Post by somebody on May 13, 2010 8:45:42 GMT -6
I was a little hesitant to ride in the country at night with the OEM headlights. I could hardly see the road, much less the critters of the night. This wound up being the best upgrade I've made so far.
Here are un-touched pictures of my old lights:
Low Beam -
and High beam - 
It all started with a whole bunch of bit and pieces from the vendor (no longer at e-bay, but there are similar HID still there - I paid around 60.00 to receive them from China.
Had to get the nose off and remove the old light bulbs. I was amazed that the new bulbs fit right in. Just make sure you get the H4 type bulb.
You'll find that you have a relay with 3 wires terminating in a plug like =| This will need to be cut off and spliced into one of your head light leads. This is where the relay will determine if your light are on high or low.
(1)- the ballast and (2) - is the relay box . (i found a convenient place to wire tie it down)
(1)- the final resting place of the included headlight relay, which connects to the power (runs directly to the battery) on the relay (2) for the Stebel Nautilus air horn. (can we say loud!).
Now for the real rat's nest.
'splain' this mess will take a while. (1) are the wires I cut from the =| plug from the headlight relay. (2) is the wires to the turn signal. (3) and (4) and (5) go to the old headlight wires. (6) and (7) I'm not sure why I put them in, and (8) is the bundle of wires that come with it. This bundle is because the kit is for a kar and it's a long way between the kars' headlights.
Final result! Fantastic!
Low Beam
and the High Beam 
.
Since I put the switch in line with the right head light, and the single bulb was 10X brighter than both of the old ones, I pulled the nose once again but left the lights hooked up. I now had easy access to the adjusting screws. I adjusted the low beam where it was wider to the right and a little higher than the other bulb. Gave me a whole lot more coverage than it had before. I would only bother someone to the right of me. The high beam was adjusted to shine waaaaaaay down the road. I do believe that I am illuminating things 1/4 mile away. Now I keep the right light off for traffic, and when I get out where the critters are, the night has been turned into day.
If you want your own little piece of the sun, go for it. If somebody can do it, anybody can.
Here are un-touched pictures of my old lights:
Low Beam -
and High beam - It all started with a whole bunch of bit and pieces from the vendor (no longer at e-bay, but there are similar HID still there - I paid around 60.00 to receive them from China.
Had to get the nose off and remove the old light bulbs. I was amazed that the new bulbs fit right in. Just make sure you get the H4 type bulb.
You'll find that you have a relay with 3 wires terminating in a plug like =| This will need to be cut off and spliced into one of your head light leads. This is where the relay will determine if your light are on high or low.
(1)- the ballast and (2) - is the relay box . (i found a convenient place to wire tie it down) (1)- the final resting place of the included headlight relay, which connects to the power (runs directly to the battery) on the relay (2) for the Stebel Nautilus air horn. (can we say loud!).Now for the real rat's nest.
'splain' this mess will take a while. (1) are the wires I cut from the =| plug from the headlight relay. (2) is the wires to the turn signal. (3) and (4) and (5) go to the old headlight wires. (6) and (7) I'm not sure why I put them in, and (8) is the bundle of wires that come with it. This bundle is because the kit is for a kar and it's a long way between the kars' headlights.Final result! Fantastic!
Low Beam
and the High Beam . Since I put the switch in line with the right head light, and the single bulb was 10X brighter than both of the old ones, I pulled the nose once again but left the lights hooked up. I now had easy access to the adjusting screws. I adjusted the low beam where it was wider to the right and a little higher than the other bulb. Gave me a whole lot more coverage than it had before. I would only bother someone to the right of me. The high beam was adjusted to shine waaaaaaay down the road. I do believe that I am illuminating things 1/4 mile away. Now I keep the right light off for traffic, and when I get out where the critters are, the night has been turned into day.
If you want your own little piece of the sun, go for it. If somebody can do it, anybody can.
..BAD TO THE BONE..
