Got LED Taillight and turn signal installed... pics...
07-18-2008, 11:06 AM
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Got LED Taillight and turn signal installed... pics...
I got a smoke tinted one off ebay and got it in 4 days! Was really pleased. Has the red LEDs for light and breaks, and amber for the turn signals, and hyper white for the liscence plate. Took me about 15 minutes to install with no directions. Here are some pics let me know what you think....
I also got the HID headlight in yesterday, and man did that made a difference last night riding!!
I also got the HID headlight in yesterday, and man did that made a difference last night riding!!
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07-18-2008, 11:41 AM
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Hope you installed a relay for your HID, even thogh I don't condone HID kits as they cause glare over a HID projector retrofit. Main thing is the stock harness might fail over time because of the ramped amperage draw on start-up mode with the ballasts. One ballast can draw nearly three times as much amps as the stock halogen bulb did. Be careful. HID is a hobby/side business of mine.
Tail looks good. I thought about purchasing that unit but wasn't wanting to sacrifice maximum lighting visibility. I do like the smoked one better than the clear one in terms of looks!
Post up shots of your HIDs on against a wall tonight if you can. Try and use a tripod or something to set the camera on and use the timer so you'll get nice clear pictures sicne the exposure will take forever at night scenes. I played around with making my own H4 base from an old bulb and then trimmed it to fit snug on one of my D2S OEM HID bulbs. I threw it in the headlight housing. While it was brighter than stock, the beam pattern just wasn't smooth or evenly distributed enough for me. I will admit I'm a stickler for lighting and can be **** at times for my own projects.
Astro vans kick **** BTW!
Tail looks good. I thought about purchasing that unit but wasn't wanting to sacrifice maximum lighting visibility. I do like the smoked one better than the clear one in terms of looks!
Post up shots of your HIDs on against a wall tonight if you can. Try and use a tripod or something to set the camera on and use the timer so you'll get nice clear pictures sicne the exposure will take forever at night scenes. I played around with making my own H4 base from an old bulb and then trimmed it to fit snug on one of my D2S OEM HID bulbs. I threw it in the headlight housing. While it was brighter than stock, the beam pattern just wasn't smooth or evenly distributed enough for me. I will admit I'm a stickler for lighting and can be **** at times for my own projects.
Astro vans kick **** BTW!
07-18-2008, 02:41 PM
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You are talking about the headlight? I installed a sylvania silverstar. Is that the same type that you are talking about? If so tell me about this relay. How hard is it to install one of those?
Hope you installed a relay for your HID, even thogh I don't condone HID kits as they cause glare over a HID projector retrofit. Main thing is the stock harness might fail over time because of the ramped amperage draw on start-up mode with the ballasts. One ballast can draw nearly three times as much amps as the stock halogen bulb did. Be careful. HID is a hobby/side business of mine.
Tail looks good. I thought about purchasing that unit but wasn't wanting to sacrifice maximum lighting visibility. I do like the smoked one better than the clear one in terms of looks!
Post up shots of your HIDs on against a wall tonight if you can. Try and use a tripod or something to set the camera on and use the timer so you'll get nice clear pictures sicne the exposure will take forever at night scenes. I played around with making my own H4 base from an old bulb and then trimmed it to fit snug on one of my D2S OEM HID bulbs. I threw it in the headlight housing. While it was brighter than stock, the beam pattern just wasn't smooth or evenly distributed enough for me. I will admit I'm a stickler for lighting and can be **** at times for my own projects.
Astro vans kick **** BTW!
Tail looks good. I thought about purchasing that unit but wasn't wanting to sacrifice maximum lighting visibility. I do like the smoked one better than the clear one in terms of looks!
Post up shots of your HIDs on against a wall tonight if you can. Try and use a tripod or something to set the camera on and use the timer so you'll get nice clear pictures sicne the exposure will take forever at night scenes. I played around with making my own H4 base from an old bulb and then trimmed it to fit snug on one of my D2S OEM HID bulbs. I threw it in the headlight housing. While it was brighter than stock, the beam pattern just wasn't smooth or evenly distributed enough for me. I will admit I'm a stickler for lighting and can be **** at times for my own projects.
Astro vans kick **** BTW!
07-18-2008, 02:43 PM
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Hey that looks great! Which store on ebay? can you post the cost and link?
I got a smoke tinted one off ebay and got it in 4 days! Was really pleased. Has the red LEDs for light and breaks, and amber for the turn signals, and hyper white for the liscence plate. Took me about 15 minutes to install with no directions. Here are some pics let me know what you think....
I also got the HID headlight in yesterday, and man did that make a difference last night riding!!
I also got the HID headlight in yesterday, and man did that make a difference last night riding!!
07-18-2008, 02:59 PM
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I got the taillight for x3 racing...
http://stores.ebay.com/X3Racing
Paid 67 bucks shipped with priority shipping. Now I gotta sell my clear tail light and fender eliminator kit.
http://stores.ebay.com/X3Racing
Paid 67 bucks shipped with priority shipping. Now I gotta sell my clear tail light and fender eliminator kit.
07-18-2008, 03:06 PM
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Hope you installed a relay for your HID, even thogh I don't condone HID kits as they cause glare over a HID projector retrofit. Main thing is the stock harness might fail over time because of the ramped amperage draw on start-up mode with the ballasts. One ballast can draw nearly three times as much amps as the stock halogen bulb did. Be careful. HID is a hobby/side business of mine.
Tail looks good. I thought about purchasing that unit but wasn't wanting to sacrifice maximum lighting visibility. I do like the smoked one better than the clear one in terms of looks!
