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HID lighting upgrade
The headlights on my 675 are poor to say the least - I hate having only one light on dip. And on beam (two) they're not very good. The trip home from Ashbourne yesterday was challenging cos I couldn't see worth a damn.
So I'm thinking of a HID upgrade. Before I splash out the shekels - has anyone done this upgrade to their bike (of whatever make)? What kit did you go for, 35/55? Will 55 burn out the wiring? Is the spend worth it? I need a plug and play thing as I'm hopeless with electrics. I just found this one, Not cheap at all, I daresay there are others cheaper, this is just the first one I've come across, but I can't bear not being able to see where I'm going. http://www.triumph-online.co.uk/dayt...sts-4872-p.asp Anyone? |
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55 will be fine as with any sense you will use a relay off the battery.
Do some of the leg work for us would you and find out what manner of bulbs the 675 uses... |
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ive had http://www.acumen-electronics.co.uk/ recomended to me, im going to look in to this for nxt winter as i could'nt see a dam thing on the way to work, luckly for me the old mans an auto elelky so will get a profesh install for beer money!
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also, you probably don't want to be installing HID on the high beam bulb, the HID systems take about 3 to 5 seconds to warm up and stabilise, during this time the light output goes from less than halogen to unsteady to stable - i wouldn't want to install it on a high beam where i could need to flash the lights to someone - stick to HID on the low beam and install a good halogen bulb for the high beam, if i end up with a daytona that's what i'll be doing my SV kit was from www.HIDs4u.co.uk and i can't fault them for service or performance, if you insist on doing both lo/hi beam then you need kit #H1PROMB89 - £97.86 - to do just the lo beam then get #H7PROBIKE - £48.93 one thing you don't mention is temperature, 6000K will look white with a blue tint, 4300K will look similar to halogens and output more light (not that 6000K is short on light output though...) |
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TLW - thanks for the link - a lot cheaper than the one I found. I regard it as a safety mod rather than a cosmetic one. Incidentally in my earlier post 'left' means nearside and 'right' means off. |
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As TLW says, better to leave the high beam one as a halogen, perhaps just fit a better bulb of the same wattage.
Does dip beam stay on when you switch to main? |
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