Has anyone tried out the halogen 1157 taillight bulbs yet? Do they really use less energy and run cooler then a regular bulb? I know there is a quartz halogen that runs much hotter, but the regular halogen bulb is supposed to run cooler. Is that all true? What about a xenon halogen? Main thing I'm thinking is a pair of the amber colored ones for the sportlamps. Would make them brighter without having a meltdown of the plastic clear lens. Has anybody tried these out?
I've never seen a Halogen lamp that operated cooler than an incandescent. I have a few LED bulbs on lights on my truck and they put out no heat to speak of. I'd be a bit concerned about melting plastic lens if they were on too long especially in a smaller fixture.
Yes, the quartz halogen bulbs run very hot. But the plain halogen are supposed to run cooler then a standard bulb. Check out this link to Speedway parts. http://www.speedwaymotors.com/product.ASP?wc=true&strBase_List=&hilt=&source=2192&base_no=91131015&str_base_no=91131007%2C91131008%2C91131012%2C91131014%2C91131015%2C91131020%2C91131030%2C91131050%2C91131401%2C91131402%2C91132103%2C91137002%2C91137005%2C91137006%2C91137009%2C91137015%2C91137018%2C91137019%2C91137020%2C91137039%2C&header_title=Street+Rod+Products%2DLights&page_name=prod%5Flist%5Fdisplay%2Easp&search_type=L1%7E293&search_option=&deptsearch=&deptSearch_id=&dept_id=&dept_id_p=&dept_name=&dept_name_p=&ShowImages=yes&sq=60&cont=1&intPgNo=4&redirect=
yeah at 9.95 each thats a little pricey as well.....but hey, if they are brighter than it could be worth it if you live in a fog, rain, snow ridden areaa.... i might get some as well...since i do a lot of night driving
I'm waiting to hear back from JC Whitney's customer no service department right now. They have the 1157 AMBER XENON halogens for 9.99 a pair! That would be perfect for the sportlamps, if they run as warm or cooler. I asked them to verify that they run cooler then a stock incandecent, but they have not got back to me yet. Here is the link to Whitneys bulbs. http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/Product/showCustom-0/Pr-p_Product.CATENTRY_ID:2003651/c-10101/Nty-1/p-2003651/Ntx-mode+matchallpartial/N-10101/tf-Browse/sct-body/s-10101/th-StoreCatalogDisplay/Ntk-AllTextSearchGroup/ss-10101?Ntt=xenon%20amber
