| Author | Message | ||
     Pogue_mahone |
my friend gives me an old mac tool box, it has old bolts screws clips etc in it.we both are body repair guys. so guess what i get in my new free stash? one of the long skinny HID bulbs.now i have 2 sets and 2 ballasts for my own uses  and TEN H7's !! no more running on the high beam on the xb when the low burns out.one is korean....eeek and the other 9 are all german bulbs. now how to add the HID set up to the buell high and low beams ? thanks | ||
| Delta_one |
if you turn you high beam on and off a lot I would stick to just going HID on the low beam and doing the wire mod to keep it on at all times. the blasts don't take cycling well. | ||
| Pogue_mahone |
thanks delta! was wondering if i can make both be on since i have 2 bulbs and ballasts. does anyone know of a proper wiring diagram and alll the good info i'd need to do this right? am thinking of getting an extra head light assembly and mounting all my HID stuff there and behind the flyscreen.i think i'll need to glue or screw the bulbs down as they are different than the H7's bases are. i am open to easy ideas on this one | ||
| Delta_one |
most that I have seen plug right into your original light bulb base and the xenon bulbs have the same base to go right into your housing. maybe you can modify the collars on them to work properly. or just hard wire them and use the current collar on your xenon bulb. can you post a picture? | ||
| Froggy |
You can flash HID's all you want once it is warmed up. Either way, HID's are almost as cheap as normal halogen bulbs, I don't give a rats ass if it burns out. | ||
| Delta_one |
much older HID systems had bulbs hardwired into the ballast and could not be replaced separately. if this is the case then it will be a PITA to change out once dead. we had one or two of these come into the shop when HID kits will still in the hundreds range. It was always a shock to the customer that they had to spend $250 for the whole kit again. especially if they had modified the stock wiring harness to do the install.(many were sold as "universal" kits then and also tapped into the cars 12v system) edit: link (Message edited by delta_one on January 04, 2010) | ||
| Reepicheep |
I thought it was the ballasts that got killed by cycles, not the bulbs. My kit was $200, so I went to great lengths to protect it. With the newer kits coming in at closer to $50, probably not as big a deal anymore... | ||
| Delta_one |
that was true on some of the older ballasts, I cant remember off the top of my head why that was but the new ballasts from most manufacturers are nearly indestructible |
