I have a 05 roadking and at night when riding and I put on my high beam the blue indicator light is so bright it acually takes away from my seeing of the road in front of me, so I have put a piece of tape over it but I would like to take it out completly. Has anyone done this? I took off the crome peice and looked inside and I could not get the "black box" out. Please let me know if anyone has any info on how to do this. Thanks

 

Just got done dimming mine...

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High temp blue engine enamel. Don't need much, just dab a little on the end of the bulb.

 

You can also take a 1 watt resistor and splice it in line with the positive lead going to the led. Start with about a 100 ohm 1 watt resistor. Use clip leads and take the resistance up until you get the intensity level you want. The higher the resistance the lower the intensity. Then solder the resistor into the lead and heat shrink it.

Make sure you get the wire going into the harness for the led.

If you want to dim the turns as well as the high beam, take a 5 watt dale and put it in the ground line feeding the three of them. At least that's how my Low Rider is wired.

I have put a variable rheostat in line.

 

I'm not an electical guru by an stretch of the imagination. But I can usually wire up a car without too much difficulty.

But what is a "5 watt dale"?

 

Sorry flashback to my bench days. Most 5 watt resistors are fairly large and bulky. Dale/Vishay started making high quality 5 watt resistors that look like a large 1 watt axial lead. They are flame proof and silicone coated.

You can strip some 20 ga or 16 ga wire and slide the insulation up on the resistor lead. Put a drop of fingernail polish on the resistor lead by the resistor body before you push the wire insulation all the way against it. Now let it dry. Fold the last 3/16 of the lead back on itself and you can crimp an insulated 1/4" spade on the lead. Makes a good installation if it is in a clean dry place (headlight). Otherwise I would solder and heat shrink it.

I use them where ever i need reliability. You can use a standard resistor to get the value you need. But I would use a Dale for the final wiring.

Good Luck

You can get them at:
http://www.mouser.com/
http://www.alliedelectronics.com/
http://www.newark.com/
http://www.digikey.com/

 

Well, there you go. Learn something new every day (if I'm lucky). Thanx.