zimm

I've been toying with the idea of doing an HID headlight conversion. Here's one that looks promising- scroll to the bottom and they have a hi/low beam H4 conversion for motorcycles for $315.

Anyone know of or try the modification?

Hawkrider

Erm, scroll to the bottom of what? Linky?

marmaladedad

I use a McCulloch's HID kit in my headlight. There is a little bit of glare coming from the headlight, but the brightness of the beam makes up for the slightly scattered pattern.

With an HID bulb in the headlight, you really do not need a high beam.

zimm

Forgot to include the link:

http://www.coolbulbs.com/HIDKits_body.asp


They have a low/high beam version just for motorcycles. Looks interesting.

Nanotech

I hate the stock light...with the low beam I feel I can't safely go over 40 mph. $315 seems like an awful lot of money for a bulb, but if you do a lot of night riding probably worth it the first time you ride and realize how many animals are lurking in the ditches that you didn't know about.

IF you get one post your opinion comparing it to stock.

VTRRR

Toggle the headlight switch half way between high/low and both beams will come on. Helps quite a bit.

superhawk22

If you do a search someone posted directions on how to wire it so it lights like that when you put on the high beam.

zimm

Yeah, well I have done the 100w light blub before- but a real HID is a huge upgrade over a filament bulb. Yes $315 is a lot of money for a 'light bulb", but it would probably have lit up the deer I hit last january soon enough that I might have stopped before hitting it- I saw it about 30 feet too late at 90mph- got slowed down to about 20 when he jumped in front of me. I can't believe I didnt' go down- just ran right through him. Anyway it was good excuse to get all new fairings/headlight housing/windscreen.

I still want to wait until I hear from someone who is running an HID on a bike before making the plunge.

996

I retro fitted a D2s bulb into an H4 housing and used a hella ballast (Audi/VW) for my conversion. The only trouble I had was finding a place to mount the ballast. I ended up mounting it inside the right fairing attached to the inside of a small black plastic cover. You won't have to worry about that though if you go with a motorcycle specific kit. The light output can't be matched with a halogen beam. I tend to do a lot of night riding and I highly recommend it, just be sure to adjust your beam so that you aren't blinding people.

zimm

Thanks for the input. I also like the HID's in this link:
www.XenonKing.com

He has more options and recommended the following for best light output with a little bit of blue in it:

I recommend the H4 bi-xenon kit McCulloch 6000k. This kit has both low and hi beams as xenons and the light output is bright white and a little hint of blue.

cliveyandrews

I got a Bi-Xenon kit from fleabay, with a slimline ballast - works superb!



But I now have a twin headlight project on my books....

yruyur

Link in my signature for my conversion.

uchi

thats alot for an hid man. i bought a dual beam setup for my suv for half of that and just picked up a single h4 setup with a 55 watt digital ballast for 70 cdn. life time warranty on all of it too. you gotta shop around

CentralCoaster

I've gone about as bright as possible with conventional bulbs without melting the housing. I'd love to see how the HID compares...

Anyone in San Diego?

uchi

hid bulbs run cooler than standard light bulbs. as weird as it sounds youd think that the housing and lense would get hotter but its a different type of bulb and actually burns cooler to the touch.