I just ordered some new bulbs for my car. I got the H4's for the headlights and the H3's for the fogs. I am looking at the package and the wattage listed on the box has me concerned.

The box says that both sets are 100/80w. Will these melt my wiring harness. I know that they both are above the listed wattage from nissan, but didn't know if they'd kill my car or not. I ordered them off ebay (i know big mistake) and the auction said they were for a nissan maxima 00-01 make. That's my point of confusion, since the wattage was not listed on the auction description.

Thanks

 

hmmm...you may get away with using them for the short term, but in the long term, who knows

 

Don't put them on, it will melt all your wires over the time. the stock one is 55w.

 

I installed one before
I had one Optilux 100W intalled on my car b4,the sales told me it would have the same results from piaa,it didn't melt when i install it,but later in a week i change it to Eurolite which is 55W bulbs look even better than that Optilux,I mean it wouldn't melt for short term<in my case>but don't know how long it can be there,never tried~~

 

Dont use the 100 Watt it will MELT...it happened to me i bought the eurolites at 100 watt and everytime i got home and parked in the garage i would smell burning from somewhere and found out to late that my connections were all melted and it was pain to replace them...

 

Going over the recommended wattage can be dangerous as in a fire, or costly as in a harness or new wiring. Obviously the less you go over the less risk, but I wouldn't chance it.

 

agreed with everyone. if you REALLY want to, you can get the extra harness from American Parts Company (APC) if you want to overwatt. thing is, i have a feeling that the bulbs will still be too hot for the housing. could be wrong, tho. good luck.