I put in a set of 9007's in my headlights last night and they helped clean up the yellowish light from my 02. The light pattern was cleaner and much clearer. I was going to put some 9005's in the fog lights but they are 65W compared to the factory ones being 45W. I don't want to heat up the wiring and make it brittle. Anyone else done this with their foglights? If so, have you had any problems with the wiring getting brittle from excess heat or a cracked lens in the foglights? I know the lower wattage would be better to cut through fog, instead of reflect off of it, but there is very little fog around here.

 

The 9005 Silverstars I got are 55watt and I love them so far no problems but I've only had them a month but use them alot.
jeff

 

Well going from a 45w to a 65w is an increase of 44% more power (watts) and an increase of 44% current. Since it’s a 12 volt system current for the 45w bulbs is 3.75 amps and current for the 65w bulbs is 5.42 amps.

If the same size wire is used for the fog lights as the head lights (I am not sure if it is or not) you should be fine current wise since the head lights would having wiring capable of 15 - 20 amps or so.

Therefore you may be ok as far as “not” melting the wiring assembly and connectors. However what is more important is knowing how much heat the actual fog light lens can handle. Watts = heat, it’s a byproduct of current. All lights put off heat, just like in your house, the higher the watts the more heat they put out.

So you may be fine, or the heat could cause the plastic to discolor and/or become fatigued and eventually crack.

 

ttt

 

Thanks for the replies guys. Anyone using bulbs other than silverstars in their fog lights? I'm just looking over my options.

 

I have had the Silverstar 9005's in my foglights for about a year and a half now with no problems

 

I just put in a set of H3s Silverstars into mine on Sunday. Haven't gotten much of a chance to play with em yet though.

-Kimball