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- 2006 Mazda5 Touring
I cant speak to the hardiness of the oe wiring. I installed a TRS relay harness which powers the HID directly from the battery. The stock wires are only used for an " on/off" signal
You will never need that much light for your high beams, trust me. At least on my 06 the HID lows stay on when i activate the high beams and i can see into the future. Using 55w highs with 35w lows would start small brush fires lol All joking aside the high beams arent projectors and that much power would really only produce overwhelming amounts of glare.
Trust me, I DO NEED that much light. I live in a place where its common to have 12 moose on the highway in a 20min drive. More light means Less death! I have a set of hella 500s converted with 55w HID on my Jeep, I get 1000m of light up the road and still would love more. People don't understand what it's like here. There are on average 5 - 10 MVAs per night because people don't see the moose. Also, people need to slow down and drive to the conditions, but I would rather have the light and live, than not have it and DIE. I hit one moose with a set of dumb blue lights before I knew better, and its on like DK now. More light the better.
So, will the 55w fry my harness or housings? I can't see it harming the harness because the stock bulbs are 55w.
I have 35w HID in my highs now, and want to upgrade to 55w.
Hey Kojack, you and i had an almost identical Q&A exchange in my thread previously. It sounds like you absolutely have a 100% legitimate need for extreme amounts of forward light. The reason we (the forum in general) are arguing with you when you ask about adapting 55W HID's into your stock lights, is that just sticking 55W HIDs into your stock housings is a poor solution for what you need.
Modifying your stock lights will not get you the distance or beam pattern that you need, and at the same time that it doesn't get you the performance you want, it will bring a lot of negatives as well:
1. your lights will now be illegal, unsafe, and all around inappropriate for driving in any populated areas (you may live in a rural area, but surely you go into town SOMETIMES),
2. excess glare to other drivers,
3. no flash-to-pass,
4. you won't get best performance out of the stock wiring, and
5. you may very well damage something in the stock system (wiring or lamp).
The situation you have described is a TEXTBOOK reason for getting some dedicated auxiliary lights. You should NOT be trying to "get by" with some mods to your stock lights. Buy some 5.25" or 7" Hella or Cibie driving lights with 100W H1 bulbs (or 55W HID if you prefer), wire them up with proper gauge wire and relay, and light up the whole damn forest WHEN YOU NEED TO. And keep your vehicle legally, safely, appropriately, and considerately equipped for driving around others when you don't need the power-of-the-sun lights.
Can you really argue with the guy who works (worked?) in automotive lighting?.. Cibie H1 is best option, IMO. I have an old pair of Cibie that I’m not willing to give up b/c they are so damn powerful. You might need a roof or front mount, setup like rally or off-roader. Sticking H9s (need to mod base) in the stock fogs will give “slightly” more forward light directly in front (useless at high speeds) and corner lighting while you can refocus the lows a TAD higher. 55w HIDs is not going to help but I’m just some random internet guy. Don’t listen to me but you really should heed Sac’s feedback.The situation you have described is a TEXTBOOK reason for getting some dedicated auxiliary lights. You should NOT be trying to "get by" with some mods to your stock lights. Buy some 5.25" or 7" … Cibie driving lights with 100W H1 bulbs (or 55W HID if you prefer), wire them up with proper gauge wire and relay, and light up the whole damn forest WHEN YOU NEED TO. And keep your vehicle legally, safely, appropriately, and considerately equipped for driving around others when you don't need the power-of-the-sun lights.
I was going to do the polish but someone said it only works for a short period.
I was going to do the polish but someone said it only works for a short period.
I will see if I see have them on my computerAnyways the pics can be shown?
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