Post up shots of your HIDs on against a wall tonight if you can. Try and use a tripod or something to set the camera on and use the timer so you'll get nice clear pictures sicne the exposure will take forever at night scenes. I played around with making my own H4 base from an old bulb and then trimmed it to fit snug on one of my D2S OEM HID bulbs. I threw it in the headlight housing. While it was brighter than stock, the beam pattern just wasn't smooth or evenly distributed enough for me. I will admit I'm a stickler for lighting and can be **** at times for my own projects.
Astro vans kick **** BTW!
Tail looks good. I thought about purchasing that unit but wasn't wanting to sacrifice maximum lighting visibility. I do like the smoked one better than the clear one in terms of looks!
Post up shots of your HIDs on against a wall tonight if you can. Try and use a tripod or something to set the camera on and use the timer so you'll get nice clear pictures sicne the exposure will take forever at night scenes. I played around with making my own H4 base from an old bulb and then trimmed it to fit snug on one of my D2S OEM HID bulbs. I threw it in the headlight housing. While it was brighter than stock, the beam pattern just wasn't smooth or evenly distributed enough for me. I will admit I'm a stickler for lighting and can be **** at times for my own projects.
Astro vans kick **** BTW!
And also, the Astro, I do stereo comps. The Astro is for something they call bass race, van houses 12. 12" woofers, took 2nd place in last years world finals. Here is a pic for ya....
07-18-2008, 03:09 PM
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On this, I dont think you have an HID headlight with a ballast? Was it just a pull the stock bulb out and plug the Silverstar back in? if so then this doesnt pertain to your headlight.
07-18-2008, 03:15 PM
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Ah yeah I forgot you did the car stereo comps. I'm a old rusty veteran installer myself 
Yeah not a bad idea for you to wire them up. Just be mindful that the ballast generates this ramp in current until the salts quite changing colors on warm-up, then it goes into low safe amperage. We see alot of guys burn up wiring, connectors, and MFS systems all from not using a relay. Simple addition to keep you safe
Take some pics of the lights whenever you got some free time. What kelvin did you go with?
Yeah not a bad idea for you to wire them up. Just be mindful that the ballast generates this ramp in current until the salts quite changing colors on warm-up, then it goes into low safe amperage. We see alot of guys burn up wiring, connectors, and MFS systems all from not using a relay. Simple addition to keep you safe
Take some pics of the lights whenever you got some free time. What kelvin did you go with?
07-18-2008, 03:32 PM
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Ah yeah I forgot you did the car stereo comps. I'm a old rusty veteran installer myself
Yeah not a bad idea for you to wire them up. Just be mindful that the ballast generates this ramp in current until the salts quite changing colors on warm-up, then it goes into low safe amperage. We see alot of guys burn up wiring, connectors, and MFS systems all from not using a relay. Simple addition to keep you safe
Take some pics of the lights whenever you got some free time. What kelvin did you go with?
Yeah not a bad idea for you to wire them up. Just be mindful that the ballast generates this ramp in current until the salts quite changing colors on warm-up, then it goes into low safe amperage. We see alot of guys burn up wiring, connectors, and MFS systems all from not using a relay. Simple addition to keep you safe
Take some pics of the lights whenever you got some free time. What kelvin did you go with?
07-18-2008, 05:40 PM
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Yeha I just switched out the bulbs. The silverstar is an amazingly bright light so I am glad that I do not need to add a relay.
07-18-2008, 05:44 PM
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Is it LED with turnsignals or just a clear incandescent?
I got the taillight for x3 racing...
http://stores.ebay.com/X3Racing
Paid 67 bucks shipped with priority shipping. Now I gotta sell my clear tail light and fender eliminator kit.
http://stores.ebay.com/X3Racing
Paid 67 bucks shipped with priority shipping. Now I gotta sell my clear tail light and fender eliminator kit.
07-19-2008, 06:22 AM
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Its a taillight that has full LED's, half lights up amber when you turn your turn signal on. and has the white LEDs at the bottom pointing down for the liscence plate, I will get some pics and vids tonight hopefully. Its pretty sweet, I love it, and I love the clean look on the back, just sooo much I want to do to the hawk, just not enough time in the day! lol
07-19-2008, 07:23 AM
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Its a taillight that has full LED's, half lights up amber when you turn your turn signal on. and has the white LEDs at the bottom pointing down for the liscence plate, I will get some pics and vids tonight hopefully. Its pretty sweet, I love it, and I love the clean look on the back, just sooo much I want to do to the hawk, just not enough time in the day! lol
07-19-2008, 04:16 PM
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07-19-2008, 08:11 PM
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The taillight is red only and has the normal fuctions of stock, no turn signals built in. And the bottom pic is the rear fender eliminator I had, rear bracket for the liscence plate and rear turn signals. Here is a pic of it on my bike....
I am asking 45 shipped for the taillight. not sure on the turn signals and bracket yet, have not thought about it. Make me an offer though? Thanks!
I am asking 45 shipped for the taillight. not sure on the turn signals and bracket yet, have not thought about it. Make me an offer though? Thanks!
07-19-2008, 08:22 PM
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The taillight is red only and has the normal fuctions of stock, no turn signals built in. And the bottom pic is the rear fender eliminator I had, rear bracket for the liscence plate and rear turn signals. Here is a pic of it on my bike....
I am asking 45 shipped for the taillight. not sure on the turn signals and bracket yet, have not thought about it. Make me an offer though? Thanks!
I am asking 45 shipped for the taillight. not sure on the turn signals and bracket yet, have not thought about it. Make me an offer though? Thanks!
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