I would of tried a similar set to start with Marthy, in fact I think I have a $20 pair in the shed lol.Thanks for the heads up.
My grip heaters are #1, waiting until they are on and faithfully working before I add any additional electrical devices (doing that over the weekend).But im right behind you, im half blind in daylight lol.
Lumen is a scary word to me, its just hard to tell how a products lumen's will spread out until its applied.Im a electrician, when I work on something like a elevator shaft the safety inspector will usually measure the lumen's that are at the doorways to the shaft (on the emergency circuit).There are laws about it, gotta be able to see through smoke and doublecheck that your really stepping into a elevator I guess lol.
Its the biggest headache in the world.I install what the architects/engineers tell me to, and they can never estimate lumens properly.The manufacturers dont measure the same way or something.I usually add a few can lights before inspection and still fail the lumen test alot.1000 lumens measured at the fixture ends up only being a few hundred at ground level half of the time.
"The difference between the units lumen and lux is that the lux takes into account the area over which the luminous flux is spread. A flux of 1000 lumens, concentrated into an area of one square metre, lights up that square metre with an illuminance of 1000 lux. The same 1000 lumens, spread out over ten square metres, produces a dimmer illuminance of only 100 lux. Mathematically, 1 lx = 1 lm/m2.
A source radiating a power of one watt of light in the color for which the eye is most efficient (a wavelength of 555*nm, in the green region of the optical spectrum) has luminous flux of 683 lumens. So a lumen represents at least 1/683 watts of visible light power, depending on the spectral distribution."
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumen_(unit)
With that being said, all you can do is keep trying until you find a light combo that properly fills the road the way you want it to.Fzwhite has his Xmas deal going on right now, wich would give you extreme clarity for sure.Regardless of how far the lumen's are measured from the source, they are known to be bright by forum members.
After that you would only need more light towards the shoulder of the road.Dualsport lights might be perfect for that since they are made to light up a wide area.Something like these
Trail Tech Equinox LED Single Light Kit w/Post Mount | Dirt Bike | Rocky Mountain ATV/MC
4 LED lights in a compact 2x2 package that can be used for anything from a reverse light on a truck, a handlebar light on a motorcycle, to a flood light on a trailer.
1000 lumens of light, this small light has the same output as a 50W MR16.
Pulls only 10W - you won't find a more efficient, HID or Halogen light.
This light pulls half of what your stock turn signals use.
Fzwhites retrofit, with something like those should be well worth $400 max.I havent researched the power consumption of the projector though, im assuming it draws around the same as the oem assembly.
