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ben41884

11-19-2003, 03:45 PM

hey ive got an 02 300ex and i just put 2 55watt each lights on in in place of my stock. im using stock wires and everything and the original light is 55 watts low and 60 watts high, i believe. can this cause problems....like what??......thanks

03400EX_Nacs

11-19-2003, 04:06 PM

what watt are stock?

ben41884

11-19-2003, 04:54 PM

stock is 60 watts

MOFO

11-19-2003, 04:54 PM

your gonna burn up your electrical system and possibly melt your headlight housing if the wires dont go up in smoke first...

MOFO

11-19-2003, 04:55 PM

Originally posted by ben41884
stock is 60 watts

60watts combined, not a piece..

The stock lights are 30watts

ben41884

11-19-2003, 04:56 PM

60 watts......there is only one light stock

03400EX_Nacs

11-19-2003, 04:57 PM

why would you want after market headlights and way i find the stock just fine

ben41884

11-19-2003, 05:12 PM

alright i looked it up finally.....in the manual it says:
"Head light (Low/High) 12V 60/55W"

ben41884

11-19-2003, 05:16 PM

ive had these lights for a long time sittin around. I bent the stock bracket and broke the plastic after i rolled it off a dune at the beach. im going riding about 3 hours from my house in a week and i needed lights cause were doin a bunch of night riding. i just dont want to get there and have my stuff burn up.

MOFO

11-19-2003, 05:54 PM

Welp, I feel like an arse...guess I need to read a little closer. I was thinkin about the 400EX, not the 300EX as he described... :o

I'll duck out of this one.... :D

actually, if you are adding (2) 55watt bulbs instead of using the stock (1) 55watt, you will be doubling the wattage... again, not a good thing for the stock electical system/wires....if they are used together.

ben41884

11-19-2003, 07:01 PM

thanks arse. jk I might just have to go buy some new ones.

AndrewRRR

11-20-2003, 12:28 PM

Originally posted by ben41884
hey ive got an 02 300ex and i just put 2 55watt each lights on in in place of my stock. im using stock wires and everything and the original light is 55 watts low and 60 watts high, i believe. can this cause problems....like what??......thanks

I don't think your lighting system will last long running 110W worth of lights on a 60W system. The most you can run on a 250r, which puts out the same if not more lighting power is 2 35W lights. To run a pair of 50W lights you have to get your stator rewound by ricky stator or someone similar to boost its output to 120W.