Blue light bulbs
08-04-2007, 09:01 PM
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can you put the blue light bulbs in the headlights if the series 1 rs turbo?? think they are called Halogen bulbs??just someone said it would melt my loom.
08-04-2007, 10:07 PM
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i think as long as the watts are the same as standerd they will be ok i had blue bulbs in mine for years i then put some 80/100 w bulbs in my s1 and the light switch melted.
09-04-2007, 02:01 PM
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ive got some uprated bulbs for my turbo and on packaging it says to change the headlight fuses to 20amp, coz the fuses at mo are 10amp. Dunno if thats any help??
09-04-2007, 02:32 PM
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DON'T FIT THEM!
Standard bulbs are 55/60W, which consume 4.5-5A a side, most of these blue ones are 100W, consuming 10A a side, you WILL melt your wiring. Can't believe they say to just uprate the fuse
Standard bulbs are 55/60W, which consume 4.5-5A a side, most of these blue ones are 100W, consuming 10A a side, you WILL melt your wiring. Can't believe they say to just uprate the fuse
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