Re: fog lights/driving lights

[cordeiro@adi.com (Alan Cordeiro)]

>If you don't re-wire you don't get any improvement in light output. However;
>My (not so) random sample of two of these 55/100 watt bulbs make me wonder
>if the effort and cost is worth brighter light.  I refer here to the quality 
>and durability of the bulbs. I installed mine in late May. By the end of 
>July I had re-installed the OEM units.  Why? After two months use, the low 
>beam on the left headlight was intermittent, actually it only worked after a 
>10 min warm up period.  The right high beam worked once in a while too, 
>though once it was on, it seemed to stay on. 

>Perhaps mine came from a bad batch, but I'd like to heare some success 
>stories before I invest time in re-wireing.

   

>Bruce Bell  bbell@csn.org



Sorry, my only experience is with Osram/Sylvania made 9004s. I have heard
that the high wattage 9004s are made in Taiwan or Korea, but that does'nt
mean that they are automatically poor quality.

J.C. Whitney has the lamps on sale for $7.99 each, which may be worth
a try, since I will still have the originals. Note how these are 
supposed to be for " Off Road " use only.

For " OFF ROAD " use, another alternative might be the 9007, very similar
to the 9004 that we use, even has IDENTICAL distance from the filaments
to the rubber sealing ring of 44.5mm according to the data book. However
the orientation of the coil of the filaments is different ( along the front
 to back axis of the car instead of the left to right axis as in the 9004.)
The wattage ratings for low/high are 55/65 ( up from 45/65 ) and the MSCD
( mean spherical initial peak Candela ) are 83/113 compared to the 9004 
values of 58/100.

Murray's and our local Target both have these in stock.

Alan Cordeiro