlights suck.. I've been thinking about HID's, but that's too fancy for me... What if I replace my stock 55/65w 9007 headlights with 80/100w headlights? do I need to upgrade my fuse? Is this too much for my car in the first place? how about these? any thoughts? http://www.ebay.com/itm/7500K-PLATINUM-WHITE-12v-100-80w-XENON-HIGH-LOW-BEAM-9007-HALOGEN-LIGHT-BULB-4-/230751416293?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item35b9db2fe5&vxp=mtr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Marker Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 I'd be afraid they'd fry your harness. 2011 Volvo S60T6 & 2013 Volvo XC60T6 Polestar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNVAR Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 you may melt your wiring, assuming your fuse doesn't fry. or you may just completely melt your headlight housings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTTuner Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Your going to cause so much glare every oncoming car is gonna crash. Get a 4300K HID kit from here, you will not regret it: http://www.theretrofitsource.com/product_info.php?cPath=27&products_id=4116 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabidWombat Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 First off, don't get 7500K bulbs if you actually want to see anything. Those bulbs are purely for show. Your eyes are not very sensitive to blue light, stick to 4300K for optimum visibility. 5000K if you want the "blue" look. And yes, you're likely to melt the wiring and the headlight housing. In general, projector type headlights can easily be upgraded to HIDs. Reflector type headlights do not work well when converted to HIDs. The different bulb shapes cause a lot of glare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death Posted August 3, 2012 Author Share Posted August 3, 2012 Yeah i got reflector housings and not projectors. i'm just looking for options. I had sylvania silverstars once but they were the big round headlights that come housing and all. they were on a 75 oldsmobile. I liked them a lot, but i'm also afraid that the 9007 silverstars won't be any good behind my aged headlight lenses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTTuner Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 4300K!!!!!! 35 watt. Go to rockauto.com and price out some housings, it may be cheaper and easier than retrofitting HIDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Marker Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Yeah i got reflector housings and not projectors. i'm just looking for options. I had sylvania silverstars once but they were the big round headlights that come housing and all. they were on a 75 oldsmobile. I liked them a lot, but i'm also afraid that the 9007 silverstars won't be any good behind my aged headlight lenses. Sounds like your headlamps lens are fogged? Just clean them up and polish it out. 2011 Volvo S60T6 & 2013 Volvo XC60T6 Polestar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faded1004 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 i personally went hid for my lowbeam (5k cause i hate that blue tinted look), and ion yellow 100w for high beams (not a big high beamer, but love the color change)... i would be weary about using 100w constantly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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