If you put a super high wattage bulb in stock sockets on stock wiring you can certainly start to melt stuff. Stock bulbs are like what 35/55w? When you melt stuff are eBay 70/100w bulbs.

Get euro headlights if you don't have headlamp inspections where you live. Get DEPOs on eBay for like $150. They look fantastic and the difference in light output is huge. OEM is certainly the best but price and availability has steered me to DEPO on a couple occasions. I've had depos on my 87 sedan for three years and I haven't had a rusty reflector or anything some warn of. I have depos on the sedan and real euros on my 87 wagon and the output is similar.

I played with sylvania standard, xtra vision, and silverstars on my dodge Dakota when I was in high school. They do get progressively brighter but I think silverstars are expensive for what you get.

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