I've decided to put a relay upgrade in my Liberty; it uses 9007 bulbs, and a quick test of a direct connection battery-bulb on one side showed enough improvement in output to make it worth it.
I'm going to make it a reversible upgrade using 9007 plugs to connect the existing sockets to the relays/relay board. The bulbs will be premium stock power (Philips Xtreme Power or Osram Silverstar... no not Sylvania Silverstars).
The chain store 9007 sockets (they didn't have plugs) were $12 each for 'high temp' and about $6 for 'standard', both with apparently 18 gauge pigtails (the wire size was not called out so thats a guess based on appearance). Some Ebay and other vendors list 16 gauge and ceramic socket bodies (I was hoping for 14 gauge which I used for a quad round H4/H1 upgrade I did years ago but 16 gauge may be adequate; I think its better than what is in the Jeep now...).
Is it worth getting 'ceramic' or high-heat sockets for this application? Again I'm not going with higher wattage bulbs (assuming they're even available).
I doubt I can disassemble the store sockets cleanly enough to replace the wires without destroying the contacts. Any recommendations for quality sockets with better/bigger wire? I've seen some harnesses advertised as "HID" with high temp sockets; that might be OK since I'd get both plug and socket at the same time, as long as its not cheap caca hiding behind the HID keyword.
Thanks.
I'm going to make it a reversible upgrade using 9007 plugs to connect the existing sockets to the relays/relay board. The bulbs will be premium stock power (Philips Xtreme Power or Osram Silverstar... no not Sylvania Silverstars).
The chain store 9007 sockets (they didn't have plugs) were $12 each for 'high temp' and about $6 for 'standard', both with apparently 18 gauge pigtails (the wire size was not called out so thats a guess based on appearance). Some Ebay and other vendors list 16 gauge and ceramic socket bodies (I was hoping for 14 gauge which I used for a quad round H4/H1 upgrade I did years ago but 16 gauge may be adequate; I think its better than what is in the Jeep now...).
Is it worth getting 'ceramic' or high-heat sockets for this application? Again I'm not going with higher wattage bulbs (assuming they're even available).
I doubt I can disassemble the store sockets cleanly enough to replace the wires without destroying the contacts. Any recommendations for quality sockets with better/bigger wire? I've seen some harnesses advertised as "HID" with high temp sockets; that might be OK since I'd get both plug and socket at the same time, as long as its not cheap caca hiding behind the HID keyword.
Thanks.