Date: 29-03-24  Time: 11:48 am

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« on: 13 February 2017, 07:15:52 pm »


can you tell witch side is hid  :rolleyes

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Re: hid
« Reply #1 on: 13 February 2017, 08:09:53 pm »
I'm going out on a limb here ......but is it the one on the right in the picture ???  :rollin



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Re: hid
« Reply #2 on: 13 February 2017, 08:23:00 pm »
Are they okay with the plastic lens?
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Re: hid
« Reply #3 on: 13 February 2017, 08:24:26 pm »
Had a bike behind me the other day with the same spotlights as mine, but his headlights matched as well.
He was easy to see.  :)
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Re: hid
« Reply #4 on: 13 February 2017, 09:01:08 pm »
they are fine with the plasic lens they are less wattage than standard halogen the one i got is only 35 watts so its cooler thaan the low beam but so much brighter

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Re: hid
« Reply #5 on: 13 February 2017, 10:14:40 pm »
was it a straight swap?
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Re: hid
« Reply #6 on: 14 February 2017, 09:05:51 am »
was it a straight swap?

If you are of the opinion swapping an old bulb for a ballast unit, a new bulb and possibly a little bit of extra cabling, they are a straight swap :pokefun
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Re: hid
« Reply #7 on: 14 February 2017, 02:50:25 pm »
If you get the plug and play kit then it's a fairly easy job to do takes longer to hide the ballast boxes than it does to fit them I made a plate up and mounted the ballast boxes on it and hit it under the infill panel on the fairing


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Re: hid
« Reply #8 on: 14 February 2017, 06:48:52 pm »
was it a straight swap?

If you are of the opinion swapping an old bulb for a ballast unit, a new bulb and possibly a little bit of extra cabling, they are a straight swap :pokefun


So BB.......was that a yes or a no  :pokefun
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Re: hid
« Reply #9 on: 14 February 2017, 08:56:35 pm »
I'll take that as a no then.
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Re: hid
« Reply #10 on: 15 February 2017, 04:34:07 pm »
I have got hid's in my bike did some messing about with the headlight unit and managed to get two h4 bulbs fitted to it . looks the biz until I took it to get the lights aligned properly at the mot garage , the lights are not projecting a pattern so they cant align them up to the correct angles etc . they recommended putting standard h4 bulbs in ,

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Re: hid
« Reply #11 on: 15 February 2017, 05:53:28 pm »
If you got the proper HID kits, you could have put an H1 and an H4 bulb in which may have helped.

When I had mine, the HID kit from HIDS4U was brilliant as I was able to get the beam low enough and straight enough to pass the MOT. Most people though just flick the original bulb back in for MOT time.
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Re: hid
« Reply #12 on: 15 February 2017, 07:33:39 pm »
the plug and play kit is just that but its hiding the ballast boxes that take a bit of work nothing hard but well worth the bother as they are so much brighter