Burnt My Headlight Harness

[Triple Black]

I threw in some xenon headlights and upgraded the fogs to super brites xenon bulbs also I im pretty sure that one of these caused my headlight harness recepticle to melt. Anybody had this problem What can I do other that replacing it and should go back to stock head lights?

 

[fiveotony]

I have alot of people telling me they have the same problem after they did the same thing those bulbs burn very hot I do believe its supposed to come with some kinda resistor or something like that to help it out but I think you maybe better off just sticking with the OEM headlights.

 

[cmozez]

I have them both in my car for over a year now with no problem, YET

 

[hillie16]

It's a common problem, try switching to a heavy duty harness, if you wanna keep the Xenon bulbs..

http://www.eautoworks.com/html/ORD-1-1-1-4671.cfm

 

[viperos]

that's a pretty good price... but if you wanted to be safe (and legal) go w/ some standard wattage bulbs, just much higher kelvin output... I went w/ 7200K output Krypton gas bulbs... lifetime warranty but the standart 38.5w (I think anyway...) and 50/60watt for the main bulbs...

 

[sc302]

You need to be carefull of the higher wattage xenon headlamps because they draw more power than the stock head lamps causing harness melt in some cars. If you want a better solution try the PIAA Xtreme White bulbs, they have the higher 95/120 watt rating but still draw the stock 55/65 Watt power, the down side is that most places sell them for $70-80 a set, but they are well worth it and don't blow your harness.

 

[viperos]

well, I just realized that my left light is out... but not my bulb, the harness is bad apparently... so thanks guys for posting that link