Would you purchase the Hella 100W Halogen Bulb for Off Road Use?
I’ve upgraded headlights on most of the vehicles I’ve owned. This was on my BMW R1100R motorcycle, which uses one H4 bulb in a separate headlight shell. Stock (55/60W) was poor. I added a relay harness (I usually do this first), this brought the light from the stock bulb up to ‘adequate’. But it’d still only one bulb unlike a car’s two, and I need to see just as much or more on a bike as on a car. So I went looking for an uprated H4 bulb… Man, some people want crazy prices for a bulb that cost no more to make! I’ve seen $40 and up. I found a Hella 80/100W for a sensible pricw, and a Hella 100/13W for about the same price. I happen to know that 100/130W can melt the stock connectors sometimes. So I got the 80/100W. This now provides about the same light output as a decent pair of car headlights, does not exceed the connector’s rating, and attracts no undue attention (it’s technically illegal), and I can see just fine now. 🙂 Halogen bulbs by Hella can be relied upon for their long lif
