RSBen

Is Saph wiring up to the job of 100w bulbs? Or would it all melt and catch fire?

BM08

i wouldnt, i think they burn off the reflective bit in the lights, it time it would turn ur headlight glass a horrible white misty colour

Rick

headlamps will be fine heat wise, but pointless unless u change the wiring.

M Brian

is there a 90/130?? as im sure thats what i had in my other fiestas??

was fine in my xr2 and actually brightened up quite lot..

when i put them in my 1.4 after a while i noticed wiring was getting bit melted insulation!!!

id go for like rick says do some rewiring!!

phil4x4saph

Got 100/80's in mine. Havent made a shitsworth of difference!

Gonna get some Phillips Vision bulbs when I can remember to buy them.

I only work in a place that sells them!

Rick

yes they are 90/130

Most of the time u wont get any diff from going up in wattage due to poor wiring. Mine are around 40% brighter now ive done some proper wiring, very bright.

phil4x4saph

Rick, did you rewire the both circuits or just bung in a couple of relays powered direct from the battery?

Ginge !

rick ya fancy doing mine of the cossie for me

EssexBoyRacer

I've got 80/100s in mine, they are much better than what was in it when I got it, but that didnt take much!

I've got the same ones in the granada too and to be honest they are a tad better in the granny.

Rick

Basically, i used the wires that used to go to the bulbs to switch the relay. The relay powered direct from the alternator with 4mm cabe. I now have 0.3V drop at the headlamp, as opposed to 1.7 volts as std! That makes a MASSIVE diff to light output.

EssexBoyRacer

might have to try this saph headlights are generally very poor!

Ginge !

ok ya missed my question, will ya do it for me mate . ill pay, justyb get a ropugh spec and a diagram ginger people can understand ( no words, just pictures and pretty colours

phil4x4saph

CheeRS. Thats another job I got to do

DazC

iTrader: (1)

130w bulbs will draw 10.9A each so your shonky old loom will need a re wire.....

foreigneRS

i also use 80/100 and find them to be much brighter than std and have hadno problems with the wiring. i haven't measured the voltage drop, as to be honest they are good enough for me. having lights that point left and driving on the right is my bigest problem with my lights.

Neil S

iTrader: (1)

I use 130W in the full beams on my cos, and on my old sierra I ran them for 3 years with no problems

They DO make a good difference - I guess cossie looms are better than beantin ones

I'm not doubting the merits of uprating the wiring - I've been considering doing this for a while myself

Neil.

bassboy

rick wat cable are u using for the trip on the relay? as i have tried to do this on my erst and now even when i turn the parking lights on the main headlight comes on to

bassboy