headlights
#11
RE: headlights
ORIGINAL: jfunkRR
Buy them from this guy...I've bought two kits off him, and some of my boys have as well...no problems yet and they are very good quality.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=330235623748
This was my auction but use the links to his other auctions...best bang for the buck on ebay and high quality...
Buy them from this guy...I've bought two kits off him, and some of my boys have as well...no problems yet and they are very good quality.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=330235623748
This was my auction but use the links to his other auctions...best bang for the buck on ebay and high quality...
#12
#13
RE: headlights
I hate my stock headlights... it feels like I have a d**m flashlight bolted on to the front of my bike.
Eventually, I plan on getting an extra headlight assembly and a pair of projector headlights for a car and retrofitting the lights from the car headlights into the bikes headlights (then a HID conversion). I think Id be happy with the light output of projector HIDs (not to mention I dont believe Ive ever seen a projector headlight conversion on an f4i)
Eventually, I plan on getting an extra headlight assembly and a pair of projector headlights for a car and retrofitting the lights from the car headlights into the bikes headlights (then a HID conversion). I think Id be happy with the light output of projector HIDs (not to mention I dont believe Ive ever seen a projector headlight conversion on an f4i)
#14
#15
RE: headlights
how come those are so cheap compared to http://www.1tail.com/sa/cart/detail....C5D07EB45C2%7D
and can someone tell me the difference between replacing the bulb and installing a HID kit with ballast and everything?
and can someone tell me the difference between replacing the bulb and installing a HID kit with ballast and everything?
#17
RE: headlights
ORIGINAL: reaper2022
I hate my stock headlights... it feels like I have a d**m flashlight bolted on to the front of my bike.
Eventually, I plan on getting an extra headlight assembly and a pair of projector headlights for a car and retrofitting the lights from the car headlights into the bikes headlights (then a HID conversion). I think Id be happy with the light output of projector HIDs (not to mention I dont believe Ive ever seen a projector headlight conversion on an f4i)
I hate my stock headlights... it feels like I have a d**m flashlight bolted on to the front of my bike.
Eventually, I plan on getting an extra headlight assembly and a pair of projector headlights for a car and retrofitting the lights from the car headlights into the bikes headlights (then a HID conversion). I think Id be happy with the light output of projector HIDs (not to mention I dont believe Ive ever seen a projector headlight conversion on an f4i)
#18
RE: headlights
Ok I'm lost.......Are you guys putting HID ballests' (bulbs) in stock houseings????
That is bad......#1 HID's "burn" hotter, #2 HID's require a cutt-off shield so you don't blind on coming traffic, #3 Similar to #2 HID's requre a diffrent type of houseing to distrbute the light...useing stock houseings will not ditrubte the light properly and produce an oddly and uneven light pattern.
Now just so I don't get tore apart here, I don't know a ton about HID's nor do I own any or any cars/trucks with them in them. Every thing I posted above it just what I have read on other forums because I have wanted to retro fit my trucks with them and have done SOME research and have not doen it yet because it is still to rich for my blood!
So if you guys are doing this with great results then great I might have to give it a try!
Nick
That is bad......#1 HID's "burn" hotter, #2 HID's require a cutt-off shield so you don't blind on coming traffic, #3 Similar to #2 HID's requre a diffrent type of houseing to distrbute the light...useing stock houseings will not ditrubte the light properly and produce an oddly and uneven light pattern.
Now just so I don't get tore apart here, I don't know a ton about HID's nor do I own any or any cars/trucks with them in them. Every thing I posted above it just what I have read on other forums because I have wanted to retro fit my trucks with them and have done SOME research and have not doen it yet because it is still to rich for my blood!
So if you guys are doing this with great results then great I might have to give it a try!
Nick
#19
RE: headlights
^ exactly why I plan on a projector retrofit before the HIDs. Really, nobody should be putting HID lights in halogen headlights; they create a s**t-ton of glare for other motorists, and they have hot spots as well as black spots due to the reflector design in halogen headlights.
