As Steve say's below, I wouldn't risk a 160 watt bulb in a plastic reflector either. I saw these higher wattage bulbs for sale in a shop down this way called Trago Mills. They were made by Ring. Ebay have some similar here:-firestarter1977 wrote:chris
where can we find them 160 watt bulbs?
i got the xenon bulb and its still poor !!
regards mark
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ring-Rally-Sport- ... 240%3A1318
Steve is right though, too much light is as bad as not enough. I can vouch for that when I had "high" wattage bulbs in my four spots on my mk2 escort years ago.
Cheers for that post Steve. That back ups what I've been reading about HID bulbs etc.rst steve wrote:I am running a Bi-xenon hid retro fit in my storm and what you are saying is correct. If the bulb goes then all light is lost apart from the little sidelight not much use on a dark country road i suppose. On the other hand the increase in light output i get from my conversion far outweights the risk of the bulb blowing whilst riding. I think that as been said before if the bulb is going to blow then it will go when first turned on. On the same scheme of thinking maybe a fuse blowing or a tyre blow out could have the same effect i.e a crash. As for the hid upgrade kits go i have been there and done that and would recommend people to stay clear of them as blinding oncoming drivers and having them nearly crash into you is not nice. Also heard that higher wattage bulbs can melt the headlight not sure on how true this is but seems feasable due to the headlught being mainly plastic. Think i will stick to my retro fit for now.
Probably if I saw how good your set up is I might be tempted to convert mine,
Chris.
