Was out riding with a buddy the other day when he got stuck at a light behind me. I noticed that I could see him in my mirrors for a long way. He'd just installed Daymakers. I can't afford that kind of investment so went looking and found these for $45,


http://www.ebay.com/itm/262486554406

Edit: Fixed the link .... should work now

Best defense against Pokémon playing dipslihtz.




I don't know if they're legal or not but holly chit, if they can't see me now they're effing blind.


The camera was adjusting aperture but this is actually a daylight shot inside my garage.


OH yea, I have no affiliation with the company or product, just sharing what I thought is a pretty good deal.


Hope they last long enough to get my $45 worth.

 

I replaced the rear bulbs with LEDs too but needed to drill out the housings to make enough room for the LED bulbs. They are wider at the base than a regular bulb and won't seat into the standard housings without some modification. I just happened to have a drill bit that was large enough to open up the housing so they'd fit but it still took a bunch of hand work with an exacto knife to make the clearance.


The rear brake light and running lights all worked fine but the front turn signals made the TSM think the bulbs were open and I kept getting codes and the red fault light on my speedo. I left the stock front bulbs in for now until I figure out if there is a fix.


Anyway, I wanted to share these bulbs were pretty cheap.


Brake Light Bulb was direct fit no modification necessary and you get two for $8: http://www.ebay.com/itm/290802558049...,ext=ext,bu=bu


Rear Running Lights stock housings needed modifications but the bulbs worked fine: http://www.lightinthebox.com/gc-1156..._p2703173.html $2 apiece, dang ... not bad.


Front Turn Signal stock housings also needed modified but the bulbs wouldn't work properly: http://www.lightinthebox.com/1157-ba...e_p891541.html more on this later maybe...






P.S.: This pic was taken seconds after the first one so you can see what the ambient light was like in my garage at the time. That's how far my camera was trying to shut down the aperture.

 

Use a dremel to enlarge the hole near the socket. Then you have to add load equalizers to fool the system or if you have a can-bus system a flash from your dealer or local independant shop to tell the system you're using LED's

 

Looks good. I went with Custom Dynamics LEDs. Very bright, but are expensive. For the headlight I bought one from Moto Illustration. I think it was $170

 

i've had jw 8690 blinders on for a while but, looks like the trubeam from custom dynamics is a force to be reckoned with https://www.customdynamics.com/trube...d_headlamp.htm

little too busy but the output is no joke

 

Robottom - How as the install for these headlights? plug and play no mod required to fit it all in the housing?

Hows the light pattern? I put some HID's in my car and I'm not happy at all - they are bright as heck, but the pattern is scattered so poorly I'm likely going back to regular bulbs.

 

The headlights and rear tail / brake light were plug and play, the turn signals / running lights required modification to the internal housings. I had to open up the holes quite a bit to get the LED bulbs to seat in the sockets. It's not difficult but scary. The sockets are plastic and need to be drilled or ground out probably 1/8" diameter extra, so close to paper thin. I actually pierced the housings in a couple of places but they're open in the back anyway so shouldn't be a big deal. As long as there's enough of the housing to support the bulbs and not twist off when you're installing or replacing them. I had them in and out a couple of times before sealing back up.


The trick is to completely remove the inner housings. Get the bulbs out and use a hooked tool of some kind to pull the inner housing out. Stick that in where the slots are that engage the lock pins on the bulbs. Then slide the wires out of the plastic nub at the bottom and remove it and the spring. Slide the housing over the wires and remove the rubbed sleeve, then it's free to modify. The back running lights were pretty straight forward but the front running lights are a little more complicated. MAKE SURE YOU PAY ATTENTION TO WHICH WIRE WAS IN WHICH HOLE ON THE NUBS (sorry, don't know what else to call them) AND WHICH WAY THE NUBS WERE SEATED IN THE INNER HOUSING. If you put them back in the wrong way you might not get a connection or have bright running lights and dim turn signals.


Other than that, just be careful when cutting away the plastic to make room for the LEDs. Keep testing fit without the spring and nub to make sure the LEDs fit without binding before you put everything back together.


If I get a chance this weekend, I'll post again and take pics of what I did on the front running lights so you can see a step by step.


As for pattern, I haven't run them at night yet, but guessing they're so bright the pattern will cover whatever you need to see.

 

I just put a jw speaker 8690M in my street bob. Had I known about the custom dynamics offering, I may have made a different decision.

 

returns! lol

 

It's already installed. Revzilla won't take returns on parts that have been installed. I'm perfectly happy with the light anyway, so it's not a big deal.