this coming from the guy who has the most amazing F4i ever....and has inspired me to get one of my own! lol

 

lol, hi Brandon

More on topic: As I said, since it's a reflector housing, there really is no hardcore defined cut off line. It's basically a big hot spot with a bunch of scattered light (or "glare") around it. I noticed a definite improvement in the amount of light on the road when I installed my HIDs. And as long as the headlights are aimed properly, you shouldn't be much of an annoyance to other drivers (aside from the fact that you drive a motorcycle, which seems to annoy some people regardless).

As for the ballast, I can't provide any help or pics for that. I mounted my ballasts on the frame right in the middle of the fairing openings. It's looks retarded, but it works. I'll be trying to find a better location for them this winter while the bike is apart for paint.

 

No pics.But if you run the "small" ballast HID's.You can stack them together and stick them on the nose "shelf" between the ram air ducts in the front.

All fits in the nose ,so you can take it off like it was stock.

 

I did just what White99gt said and put the two slim ballasts in the nose "shelf". I stacked them with a small washer between them to provide for some air space just in case there was a heat factor. Anyhow, the slim ballasts also come with seperate igniters which easily can be secured each to the left and right of the vertical wall of the nose just above the ballasts. You will have no problem with this and will realize when you take a look at it.

Good luck.

 

Arethese the ones you guys are talking about? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...:IT&ih=003

 

Yep same ones i got.Quick shipping from him..

 

i also have a couple of questions regarding the headlight. i am also considering upgrading to hids but i would like to change the h7's to h4's which have dual filaments. can this be done? and if i run both bulbs at the same time for both the low beam and the high beam simultaneously, will the power consumption still be ok and not fry anything?

and on a related note: can some lens be somehow fitted inside the existing headlight? (i'm thinking like they are fitted on automobiles)

thanks.

 

^Yes that is called retrofitting which will require a lot more work, but will look better than any kit out there. If you have the time/money i'd say go for it.

 

there has been a lot of discussion about this...retro-fitting that is....and the problem with the f4i at least is that the bulbs in the "high" and "low" beam are the same...the only thing that makes one high and the other low is the way the reflective housing is inside the headlight...meaning even if you had a dual filament....if both were on in "low", the "high" side would still look higher than the "low" side due to the reflective housing....on high....the both would incrementally go up higher and not be equal....

so to actually accomplish a dual-filament type light, it would require changing the reflective housing out of the "high" side to be equal to that of the "low" side....OR....change them both to a common reflective housing and use the dual filaments....

did that at all make sense....i don't have much time to go into more detail...i can though....and also, this is not based on personal knowledge, rather what i read....if the reflective housings are the same and a dual filament WOULD work....i would get to the wiring diagram immediately as i am sure i could wire that up pretty easily with the existing controls....

 

i found a good tutorial on retrofitting projectors on a f4i
http://cbrworld.net/forums/thread/234829.aspx