High Intensity Discharge Lighting /F6B

[Capt.Ian]

I installed 8k hid for my low beams with the projector housing and 10K hid on my high beams.


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[srt8-in-largo]

The OEM lo-beams are on the weak side and could definitely use an HID replacement.

The OEM hi-beams are already FANTASTIC imo though.

[Hornblower]

I installed 8k hid for my low beams with the projector housing and 10K hid on my high beams.

Apparently, you like your headlights blue. At these high Kelvin ratings, you're well into the blue spectrum. To each his own I guess but many find this color annoying. In addition, high K lights (>5k) are very bright to look at but do NOT project down-the-road as well as lower K lights, say, around the 4k range.

[F6BLK]

@Hornblower
these appear to be 6K..looks more like a diamond white! Install looks pretty straight forward with video YouTube!looks like a couple hour job if you did it yourself?funny thing is my stock headlights are so pale yellow compared to my Hondaline LED fog lights!I notice a lot of riders out there are going to a brighter whiter headlight light! anything to make yo u more conspicuous Could save your life!

[F6B-RICH]

@Hornblower
these appear to be 6K..looks more like a diamond white! Install looks pretty straight forward with video YouTube!looks like a couple hour job if you did it yourself?funny thing is my stock headlights are so pale yellow compared to my Hondaline LED fog lights!I notice a lot of riders out there are going to a brighter whiter headlight light! anything to make yo u more conspicuous Could save your life!

The Youtube video helps but not really.Trying to find a place for all the wires and making it neat is the fun part.I ordered longer wires so I have all my ballasts and wires under the left and right cubby/shelter boxes which made it a very simple job

[F6BLK]

The Youtube video helps but not really.Trying to find a place for all the wires and making it neat is the fun part.I ordered longer wires so I have all my ballasts and wires under the left and right cubby/shelter boxes which made it a very simple job

thanks for the advice! I will use the video as a guideline only?looks like he has some good tricks and ideas I could come up with some of my own! if you can change a lightbulb I think just about anybody could do it! like you say the biggest part is finding a place for the ballast everything else is just the matter of plugging in wires connectors!

[Steve 0080]

No big job!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have my ballasts uder the section of the faring that has two screws in the front.....

[F6BPDX]

@Hornblower
these appear to be 6K..looks more like a diamond white! Install looks pretty straight forward with video YouTube!looks like a couple hour job if you did it yourself?funny thing is my stock headlights are so pale yellow compared to my Hondaline LED fog lights!I notice a lot of riders out there are going to a brighter whiter headlight light! anything to make yo u more conspicuous Could save your life!

It's easier than you think, took me probably 45 minutes start to finish (doing just low beams). Most time consuming part is figuring out where to put the ballasts.

[srt8-in-largo]

Apparently, you like your headlights blue. At these high Kelvin ratings, you're well into the blue spectrum. To each his own I guess but many find this color annoying. In addition, high K lights (>5k) are very bright to look at but do NOT project down-the-road as well as lower K lights, say, around the 4k range.

^^^ This. 4,000 Kelvin is where you'll have maximum light output.

[yellow rex]

I mount the ballast behind the instrument cluster between the
speaker box no heat and a dry place heat is the #1 enemy to electronics
but there has been plenty mounted below cubby holes with no problems.
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