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Originally Posted by GottaBeTRD
So Rick... I hope you don't mind me posting this here but with that snow melting thing we were talking about earlier; I got to give it the snow test today and i guess it kind of worked as far as heat melting a little hole though the snow but to me this looks like it could affect the light output at night. What do you think?
maybe i need to start my bigger retrofit lol!
this is driving for about an hour, both headlights looked like this
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Wow! That looks like some nasty slushy/snow!! In conditions like that I think that there isnt anything you can do excpet retrofit some Mercedes headlight wipers to the 4Runner.... hahah I mean your halogen lights would also get coated like that so I wouldnt necessarily blame the projectors. That just what we get to deal with living in areas that have crazy snow storms and bad weather.
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Originally Posted by brianemc2_42
maybe you should switch to 55W
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He could, and that would probably have melted the snow a bit more. BUT, IMO, going with 55w is not worth the gains achieved, once you consider component reliability. 55W ballasts run WAY hotter than 35W and the life expectancy of the ballasts reflects that issue. Also, a lot (or most) projectors are not designed for 55w in mind. You may get more light, but you CAN (depending on the projectors) start to wash-out your output as some projectors dont react well to the more powerful ballast - think drop in HID's in a reflector housing not designed for them, the powerful HID's just overpower the halogen reflectors. It's not going to be near as dramatic as putting HID's in your halogen housings but more power isnt always better. I'm sure some would argue with me on this but I personally, won't ever run 55w on anything but a select few projectors.
