Re[2]: Replacing Stock Headlights

[Warren.Gleich@marcam.com]

     Hey guys,
     
     I have been lurning out here for a while.  Thought I would add my 
     experience to the thread.  In a ddition to my wifes 97 Jetta GLX I 
     have a 94 Passat GLX.  The headlights absolutely suck on this car.  I 
     changed out the bulbs for higher wattage and found a minor difference. 
      The reflector on the passat was the problem.  Well, since I had 
     purchased the mail order, I figured I would keep them in.  They burned 
     out much faster than the stock bulbs.  When I replaced the, the plug 
     on the wiring harness was badly burned.  This caused a intermittent 
     bad ground, which caused one light to dim out quite a bit.  This past 
     weekend I replaced the plug (6$ from VW).  
     
     I would definitely not recomend higher wattage bulbs unless you 
     upgrade the plug.  Not sure if you can.  Myaybe the overkill harness 
     will help.
     
     Later ...
     
     Warren


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Subject: Re: Replacing Stock Headlights
Author:  sfarnham <sfarnham@pacifier.com> at SMTPGATE
Date:    11/3/97 8:49 AM


Eric Dotson wrote:
     
> Check out ND for their Massive Overkill wiring harnesses.  You can run
> 100W high beams and 80W low beams with the harness.  I think you can use 
> the high watt bulbs with a Euro switch and the stock wiring, but with
> the MO harness you can set it up to run the highs, lows and fogs all at 
> the same time.  I don't have this setup, but it's on my list of things 
> to do.
     
I thought that ND did not recommend higher wattage bulbs in the factory U.S. 
head lamps due to the risk of melting the 
plastic housing???