9005 100w Low Beam Safe?

[Shelby3]

Is anyone running this high of wattage in their low beams? Will the wiring harness handle it?

 

[LETHAL GTS]

Yes and I have for 2 years now without any trouble.
9005 Piaa extreme white I beleive is what I'm using.

 

[2002_Viper_GTS_ACR]

Dang 100W LOW BEAM ?? I feel robbed, 99 rt/10 told me to get the 65 watt 9005 Starlights from autozone, now i see I could have gone brighter?? grrrrrrrrrrrrr....

Jon

 

[LETHAL GTS]

I'll double check tonight and see what I have.

 

[Eric H]

now i see I could have gone brighter?? grrrrrrrrrrrrr....

Jon

Trust me when I say jon, you could have gotten A LOT Brighter! ;-)

So are you in Chi-town now?

 

[2002_Viper_GTS_ACR]

now i see I could have gone brighter?? grrrrrrrrrrrrr....

Jon

Trust me when I say jon, you could have gotten A LOT Brighter! ;-)

So are you in Chi-town now?

lol, you are highjacking.. I just got back, on my house hunting visit... yuck to their market.. omg...

I'm home in NC for about another week, then back to Chi-town. But i will be at the viper auto cross tomorrow, what about you ?? Gonna show me whats up?

Jon

 

[Eric H]

I wont be at the autocross tommorrow, I have family stufff to do and i'll be gone all next week for work and then doing the rockingham road course next weekend. I finally got the car cornerweighted and aligned so i should be good to go..........

Lets try to do lunch on Monday or tuesday..

Ok sorry for hijacking, back to talking about how jon could be brighter!

 

[GTS Bruce]

Lethal.No heat problems either?I have used 80/100 in my PU truck for more than 5 years.Was afraid to try high wattage bulbs in the Viper due to heat possibly ruining the light housings. GTS Bruce

 

[LETHAL GTS]

Damn I forgot to check. I will report back after lunch when I get home.

 

[LETHAL GTS]

OK here's the skinny guys.
PIAA 9005
Xtreme White Plus
4000K
HB3 12v 60w->120W
Now I'm not sure if that means they are 120v or 60v.
The 120 is in bold, however have been a major improvement and noticably brighter than stock (buddies still runnin stock). 2years+ and no sign of yellowing or heat damage. Not as bright as HID's, but not too far off.

 

[2002_Viper_GTS_ACR]

OK here's the skinny guys.
PIAA 9005
Xtreme White Plus
4000K
HB3 12v 60w->120W
Now I'm not sure if that means they are 120v or 60v.
The 120 is in bold, however have been a major improvement and noticably brighter than stock (buddies still runnin stock). 2years+ and no sign of yellowing or heat damage. Not as bright as HID's, but not too far off.

lol, it means you are using a dual element bulb in you low beam ;-) You are only getting the 60V, the 120, is if you could kick it over to high beam, which you cant do. Thanks for letting us know. the ones I have work the best then, becasue they are single element 65w.

Jon

 

[LETHAL GTS]

I have the same bulb in both low beam and high beam. Either way, it's a major impovement over stock.

 

[New97owner]

In reality, PIAA says that their bulbs (the ones you have) draw the same amount of voltage and in essence are 60 Watts, but due to their filament type, they supposedly generate the lumens of a 120 Watt bulb. Thats why you see the two numbers on the bulb and its packaging. Here is a link to the corporate website, about the light bulb in question:
http://www.piaa.com/Bulbs/Bulbs-9000.html
Mike

 

[LETHAL GTS]

That's kinda what I thought. Thanks for confirming that.

 

[Randy]

Or, you could get a lot brighter and drop your power consumption to 35W per bulb, by going to HID.

I've got a set of 100W high beams and the 35W HID low beams - the HID's are brighter - too bad HID power-on times aren't appropriate for high beams.

 

[LETHAL GTS]

Too spendy for what I was looking for. Definately a better light though.

 

[01RedCognacRT]

Good info. I just orederd the PIAA Extreme White Hb3 60-120w 4000k 9005 bulbs off EBAY. $48.00 delivered for the pair...

-Dave 01 RT/10

 

[99 R/T 10]

I'm curious which look better, the PIAA Extremes or the Silver Stars?