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How did you like the 6000k? I might buy that..
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Looking to upgrade headlight!
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Spunky99
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I was slightly blue like all the Japanese bikers use. I liked it just fine.
Since I'm on a Triumph I figured I'd stay away from blue this time around.
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2011FZ6R
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Still bright at night?
Spunky99
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Well I just bought the 6000k kit from DDM. Just to make sure this is the right one correct? I hope I don't run into trouble during installation
http://www.ddmtuning.com/Products/DDM-35W-55W-Single-HiLo-Motorcycle-HID-Kit
http://www.ddmtuning.com/Products/DDM-35W-55W-Single-HiLo-Motorcycle-HID-Kit
Spunky99
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Looks good.
the plug that normally goes into the halogen tube goes into the hi/lo harness and the red and black connectors to the battery + and -. I was able to mount the ballast hidden and the wiring tie wrapped to the existing wiring.
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Sounds good. I'm excited
cavcuz05
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BOO! i would have helped you with a retro fit. JK you will love the extra light
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I love your retro fit, but it would be too costly/hard for me haha. It looked so good at daytona...
I must say you have probably the cleanest looking 6R I've seen
I must say you have probably the cleanest looking 6R I've seen
Well, I can't say anything about cost, because it isn't as cheap, but it really isn't that hard of a mod to do. No worse than changing exhaust and adding a fuel controller.
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I suppose so, just costs more
linkgt
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Seriously GO THIS WAY.... Just when you do it, make sure to seal it with silicone unlike me. Now my headlight fogs up... but i'm goin to fix that this weekend
Also, anyone else with retrofit kit get a lot of vibration? Sorry for going off-topic
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i have a 8k hid kit forsale if your still looking to upgrade its a huge boost from stock... PM me if interested
BoneJj
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Seriously GO THIS WAY.... Just when you do it, make sure to seal it with silicone unlike me. Now my headlight fogs up... but i'm goin to fix that this weekend
Also, anyone else with retrofit kit get a lot of vibration? Sorry for going off-topic
vibration in the light pattern? if so are you using a housing that moves the bulb or do you have a servo that moves a shield? if it's the bulb that moves then you will get a lot shake in your beam pattern as the bulb will move inside the housing a little.
This can be good in a way though, if your headlight flickers/bounces the beam as you ride then it can help people to notice you a little better as it's going to "flicker" to them.
It all depends on what you want. There are modulators that you can install on halogen bulbs that will pulse the light as you drive during the day to make you more visible as well. For HIDs you basically have to install a secondary light and then have it pulse. It works good to make you stand out more. You will see a lot of harley bikes have the modulated headlights.
If you are beefing up your headlight you should also be considering beefing up your taillights soon after as well. just because you are a little more visible up front doesn't mean you should be more visible in rear....
It's not all about her breast, she needs to have an attention getting ass as well.... lmao.
linkgt
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The headlight flickers as i'm riding pretty much whenever I go over 40 or something... I mean as you said it's good for some reasons, but overall bad because most people think i'm "flickering" the light on purpose, plus I dont like it, it bothers me too much lol.
It all started when I installed the projector beam. I actually put silicone all over the open spaces today so that should fix my fog issue and hopefully make it more stable as well?....
BoneJj
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flickering as in on off or flickering as in shaking?
If it's shaking you might have to consider upgrading the light to something better. maybe it's a product of a bad kit or something, kind of hard to say.
Tmak73
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I will throw in my two cents here. You can check out the "my take on kryptonbulbs" thread as well for a good demo.
I have used two different HID kits. The krypton bulbs one worked for me at first but it went out a little faster than I had anticipated. I have bought a few kits off of ebay that are brandnamed xentec. There are multiple sellers on there for the product and so far that hasn't made a difference for me.
I have tried the silverstar lights and they are definitely brighter than stock but I don't think you get the same type of light you get out of an HID kit. Not to mention its going to run you around 20 bucks (give or take 5) for silverstars and it was 33 bucks for my HID kits which actually includes two full sets for our bike so you always have a back-up ballast and bulb.
Installation for me was not so easy the first time but when I did the xentec kit it went much quicker. The only thing I had to get off was the left side fairing which involved taking off a few other parts to get to that. I mounted the ballast in that area as well as the ground wire. Just make sure it's not grounded onto any painted metal cause it gave me some trouble with conductivity and the light wouldn't come on. I actually think that may have been the reason my ballast from the kryptonbulbs kit blew out on me. You can get to the stock bulb as well without needing to take the whole front end apart if I remember correctly. Others please chime in if I am off on the install process, but like i said the thread mentioned above has a nice write up.
I think I have rambled enough. My personal opinion is go HID. It is cheaper and you get better lighting out of it.
The white light in the pic is krypton bulbs 6000K bulb and the blue-er light is the xentec 8000K bulb. I like the 6000K much more than I like my 8000K bulb.
I have used two different HID kits. The krypton bulbs one worked for me at first but it went out a little faster than I had anticipated. I have bought a few kits off of ebay that are brandnamed xentec. There are multiple sellers on there for the product and so far that hasn't made a difference for me.
I have tried the silverstar lights and they are definitely brighter than stock but I don't think you get the same type of light you get out of an HID kit. Not to mention its going to run you around 20 bucks (give or take 5) for silverstars and it was 33 bucks for my HID kits which actually includes two full sets for our bike so you always have a back-up ballast and bulb.
Installation for me was not so easy the first time but when I did the xentec kit it went much quicker. The only thing I had to get off was the left side fairing which involved taking off a few other parts to get to that. I mounted the ballast in that area as well as the ground wire. Just make sure it's not grounded onto any painted metal cause it gave me some trouble with conductivity and the light wouldn't come on. I actually think that may have been the reason my ballast from the kryptonbulbs kit blew out on me. You can get to the stock bulb as well without needing to take the whole front end apart if I remember correctly. Others please chime in if I am off on the install process, but like i said the thread mentioned above has a nice write up.
I think I have rambled enough. My personal opinion is go HID. It is cheaper and you get better lighting out of it.
The white light in the pic is krypton bulbs 6000K bulb and the blue-er light is the xentec 8000K bulb. I like the 6000K much more than I like my 8000K bulb.
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Tmak73
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Might be a bad ground.. see if you put the ground over metal that was painted with something and if you did just rub down the area with sand paper and put it back on.
cavcuz05
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Mine does shake but barely noticeable even the gixxers which comes with a retrofit shake so im not bothered....i took my headlight of and tightened that housing as tight as she would go and i still get a little but nothing to worry about:steve:
linkgt
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Shaking**
Hm ok then, thought I might've been the only one. I'll try tightening everything before installing the headlight and see if that reduces it. I mean mine is very noticeable. But as I said, maybe I didn't tighten everything enough. Thanks guys :thumbup:
