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HID conversion anyone?

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Well instead of hi jacking this thread LED's anyone? and after searching HID and finding zip, I want to know if anyone has done this mod? I know it is expensive but I feel the gains in visibility to see and to be seen would be worth it. Plus, it just looks 8-) ! Once on they use far less current certainly a plus, but I'm told the initial current surge to start them is substantial, like you'd probably want to have the headlight re-wired to a separate switch and turn it on after the bike is started.

Any input appreciated :-D !
 
well i put a hid bulb in my bike and have had no problems with it.all you have to do is change the bulb.it will fit in your standard h4 headlight housing and i did not add any extras to my bike just unplugged my bulb removed it and replaced it with the h4 hid and pluged it back in.here is a link to the guy i got mine from on ebay.he is very cheap on price and the lights are nice and bright white http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/H4-9...ryZ33710QQihZ004QQitemZ140028435550QQtcZphoto hope that helps.
 
HID bulbs are NOT ment to be put in standard light bulb housings... Doing so scatters the light and causes oncoming traffic to be blinded...
 
ScottMc1100L said:
Well instead of hi jacking this thread LED's anyone? and after searching HID and finding zip, I want to know if anyone has done this mod? I know it is expensive but I feel the gains in visibility to see and to be seen would be worth it. Plus, it just looks 8-) ! Once on they use far less current certainly a plus, but I'm told the initial current surge to start them is substantial, like you'd probably want to have the headlight re-wired to a separate switch and turn it on after the bike is started.

Any input appreciated :-D !
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Heres how I did my 7" HID conversion to fit my 1/4 fairing. It did take a few trips to the salvage yard swapping outer rubber sealing rings to properly fit the HID housing in the older 7" style headlight buckets.

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=85972&highlight=fairing
 
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