Re: Brighter lighting? (Jetta2dr)
Are your lights way old and pitted?
I got some BRAND NEW DOT aeros for "sister's golf" and ran the "overwatt" 9004 80/100 bulbs. (the car also has the mk3 wireing harness for lights...the screw apart ones) They work GREAT, better than i could have expected. I was/am really impressed. On that note, yes you should/could run better relays and wire, in fact, i recomend it even if you don't put overwatt bulbs in there. Now here is where the problems come in. The problems with 9004 overwatts is not that they can't handle it, or that the lense cannot handle it, or even the wires and relays in certain cases, it is the connector on the back of the bulb. Look at it, the contacts are tiny!!! H4s have big, old fassioned spade contacts that work well, 9004 has some newfangled crap! This is where the overwatts melt. So if you want to do like i am and take the risk (i have less to loose, like i said those headlight harnesses unscrew and i can just replace a small portion of the harness with little effort if they fry) then go for it. I have not had any probs in the 1 or 2 hrs that the car has been run with them on. Someone out there told me (a friend here in denver) that you can get upgraded 9004 connectors at my local honda club shop, but i have not had a chance to roll by there and check them out.
Are your lights way old and pitted?
I got some BRAND NEW DOT aeros for "sister's golf" and ran the "overwatt" 9004 80/100 bulbs. (the car also has the mk3 wireing harness for lights...the screw apart ones) They work GREAT, better than i could have expected. I was/am really impressed. On that note, yes you should/could run better relays and wire, in fact, i recomend it even if you don't put overwatt bulbs in there. Now here is where the problems come in. The problems with 9004 overwatts is not that they can't handle it, or that the lense cannot handle it, or even the wires and relays in certain cases, it is the connector on the back of the bulb. Look at it, the contacts are tiny!!! H4s have big, old fassioned spade contacts that work well, 9004 has some newfangled crap! This is where the overwatts melt. So if you want to do like i am and take the risk (i have less to loose, like i said those headlight harnesses unscrew and i can just replace a small portion of the harness with little effort if they fry) then go for it. I have not had any probs in the 1 or 2 hrs that the car has been run with them on. Someone out there told me (a friend here in denver) that you can get upgraded 9004 connectors at my local honda club shop, but i have not had a chance to roll by there and check them out.
