Re: Blue Lights - User Opinions

["John Hamill" <jhamill@tiac.net>]

Higher wattage??? BAAAA HAHAHAHHAHAHAAH!!! I'm not laughing at you, more at
VW. The lenses crack from heat (or aliens beaming evil rays from space)
even with stock bulbs. Both mine are cracked, the same way my SLC fog light
lenses used to.


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> From: HMercerCo@aol.com
> To: jettaglx@igtc.com
> Subject: Blue Lights - User Opinions
> Date: Friday, May 30, 1997 9:09 AM
> 
> GLXers-
> 
> I recently got some 55W H3 bulbs for my fog lights that are these
> "blue-coated" type that I am starting to see on M-Benz, etc..  They
replaced
> the same wattage units.  Has anyone tried these for this or other
> applications?  Anyway, they do not seem to have the light output from the
> drivers seat of what I replaced.  But, they look as bight looking
directly at
> them.  Obviously, (maybe not obviously) they must loose some "real"
lighting
> ability due to the coating cutting down on the true output.  Is this the
> case?  Should I have ordered a higher wattage?  My feeling has been that
a
> higher wattage would be too hot for these fog light assemblies.  What has
> been your experience on this?  Has anyone put higher wattage bulbs here?
>  -Steve Mercer