High wattage bulbs

[daffyduck]

I got out of the car there to pop a letter in the postbox. As car was still running, lights were on, I noticed smoke/steam lifting off the headlights. Touched them and they are hot. It was raining, dont know if that can impact it coming off, rain hitting very warm plastic.

I have high wattage bulbs in, these

Ring Rally Sport 130w Pair Of Performance Bulbs H1 448 | eBay

Mind you, full beam was not on at time....

These,

Ring Rally Sport 100w Pair Of Performance Bulbs H7 477 | eBay

And these for the sidelights....

https://www.crazyleds.co.uk/501-T10-...pless-LED.html

Any thoughts.....

[davidireland]

As long as all the connectors are ok I wouldn't worry. I sometimes make a little hole on the rubber cover on the back of lamp to let out excessive heat, say 10mm. Just drill it out.

[jmkent]

Even standard 55W headlights are enough to make the plastic covers warm to the touch, and enough to dry off water

[Gibbo]

Originally Posted by daffyduck

Any thoughts.....

Yeah, why do you need illegal bulbs in your car?

[jmkent]

Be slowly melting the cabling to the bulbs.... going from 4.5amps to almost 11amps is bound to have an impact on the designed power rating of the wiring

[stuart j]

Have you got glass or plastic lenses cause dont you have to be carefull what bulbs you use on plastic lenses?

I was always led to believe that it would turn the lense a dirty brown sooner or later with the heat if wrong bulbs are fitted?

I always thought 55w was the limit too