toyotaguy97

i have a problem with my stock hella fog lights they are blowing bulbs left and right i cant keep bulbs in the darn things and replacing the ultra blue h-3 lights can get expensive. any body else have the same problems if so pleas help. if not i guess i will do it gettho and just smear some clear silicone caulk on it. i have a crap load seein as how dad is a plumber and buys the stuff in cases. they are giving me a major head ache

NCSU-4runner

have you had to change the fuses before? maybe you put too large a fuse in and too much current it going to them

toyotaguy97

i have never changed the fuse but the previous owner may have where is the fuse for the foglights

95_4X4Runner

I had a similar problem in my '85 Supra. What I guessed is that the bulbs were overheating, so I bent the tabs/springs that hold the bulbs in so they put more pressure on the bulb, puttung more pressure on the metal to metal bond, and it worked great. After that, bulbs lasted a few years. For overkill, I suppose you could get a small tube of thermal transfer compound (White silicon stuff) from Radio Shack, and this would transfer the heat away even better. If you have 55W H3 bulbs stock, and installed 100W H3 bulbs, I think the problem would even be worse, because that housing wasn't designed to "sink" away 100W's worth of bulb heat.

toyotaguy97

thanks i will try that first because hey it dont cost nuthin