Re: HID Temperatures

Posted by shinyribs on Aug 03, 2011; 3:29am
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Have put a few in some older cars     heat not an issue except one race car had light weight plastic head lights...they melted...but it took awhile.not instantly     but they ALL ALL ALL gave trouble with melting the factory wiring/harnesses from the increased amperage they apparently draw.    What we do is use the factory wiring to operate a relay and pull a 30 amp fused wire straight from the battery to feed the bulbs  BUT  these cars are also using two and four headlights per car,you only got one lamp   so you can judge that for yourself      just putting it out there             oh yeah   also saw very little improvement when retro-fitting into preexisting head lamps    the HID really need the reflectors to do their thing      just my experience      not trying to scare you,just putting it out there     good luck!!