100 watt bulbs in 55w location????

[DopeCelicaGT]

What will this do??? Will it melt the conectors or anything?? I bought these Eurolite bulbs for like $30 the H7's and I didn't notice that they were 100 watts till I got home and our stock replacements are 55 watts so I called the guy up and asked him if he had the 55 watt version cause I called Toucan Industries and they do make a 55 watt version but the guy I bought the lights from said all he had was 100 watt bulbs!! Well guess what he won't take them back either without charging me $10 restocking fee isn't that a joke! So I am at a loss now it looks like I waisted my money on these things unless I can use the 100 watt bulbs. Would it be safe to use these 100 watt bulbs or should I not risk it?? Please advise? Is anybody else running this high of watt bulbs on their low beams??? If so how long?? Any problems?? I wouldn't be worried about it if they didn't run all the time but sine the DRL crap is on all the time I am worried!! I could cut it off but I don't like cutting up a lot of wires on my car or even one wire!! Somebody please advise here! Thanks!!

JUstin

[gts24]

Well, those cheapass bulbs fried the piss outta the plastic connector peice. So we had to jerry rig a connectoin directly from the wires to a new bulb.

I would post pictures but the plastic peice literally crumbled in my hand and fell to the floor when we took it out.

I will never ever buy those cheap blue bulbs ever again .

[LEDmod]

I had no problem with those 100watt bulbs..... well for like 3-4 months now... still going....

[daSchtick]

Over time, the excess heat will damage the harness and discolor (yellow) the lens and housing. An expensive gamble to save a $10 re-stocking fee.

[racinjason]

Everyone I talked to had the connectors melt on them after a bit and had to replace them.

[SilverGlow]

I've had an 80W hyper white bulb in since July 2000, and it hasn't cause any damage whatsoever. Only bad part is after 2 years the whiteness faded a bit. I wouldn't go higher wattage than that though...

[SF GT]

I was running about a 70W hyperwhite/plasma bulb for about 6 months. Nothing went wrong, but was fed up with the poor visibility. Last night, I switched back to stock bulbs, except for the turn signal. Might get a set of HIDs in the future, but then again I might not because I may to want to trade my car in later on.