WARN Off-Road lights

Zombie Runner · Jul 27, 2010

razortaco said: ↑

I just bought and installed this set myself and overall am very pleased. The lights seem sturdy and solidly built and the included wiring harness is great - very quick and easy install especially since you do not have to run your switch wire into the cab as these come with a wireless switch system. I've installed bed lights in the back with a switch in the cab and by comparison, the wireless switch made these a breeze in terms of install time. Time will be the ultimate judge on the wireless system but so far it has worked flawlessly for a couple weeks now.

Light output is good for being 55w and it has a pretty flat bar-shaped beam that doesn't appear to bleed into an oncoming driver's eyes. I'd like to swap the bulbs out for 100w but when I asked the warn guys they replied that while they had not tested the lights with 100w bulbs they felt it would be too hot and didn't recommend it. Does that seem like it would be an issue to anyone else - any real danger of melting the plastic guards or glass lens on these with that wattage since they are so small (3.5")?

Hope this helps anyone else who might be looking at these.
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I really hope your not driving around town with your off road lights turned on!? that would be a real dick move and dangerous as well

Sheepdog said: ↑

Are we talking about the same ballasts that you can get from like ebay and craigslist to make your headlights brighter? And you CAN put a 100W, even a 130W, bulb in a 55W housing without problems. As long as you rewire them with a larger guage wire. Normally the 55W lights come with like 18 or 16 awg wire, so If you upgrade to 100w or 130w bulb, you need to rewire it with something that can handle the power draw increase like 14, 12, or maybe even 10 awg wire.
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you dont add ballasts to normal headlight bulbs...ballasts are what "ignite" the HID bulb. you cant have HID's without ballasts. some off road lights have them internal, where as if you get hid headlights you will have external ballasts.

Read through this please.
has good info on HID's and lighting
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/lighting/84308-lighting-faq-please-read-before-posting.html

Sheepdog · Jul 27, 2010

Keason1* said: ↑

you dont add ballasts to normal headlight bulbs...ballasts are what "ignite" the HID bulb. you cant have HID's without ballasts. some off road lights have them internal, where as if you get hid headlights you will have external ballasts.
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So can you get a ballast for an h3 bulb, hook it up to a daylighter and then have an even brighter HIDaylighter?

blackhawke88 · Jul 27, 2010

^ no, to do a retro fit on a halogen off road light such as a daylighter, you need an HID ballast and bulb, in which ever since you need (h3 in your case), but the bulb can NOT be halogen, it must be Xenon

Zombie Runner · Jul 27, 2010

Sheepdog said: ↑

So can you get a ballast for an h3 bulb, hook it up to a daylighter and then have an even brighter HIDaylighter?
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what? no. your confusing the shit out of me. if you already have off road lights, lets say they use an H3 size bulb, then you order yourself a HID kit that has H3 size bulbs (still HID) and you take out the shitty halogen bulbs from the housing, replace with HID bulbs abd balasts.

read this and you might understand. its how to convert normal off road lights to HID
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/lighting/60590-hella-700ff-hid-conversion.html

SixtyDashOne · Jul 27, 2010

razortaco said: ↑

I just bought and installed this set myself and overall am very pleased. The lights seem sturdy and solidly built and the included wiring harness is great - very quick and easy install especially since you do not have to run your switch wire into the cab as these come with a wireless switch system. I've installed bed lights in the back with a switch in the cab and by comparison, the wireless switch made these a breeze in terms of install time. Time will be the ultimate judge on the wireless system but so far it has worked flawlessly for a couple weeks now.

Light output is good for being 55w and it has a pretty flat bar-shaped beam that doesn't appear to bleed into an oncoming driver's eyes. I'd like to swap the bulbs out for 100w but when I asked the warn guys they replied that while they had not tested the lights with 100w bulbs they felt it would be too hot and didn't recommend it. Does that seem like it would be an issue to anyone else - any real danger of melting the plastic guards or glass lens on these with that wattage since they are so small (3.5")?

Hope this helps anyone else who might be looking at these.
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thanks for the info! im still interested, maybe take some pics!

Caduceus · Jul 27, 2010

Sheepdog said: ↑

Are we talking about the same ballasts that you can get from like ebay and craigslist to make your headlights brighter? And you CAN put a 100W, even a 130W, bulb in a 55W housing without problems. As long as you rewire them with a larger guage wire. Normally the 55W lights come with like 18 or 16 awg wire, so If you upgrade to 100w or 130w bulb, you need to rewire it with something that can handle the power draw increase like 14, 12, or maybe even 10 awg wire.
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True. Assuming your relay can handle the power too (which most probably could)

But the HID "bulbs" aren't the same as halogen bulbs. By definition, halogen is a piece of metal that glows, encased in a vacuum and surrounded by glass (aka, a light bulb).

HID "bulbs" are really vaporized xenon gas that allows the current to flow between the electrode tips.

So, hopefully you realize that the bulbs aren't interchangable. You can totally remove H3 bulbs and replace with HID kits in an H3-comptible size.

Make sense yet?

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