Xu, Ive been thinking about it for a while (quite a few months, actually), and I think it would actually look decent. The set of car headlights Im talking about were on my old civic... projector low beams and seperate halogen high beams; put a high and a low beam light on each side of the headlight assembly; do a fair amount of cutting, modifying, and fiberglassing, and about 40 hours later.... viola! An oem-looking headlight assembly. Im pretty sure I could pull it off, but theres two problems: 1) I dont have the money right now (Im figuring about $350-$400 before the HID lights) and 2) I dont have the spare time to devote to a project like this. Maybe in a year or two
Xu, Ive been thinking about it for a while (quite a few months, actually), and I think it would actually look decent. The set of car headlights Im talking about were on my old civic... projector low beams and seperate halogen high beams; put a high and a low beam light on each side of the headlight assembly; do a fair amount of cutting, modifying, and fiberglassing, and about 40 hours later.... viola! An oem-looking headlight assembly. Im pretty sure I could pull it off, but theres two problems: 1) I dont have the money right now (Im figuring about $350-$400 before the HID lights) and 2) I dont have the spare time to devote to a project like this. Maybe in a year or two
#20
RE: headlights
ORIGINAL: Rocfrog
Ok I'm lost.......Are you guys putting HID ballests' (bulbs) in stock houseings????
That is bad......#1 HID's "burn" hotter, #2 HID's require a cutt-off shield so you don't blind on coming traffic, #3 Similar to #2 HID's requre a diffrent type of houseing to distrbute the light...useing stock houseings will not ditrubte the light properly and produce an oddly and uneven light pattern.
Now just so I don't get tore apart here, I don't know a ton about HID's nor do I own any or any cars/trucks with them in them. Every thing I posted above it just what I have read on other forums because I have wanted to retro fit my trucks with them and have done SOME research and have not doen it yet because it is still to rich for my blood!
So if you guys are doing this with great results then great I might have to give it a try!
Nick
Ok I'm lost.......Are you guys putting HID ballests' (bulbs) in stock houseings????
That is bad......#1 HID's "burn" hotter, #2 HID's require a cutt-off shield so you don't blind on coming traffic, #3 Similar to #2 HID's requre a diffrent type of houseing to distrbute the light...useing stock houseings will not ditrubte the light properly and produce an oddly and uneven light pattern.
Now just so I don't get tore apart here, I don't know a ton about HID's nor do I own any or any cars/trucks with them in them. Every thing I posted above it just what I have read on other forums because I have wanted to retro fit my trucks with them and have done SOME research and have not doen it yet because it is still to rich for my blood!
So if you guys are doing this with great results then great I might have to give it a try!
Nick
Now on to the rest of the post. It looks like you might be confusing a bulb and a ballast. They are two separate things. A bulb is just a bulb, but the ballast is a component that allows a HID bulb (high voltage) to work on a low (12V DC) voltage system. #1 As for HID's burning hotter, I'm not sure what you mean. HID bulbs use less energy (~35W) compared to standard halogen bulbs (~55W-60W). They usually have a higher color temperature, but that has nothing to do with temperature in the conventional sense, all it has to do with is how blue/yellow it looks. #2 Yes, stock HID systems are designed for HID so they usually have a cutoff shield directly on the bulb or in front of it. This is what D2R bulbs are. #3 This is why a lot of manufacturers use projects now, no cutoff shield needed, they focus the light correctly so they use D2S bulbs, which are the same as D2R except without the cutoff shield.
And for the person who hasn't seen anyone do a projector retrofit on an F4i, there have been a couple. On this site for sure someone was even selling his 3" projector HID setup and had a post on how he made it. If you google f4i and r6 headlights, someone did a retrofit of that too. That is the one I would like to have if I had the money/time... I think the mid 2000's R6's had the best headlights out there... quad projectors.