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kevster
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6/03/2002
21:39:21
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I just purchased some awsome bulbs made by Sreet Glow, # 9007 in the 100/80 watt,High Intensity super white, problem is there is nothing on the pkg to say if these are street legal, nothing inside of pkg either.Does anyone know, and has anyone used this brand??
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Matt
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6/03/2002
21:42:10
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They are not street legal. But I run the same bulbs and love them. The only thing better is the HID conversion. As long as you don't aim them too high you should be alright.
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kevster
Dodge Dakota
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6/04/2002
19:06:35
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Matt, so you use the same ones i purchased, and since the wattage draw is higher than the stock 65/55 watt,, the factory wiring is ok to handle this extra draw? And have you ever passed a Cop at night, This is what worries me most..what will cops do??
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Ed LuVa
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6/05/2002
03:08:45
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Kevster,
I've passed cops a dozen times with my lights. Infact, tonight I accidentally stopped directly infront of one in a parking lot entrance as I was trying to pick up something that fell off of the floor and onto the passenger side foot area. Needless to say, cops in Michigan dont really care since tons of other vehicles use them. I mean, what are they going to say to a Beamer or Benz? "Sorry but you need to degrade your factory lamps." hehe
---Ed
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Teamfast
Dodge Dakota
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6/06/2002
14:04:29
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Xenon also makes a 100/55 combo, so that
your regular beams are normal but your highs
are much brighter. This is what im going to
get since you turn your highs off anyways, you
shouldnt get spotted for fines.
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C-Override
GenIII
6/06/2002
15:04:06
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I've used the same wattage bulbs for 3 years now and haven't had any problem what so ever.
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kevster
Dodge Dakota
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6/06/2002
18:22:33
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C-override,, what wattage you use? the 100/80 ? in what yr Dak. Thanx.
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Bluethunder
Dodge Dakota
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6/06/2002
20:31:16
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Isnt that what fuses are for? To protect from over heating wires? I would think that if the bulbs drew too much voltage that the fuse would pop...As long as you dont change the fuse rating, u should be fine
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mike1234
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5/20/2003
12:46:22
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Sorry bluethunder, but the fuse won't protect the headlight wires if there is a problem. The fuse will protect the rest of the car.
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Daddy-D
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5/20/2003
14:39:14
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Just keep your headlights properly adjusted - that will do a lot to keep you out of trouble.
'98 DakSport C/C 3.9 2WD A/T
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doug4.7
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5/24/2003
11:52:22
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Be careful about putting higher current bulbs in the Dak. From working on mine, I noticed DC puts in the smallest wire possible for each circuit. If the maximum fused current load would call for a 12 Ga wire, DC uses a 14 or even a 16. They put no design margin in their harness. In each circuit I have looked at, I would have put in a wire of at least one size larger. Now the smaller wire is cheaper and they can save a lot of money at the corporate level by doing that, but it makes electrical modifications by us owners somewhat dangerous. If you put in a higher wattage bulb than what was called out by DC, it is possible to overload the circuit. Fuses will not protect you from 'slight' overloads, they are just there to prevent short circuits. For example, if you took an overnight drive in the country (high beams on all the time) and you had those 100 W bulbs, you might melt the wire harness in a critical place (say at a bad crimp or solder joint). I'm not saying it's going to be a problem, but it just might.
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slopehead
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5/25/2003
10:11:28
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mike1234 you got it all wrong. I build machines for industry in my machine shop. The electrical engineers and electricians I hire to wire those same machines tell me that the fuses protect the wires, and nothing else. So it goes to figure that guys with 5 years of training and an average of 20 years experience know a bit more then you do. It also goes to figure that since fuses protect the wires in machines, and your truck is really a self-moblizing machine, that the same holds true for your truck too.
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