Xenon headlight bulbs

[Art Rigby]

What is the right watt bulb that I should use, as not to melt my plastic headlight housing? www.streetbeatcustoms.com has a 9006 80w bulb, they also have lower watt bulbs as well. What is the OEM bulb watt?

[bigdogdad]

From what I have been reading on the forum here, 55W is OEM and the max people are using is 60W. Any higher and you get a melt down.

[Art Rigby]

If you use the same watt bulb, then what is the advantage to the xenon bulbs? What I am looking for is better visiblity than what I have now with the OEM headlights and the OEM driving lamps.

[nhrapt]

I've had to 80w xenon bulbs in the cruiser for two years now also in the fog lamps also never any problems so far, they have a blue hue too them.[:X]

[Tw3NTy0n3]

jforce, where did you get your headlights with the blue hue to them? i'm interested and haven't been able to find them. please let me know. thanks.

[Art Rigby]

jforce...Itake it that these were your low beam? With the deflector in place I was afraid it consentrate head on the plastic.
Tw3NTy0n3...look under lighting at www.streetbeatcustoms.com

[Tw3NTy0n3]

Art, I did, I just wanted to know the type and model number he got. One of my friends once got some for his Malibu and they ended up being the same. [:I]

[nhrapt]

I bought them here in michigan at pep boys and I have them in my hi beams an lo beams also in the fog lites, all are zenon. If you need part numbers I can get the packages from my garage I keep everything.[^]