| Author | Message | ||
     Migs16 |
first: where can i get some nice and pretty well priced hids for my 03 xb9 second: is there any way to get both lights working together or are they just one at a time. is it possible? | ||
| Terrys1980 |
first: where can i get some nice and pretty well priced hids for my 03 xb9 I bought mine from motorcyclehidlights.com and have been very satisfied with them. second: is there any way to get both lights working together or are they just one at a time. is it possible? On the headlight harness you will need to swap the orange and yellow wires. | ||
| Migs16 |
really its that easy! for the both and ok il check those out. thanks. | ||
| Jredx1 |
ddmtuning is where a good portion of the people over on the 1125 board got their HIDs, I haven't had any problem with mine and they are very reasonably priced. | ||
| Dallasb |
for the guys that already have them...what is the wattage on yours? I just bought a 55W set to replace both lights. I haven't had time to put them in but I've seen where a relay harness is suggested for 2 55W ballasts. Any insight on this? | ||
| Froggy |
No relay harness is needed, but it is recommended to prevent issues with the stock wiring. | ||
| Bishopjb1124 |
www.ddmtuning.com 55w single light with an h7 bulb = 25.00 dollars. They are worth every penny. Jimmy | ||
| Mikef5000 |
Dallasb, a relay is highly recommended for the 55 watt setup. | ||
| Dallasb |
Where would you suggest getting one? I got my hid's from ddm but wasn't aware that I needed a relay till after the order shipped. I know that they have them for 15 each but shipping is 9 bucks. | ||
| Terrys1980 |
You can pick up relays and pre-wired relay sockets off ebay fairly cheap. | ||
| B00stzx3 |
XB9R? I'm still trying to figure out mine. Got a pair of 55w 5000ks from www.ddmtuning.com Bought some relay harnesses off of ebay, they were made for cars :thumbsdown: But gonna try and get to them this weekend. Jeepnbueller had a nice writeup here http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/384 2/517861.html?1259588834 | ||
| Nadz |
VVME worked for me. Got H7 35W slim-ballast 5000K in both, best sixty bucks I've spent so far. The low is great, but the high lights up the countryside! I know what they say about keeping the hi-beam incandescent, but once it's hot the HID's barely lose any brightness when I switch off and on for oncoming traffic. | ||
| Slimdave |
I'm trying to help someone run both lamps and our problem is the high beam reflector. Can you take the housing apart and use lows and then wire up dual lights? Does anyone have a complete replacement set? Like Speed Triple? | ||
| Satori |
I believe that the bulbs are the same, its the reflectors that are different, so no they cant both be lows. You would have to change them out with something else to do that. but I could be wrong about that... | ||
| Froggy |
It would be nice if we knew what kind of bike your friend had.  Firebolts can easily be converted from high to low beam, but Lightnings not so. You would have to get another low beam reflector out of another assembly and then replace the high beam reflector. | ||
| Migs16 |
on an 03 xb9 ill just have to swap the orange and yellow wires and i can have both lights at the same time. buttt will i lose my high low or how does that work?? | ||
| L8_br8ker |
I have the 35 watt h7's , and they are just about like daylight for me, I have the high beam on the stock harness, where it would normally go, and ran a new 10 guage wire to power the low beam, with a delay relay set to 30 secs on the low beam, so the balast does not get fluctuating current at startup. It works great, both lights are on when I hit the high beam switch. The 35 watt hids are 5000k , and are much brighter than stock, and run cooler, because the hid's put out more light, less heat. My bike is an s not an r, but I would guess they would not melt anything, if done on an r model, and ddm sells em for a little more than a pair of good regular halogen bulbs (for the whole kit), and they last. (Message edited by L8_br8ker on May 05, 2010) | ||
| L8_br8ker |
Migs, when you swap the yellow/orange wires you will have low beam only lit, hit the high beam switch and both come on. I do not recomend this with 2 55 watt hid's, cause (keeping it simple) hids use more current when starting up, for a brief amount of time, and it would put a lot of current through the stock harness when you hit the high beams on. | ||
| Migs16 |
L8: ok thanks for the tip the hids got pushed back due to speeding ticket, but i think im going to do this with just the stock lights for now untill i can afford the hids. thanks | ||
| Phazernut |
Do the dual light setup and get a set of Silverstars or Piaas. Makes a huge difference over the stock bulbs. Then again the DDM HIDS| are about the same price as the bulbs. | ||
| Migs16 |
are the silverstars like white like or are they just really bright yellow? | ||
| Terrys1980 |
They are white. Take a look at Sylvania's website. | ||
| Froggy |
Silverstars color is 4100k. | ||
| Terrys1980 |
HIDs start at 4300k | ||
| L8_br8ker |
Just a little info if you are thinking of changing bulbs, silverstars are around 29$ for a pair, the ddm kit is now 39$ for a twin light setup, so for 10$ more, you get more than 3x the light if you use a ddm 35 watt dual kit, seems like a no brainer to me. the brightest hids are the lower color range (4300 to 6000), as you go up in color from there, they get more blue/purple, but actually put out less light. | ||
| Migs16 |
on the ddm kit what is the bulb type we go for?? and where does everyone hide the ballast on an xbs? | ||
| Terrys1980 |
What do you mean bulb type? The XBS in H7. You should be able to fit the ballasts and ignitors behind the flyscreen. | ||
| Migs16 |
ok thats what i meant. cuz on the ddm website they ask bulb type i didnt know which it was. and do people run more 35w or 55w? | ||
| Terrys1980 |
I run 35w 8000k on my Bolt, they are plenty bright and do not require the relays. Most of the others on the forum use 55w which is a little much for the stock wiring and usually require the use of relays. HID do use less current, but the current at initial startup is more that stock bulb draws. | ||
| Migs16 |
oh than i think il go with that cuz i dont want to have to get the relay but i do want them really bright. hopefully the 8000k are bright enough!! |
