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<blockquote data-quote="astroboy" data-source="post: 463380" data-attributes="member: 4527"><p>If its 12v 80w, that means its not OEM. OEM should be 12v 55w 9006.</p><p></p><p>1. <a href="http://www.pelicanparts.com/cgi-bin/smart/more_info.cgi?pn=63-21-7-160-786-M44&catalog_description=Fog%20Light%20Bulb%20(2%20per%20car,%20sold%20individually)%2012V%2055W%20Halogen%209006,%20M5%20(2000-03),%20Each%20%20" target="_blank">Hella</a></p><p></p><p>2. <a href="http://www.pelicanparts.com/cgi-bin/smart/more_info.cgi?pn=63-21-7-160-786-M97&catalog_description=Fog%20Light%20Bulb%20(2%20per%20car,%20sold%20individually)%2012V%2055W%20Halogen%209006,%20M5%20(2000-03),%20Each%20%20" target="_blank">Osram</a></p><p></p><p>If I were u, I won't use the 80w. It will be brighter, but may burn your parabolic reflector, cook our polycarbonate lamp cover and make it turn yellow, if not melt... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> Alternator more load, FC goes up, car more drag because alternator work harder, battery life span also shorter, in exchange for a spur of the moment brightness.. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> some think its worth it.. :wink:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="astroboy, post: 463380, member: 4527"] If its 12v 80w, that means its not OEM. OEM should be 12v 55w 9006. 1. [URL="http://www.pelicanparts.com/cgi-bin/smart/more_info.cgi?pn=63-21-7-160-786-M44&catalog_description=Fog%20Light%20Bulb%20(2%20per%20car,%20sold%20individually)%2012V%2055W%20Halogen%209006,%20M5%20(2000-03),%20Each%20%20"]Hella[/URL] 2. [URL="http://www.pelicanparts.com/cgi-bin/smart/more_info.cgi?pn=63-21-7-160-786-M97&catalog_description=Fog%20Light%20Bulb%20(2%20per%20car,%20sold%20individually)%2012V%2055W%20Halogen%209006,%20M5%20(2000-03),%20Each%20%20"]Osram[/URL] If I were u, I won't use the 80w. It will be brighter, but may burn your parabolic reflector, cook our polycarbonate lamp cover and make it turn yellow, if not melt... :p Alternator more load, FC goes up, car more drag because alternator work harder, battery life span also shorter, in exchange for a spur of the moment brightness.. :p some think its worth it.. :wink: [/QUOTE]
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