Re: Lights (fog and otherwise)

[garyjh@bernstein.com (Gary Harris)]

>Absolutely. BTW, I've tried high power 9004 bulbs on my wife's previous car
>(a Saab 9000) and found that  I spent a lot of time replacing crisped
>connectors. IMHO, the 9004 bulb connector simply can't handle the extra
>juice from a higher wattage bulb, so I'm not going this route on the Audi.
>
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> 
>Lee Levitt 
>wheelman@pipeline.com 
>

If you want to safely use the higher wattage bulbs, you've got to use
heavier gauge wires and use relays to handle the switching.  Otherwise,
you'll be replacing connectors (or worse if it shorts out) forever.  You
will also get more light from that same bulb because the heavier gauge wire
will pass more current.

Let me know if you want more info on how it's done.

Gary - NYC