Hey guys I drive a 07 Harley Davidson and the stock fogs are 9145/H10 but i ordered 9005's last night without thinking about the increased wattage. The question I have is this, Has anyone put 9005's in their fog's and if so have you experienced a melted lens? The stock 9145's emit around 35-40 Watts the 9005s I ordered emit 100W. Should i be worried about that housing melting?

 

Be very worried! mine were only 50W and melted. Anyway read the thread below for more input.

https://www.f150online.com/forums/ot...ound-fogs.html

 

yes they can melt the lens....because the housings are plastic they will get hot and warp the lens and melt in towards the bulb. I used to run them in my mustang Roush fogs until I upgraded to HID's but I also had a hard glass fixture and not plastic so I didn't have problems.

You can try drilling a ventilation hole in the back of the housing to let some heat escape but if water gets inside it will cause the bulb to explode.

 

Alrighty thanks for the input i reordered and got the 45w 9145 hopefully i'll have better luck

 

Try going with Sylvania's SilverStar replacement bulbs. That what I ran before swapping to HIDs.

Or you can swap out for the 04-05 bumper with square fogs... they're larger housings and don't melt as easily.

- NCSU

 

I have a set of hid's for the fogs i just don't want to install them because i already have 8000ks in the heads and 2 sets of hid's is overkill i already get constant flashing from my lights being too bright. i bought the hid "look" 9145s. And as far as switching to the 04-05 bumper. Maybe if i didn't have a Harley that could be considered. But it wouldn't look as good i.m.o.

 

Maybe re aim your headlights? You have a Harley, right? So, you should have the black headlights, which I would assume produce slightly less glare than the normal "chrome" ones.