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do any one have different bulbs in there H4 lights?? as the 55w - 60w bulbs as standard are rubbish at when one is enjoying the back road at night!

I know you can be more powerful bulbs, are these ok for the normal mini wiring loom??

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I used to run 80/120's on my golf with no promlems with the stanard loom.

What about all these people that wire spots into their full beam?

good point about the spot lights, and these 80/120's must have been well bright:), just the job.

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Suprised you can actually see things when driving your car Mini Williams. You must be good at them magic eye thingies.

Cheers, Stevo

i hear verry good things about phillips vision plus i think they are called, not heard a bad thing about them.

Dan

I use H4 100/120 on all my cars, it gives not double the light but it makes a huge difference.
The point is that on cars that use normally duplo bulbs, the H4 may generate to much heat and therefore may not survive as long as expected in a nowadays car.
try it you will like it.

a good earth makes the diference

Cheers that's a good help.
now off to get some.

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personaly id whack a relay in the lighting circuit if you dont have one(believe later mini looms did) as iv burnt thro to many headlight switches with the normal lights.

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Denis O'Brien.

Yep i agree. I have melted the switch with just the normal 55w bulbs. I got some of those 50% brighter jobbies (zennon or something) for the lotus and was very impressed with the difference.

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Got some of the 'white' lights from Demon Tweeks. More expensive than the Xenon ones, but WOW!!!!

Can't remember the number, buit they were around ?18 the pair.

evolotion i could be lucky there as i have a later loom, so fingers crossed.

cheers ben and dave something more to think about., just for fun i've just looked in the demon tweeks cat and there is a pair of H4 bulbs in there for ?40! hell that's not cheep!

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First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on a carb?
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"relay as the pink rover relay and wireing got very hot in mine "

this is interesting mate as my pink one gets bloody hot to, but on normal wattage bulbs, and some times it smells like it's burning a little, car sticks and it's is coming from that large rely.

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First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on a carb?
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mines cool as a cucumber now my headlights are relayed

the only downside is spagetti junction and relays under the bonnet now

Looks like relays it is then:)

so it will take the pressure off the pink one then i guess.

Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on a carb?
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yup and the upside is power direct from the battery, altenator connection on the starter
with the standard wireing running high beam and a relay running main beam . high beam is dimmer than main beam

are i better get my wire out then, cheers:)

Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on a carb?
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on Injection?

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I'm using 100 Watt Rally bulbs (they look like blue light from some angles), they are very bright. I don't have any relays, just standard wiring loom and I haven't had any electrical problems.

try hooking them direct to the main power lead and watch them get brighter
as from the main power lead relayed they'll get 14volts when the cars running without the power drain of running through the loom