What do you mean they wouldn't be fond of you having a lava lamp? I thought college students were practically required to have them. I'm 99% certain that lava lamps use regular incandescent bulbs, so you should be OK. Halogen bulbs get extremely hot....
First, they no longer use halogen lamps. They use high pressure mercury arc lamps to produce a more consistent bright light. Plus, they last 3-4 times longer than halogen lamps. Halogen lamps last under 1000 hours, where arc lamps last 4,000 hours. T...
It sounds as if you've purchased a complete headlamp assembly with the halos in it? If so, you'll either need to run the wires directly to a switch or switched relay, or pull power from your marker lamps/turn signal lamps. Of course, in many states r...