100W fog light bulb? Good/bad?

I'm new to this so any help will do!

I'm planning on replacing my stock H1 55w fog light bulbs in my 2000 explorer to hyper white ones. I found nice 100w H1's in my local car shop, but will these just melt the current wires or will they be ok without changing the stock harness?

Thanks to all!

 

[IAmTodd]

Bad for wires, bad for housing.

 

[MaxeLL97]

Ok thanks!

How about the ones that say they Draw 55w but ouput/produce more watts, ex, 100w.... are these safer or no? are they ok as long as the DRAW is 55w?

Thanks!

 

[410Fortune]

55w is the max to put in the stock housing. the color and brand is up to you

 

[Bill Kemp]

Ya the ones that say they draw 55 watts are OK.
I dont think you can get a better white light than the Sylvania Silverstars. But if you want bluish color than any will do as long as they are rated 55 watts.
As mentioned above the wiring & the light housing will suffer w/a 100 watt bulb and the bulb being in a small housing will not last long due to the heat. A real no-win situation.

 

[Afboy143]

i run a 9007 bulb in my main headlight with a upgraded wireharness and thats it. On my old truck, I ran the same thing in diamond cuts and you can see above the bulb on the housing where the head was burning the inside and turning it brown. I can only imagine what a small h1 bulb could do in that tiny housing burning that hot.

I would maybe swap out your fogs with a housing that might accept h3 bulbs if you want more light

 

[MaxeLL97]

I can do that swap? If i buy a housing for a H3, I can use it to replace my H1 housing with no problem?

And also, H3 gives you more light?

Thanks a lot for all the replies!

 

[Bill Kemp]

Getting the lights aimed will probably do more good than bulbs.
See: http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144368

 

[Afboy143]

I saw a difference in brightness. The h3 bulb is 2x bigger than the h1 bulb so I figured bigger bulb more light?