Topic: 100watt HID bulb too hot for housing

[project black out]

I ran 80w in the lows and 100's in the highs (Halogen).  The 100's were fine as long as you didn't run them for a long time.  The lows melted my housings a little.  I was running 35w HIDs, I think.  More than enough light. 

Lows were 6000
Fogs were 3000

yea the problem is i run my highs about 70% of the time..i live in the country and i leave home early enough that its still dark and when i get off work its dark

[BigBlockBirch]

yea the problem is i run my highs about 70% of the time..i live in the country and i leave home early enough that its still dark and when i get off work its dark

I would go no higher than 55 w on your HIDs.  The 6000's (shown above) are a great white light.  I went with 3000's on the fogs to give the yellow cast.

[ChevyGuyNC]

I've got 35w 6000K's in my lo's and fogs.  I run with lo's and fogs and NEVER use my hi's, which are just Silverstars, for anything other than to flash.  The four HID's bright white light is more than enough light for the darkest roads here in NC.

[project black out]

I would go no higher than 55 w on your HIDs.  The 6000's (shown above) are a great white light.  I went with 3000's on the fogs to give the yellow cast.

right on brotha thanks!... im gonna go with the 8k simply because i have *kfogs and lows.. and i just ordered some leds that will simulate 8k HIDs for the DRLs :thumbsup:and i ordered 16 100watt offroad lights for the roof rack im building... first i wanna figure out wats going on with my passenger door then ill start welding that up ... so much for being blacked out! i should change my name to "daymaker" lol