headlights.... leds,halogens,hids,projectors etc ect

[mobile mouse]

Hi,


Frosties pointed out that you should "remove the metal piece of shite in the dipped beam''.
And you get Fucktons of extra light.

Were is this piece of metal. I have a Foxeye Fazer do my headlights have the metal piece.
I have fitted Philips bulbs, I cannot remember which version. And would like to maximise them.
I have been looking at fitting additional relays and use heavy gauge cable to remove the volts drop from battery to bulb.

[sinto607276]

What the foc are you saying mouse?
Go on, let us know so we can help you :lol

[mobile mouse]

Has anyone tried fitting additional relays and use heavy gauge cable to remove the volts drop from battery to bulb.
Does it work.....

[Paulfzs]

i had a spare 35w hid laying around...
i dont have a spare one anymore




12v 7ah battery inside, flickers like mad for about 10 seconds then heats up enough and starts

[sinto607276]

i had a spare 35w hid laying around...
i dont have a spare one anymore




12v 7ah battery inside, flickers like mad for about 10 seconds then heats up enough and starts

I thought you were taking the mick till I zoomed in on the pic and saw you actually put a hole in the lamp
So we now need pics of the actual light from it :lol

[Paulfzs]

Ill get on it


its only 35w and a pretty crappy reflector but its got a decent beam on it i did however order a new 55w ballast so i can put it on my bike and switch it out with mine.


its also shown me that my bike battery has to be enough to run a hid, the battery thats in it is a 12v 7ah




one of these





Not dark enough yet but


the inside:

[hmmmnz]

ok here is the before shots of the very shite-ish lights on my fazer

dipped beam


and the not so mighty full beam



taking off the metal reflector hasnt really helped things, but it hasnt made it a whole lot worse either.

  ill let you guys know how the projector lamps go when the turn up.
i also bought a pair of led projectors to fit somewhere, 10watt each, so will be interesting how good they are for the minimal cost as well

cheers hmmmnz

[sinto607276]

ok here is the before shots of the very shite-ish lights on my fazer

There nearly as good as Paul's HID'S :pokefun

Seriously though.....
Have you adjusted the beam direction? Yours seem to be a bit low.

[Paulfzs]

[quote author=hmmmnz link=topic=18605.msg215438#msg215438 date=1446988887]
ok here is the before shots of the very shite-ish lights on my fazer

There nearly as good as Paul's HID'S :pokefun

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This is so true! i cant seriously keep getting bad batches of bulbs and ballasts!
new bulbs and ballast last week just as bad

[sinto607276]

[quote author=sinto link=topic=18605.msg215440#msg215440 date=1446989510]
[quote author=hmmmnz link=topic=18605.msg215438#msg215438 date=1446988887]
ok here is the before shots of the very shite-ish lights on my fazer

There nearly as good as Paul's HID'S :pokefun

[/quote]


This is so true! i cant seriously keep getting bad batches of bulbs and ballasts!
new bulbs and ballast last week just as bad
[/quote]
I don't what your doing :pokefun

Could possibly be your regulator/rectifier isn't up to it?

[Paulfzs]

Even straight from the battery its weak, i will have to remove the battery and wire the 22ah one and see what happens

[Doggy]

I had the same problem with my 96 TDM850.

HIDS4U supplied a complete kit for the dip beam which was a 20 minute job to fit and made a huge difference.

I did not fit a HID kit to the main beam as there is a slight delay in getting full power from the lamps, instead went for a night breaker bulb which made a bit of difference but lasted 20 miles!

Hope this helps

Doggy

[hmmmnz]

well the lights turned up over the weekend.

bit of a mission to get all installed and hide all the wiring,  2 sets of ballasts, 2 relay boxes, 2 hi/low beam cables, 2 "angel eye" voltage boxes
etc etc, plus wiring to run back to the battery.
not hard but time consuming.

pretty damn good results though


angle eyes..... (aka park/pilot light)


dipped beam


full beam


i think my low beam is a bit high, but we'll see how many times i get flashed in the next few days
light is a bit white and it takes a minute or so to fully warm up but its
like night and day though, amazing that 35watts can throw out so much light

[sinto607276]

Looks good
Where did you get that setup from?

[hmmmnz]

I bought it off aliexpress http://www.aliexpress.com/item/2ABC-Univ...39432.html

All in including DHL postage was under £60

[sinto607276]

I bought it off aliexpress http://www.aliexpress.com/item/2ABC-Univ...39432.html

All in including DHL postage was under £60

That link is just for one?
How did you fit them? Did you have to split the headlight unit etc?

[markus2066]

Not sure if anyone has mentioned these they were installed on my bike when I brought it 3 months ago, I've always been seriously impressed with them (not the cheapest option).

https://www.retrofitlab.com/yamaha-fzs600-mh1-1.html

[Nebuchernezzer]

How do the projectors go mounting? Looks like some of them use a h4 shaped back end to just hold the projector. Does it work ok? Seems like it's be a bit wobbly to me.

[Paulfzs]

[quote author=hmmmnz link=topic=18605.msg216956#msg216956 date=1448268089]
I bought it off aliexpress http://www.aliexpress.com/item/2ABC-Univ...39432.html

All in including DHL postage was under £60

How did you fit them? Did you have to split the headlight unit etc?
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I also want to know this!


but they do look like this soo... this looks good to me!
However the h1 hole is a lot smaller than the h4? maybe op can comment

! No longer available

[hmmmnz]

Yeah the link is just for one set. So if you do both sides you'll need to buy 2 sets.  I followed instructions herehttp://fotifixes.com/2012/12/27/hid-projector-installation-in-a-2001-fazer-600/
Yeah you have to split the lights.
5 mins I'm the oven at 90'C softened everything up nicely. Same to put it back together

Carved out the h1 hole to fit the h4 projector.

We'll worth the effort. You could just to 1 projector if you didn't want to wreck your light.
But In my eyes it was no great loss.