| Author | Message | ||
     Curve_carver |
Any good links that could send me In the right direction for a good affordable kit. Maybe dual kits for high and low. I want a white bright light 5k and a easy install. Has anyone installed low and high beam? Are all the slim kits the same? I see kits for 40.00 and kits for 120.00? | ||
| Froggy |
Do a search on here, there are a ton of threads. Get your kits from DDM tuning, they are almost cheaper than regular bulbs now, and work fantastic. If you want the most output, get 4300k color. | ||
| Freight_dog |
+ 1 on DDM. Great kit, great price. Been running them about a month and hundreds of miles without a problem except for solving the reverse polarity issue, which is common on HID kits. | ||
| Hogzilla |
DDM H8s on my R in 3000k. I love them. Lots of light and really gets noticed by the cagers. | ||
| Thecowboyblack |
no question DMM tuning..  | ||
| Curve_carver |
I'm ordering a 5000 or 6000 ddm kit. 35 watt . Any good observations on wattage. Is the 6000 too blue. I want white. Would duals be way too much. Or should I just buy lows. I ride alot of backroads and need light. Some of these backroads get really dark in Ohio . | ||
| Freight_dog |
I have 35W 6000K's. They are very white. Compared to the yellow stock lights they appear bluish, but they really are white. On their own they are way brighter than running high beams all the time. I am in Ohio also, and at first I was paranoid about pissing people off or getting cops attention, but I notice a lot more HID equipped vehicles now than I did. No one has flashed their brights at me yet and it definitely attracts attention. Being seen is a good thing. | ||
| Froggy |
4300 or 5000k will be more white than 6000k. At 6000 is when it starts to get blue, 8 is mildly blue, 10 is blue, above that its getting purple. Anything above 8000 looks stupid and is asking for trouble with the law, in addition to sucking as a headlight. Do both the low and high, you can never have too much light  | ||
| Curve_carver |
I'm ordering 35 watt 5000 kelvin high and low.well see if I get a better price with two kits. I've seen em for around 40.00 . Is there any cutting envolved with the ddm kit? | ||
| Zac4mac |
I have had a set of 6k 35w lo-beams on Loretta(08 1125R) for almost 2 years now. Still have OEM hi-beams, I like the color contrast when I blip my hi-beams, real attention getter. Z | ||
| Craiga |
If you do HID highs it will take about 10-20 seconds after hitting the switch for them to warm up and have usable light. And the passing light switch will become less useful for blipping the highs. BUT once the highs are on and warm you can't beat it. | ||
| Hogzilla |
Once on, the hi/lo are really bright. Maybe too much. With just the lows I get flashed as it is. Friends don't want to ride in front of me at night. These things are very bright. Mine are 3000k so they take on a yellow tone which is great during the day for catching attention. At night they do great lighting things up and in the rain they can't be beat. Less feedback than white. On the R you don't need to do any wire cutting, however, you will need to cut the rubber boot up a bit to get things in order. There is plenty of room under the fairing to get things stowed away. It took me a 2-3 hours to do the whole thing. I was taking my time and being tidy with the install. If your boot wants to push away from the light housing just use zip ties to hold the boot down to the housing. Mine didn't want to stay on after stuffing the boot with all the wiring and connectors. With the zip ties securing them on they don't go anywhere now. | ||
| Ccryder |
One helpful hint: I used a big pair of needle nosed pliers to stretch the weather boot so I could get the connector through the hole instead of cutting it. It actually shrinks back to size in a little while. Later Neil S. | ||
| Froggy |
Readjust your headlights.
You will have to cut a hole in the rubber boots behind the headlights. I never tried the pliers stretching trick so I can't vouch for that.
You might want to replace your system from the 90's. You are looking at 3 seconds to usable light, 5 to peak output with the DDM kits. | ||
| Boogiman1981 |
starrotors is another source as well awesome stuff from either place | ||
| Curve_carver |
I ordered a pair 35 watts 5000 Kelvin h8 kit 39.99 ddm. They have a lifetime warranty how can Ya go wrong for that price. I'm going to do a test and measure the stock distance and then hid difference. | ||
| Hogzilla |
Enjoy the HIDs. They do take a while to ship so be patient. Could be a couple weeks. Due to all the orders they get they are usually backed up. It's worth the wait though. | ||
| Oldog |
Avoid HID country, I had to replace a ballast (old size got a slim line and had problems with it) its sorted but watching the ignitor tazer the bracket was cool, sadly it damaged a lo-voltage warning device in the process. | ||
| Xl1200r |
I have 5000k 35watt DDMs in my car, and they're more blue than I wanted. I ordered a set for the bike and went for the 4500K. 4300-4500K is the whitest light you'll get - above that and it gets blue hues. I didn't think it'd be noticable at 5000k but it is. |
