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Old Apr 21, 2014 | 10:01 PM
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Been looking at a place to put the ballast when my kit comes and there is a nice little spot that I can place it behind the headlight in the fork tin. It wont be near any wires and will be able to "breath" and not have to worry about coming into contact with any other wires.

May just do some velcro on the inside of the fork tin.
 
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Old Apr 21, 2014 | 11:13 PM
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DAYUM those are some tall *** apes
 
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Old Apr 21, 2014 | 11:39 PM
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DAYUM those are some tall *** apes

LiL, different when your 6'6''. LOL.

Im going with 16's this time around those were 18's on my last bike
 
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Old Apr 21, 2014 | 11:42 PM
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Originally Posted by HDFan0611
So if I order the daymaker, I just remove the stock bulb and plug the new day maker… Do I need to add another switch?
The Daymaker is true plug and play. No switch, no relay. HID install requires a relay only. And a spot to bury the ballast depending on headlight bucket size.
 
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Old Apr 21, 2014 | 11:48 PM
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DAYUM those are some tall *** apes
The apes are only 19's but they're on 8 inch risers lol.
 
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Old Apr 21, 2014 | 11:49 PM
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LiL, different when your 6'6''. LOL.

Im going with 16's this time around those were 18's on my last bike
6'3" I aint no ogre lol
 
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Old Apr 21, 2014 | 11:51 PM
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Been looking at a place to put the ballast when my kit comes and there is a nice little spot that I can place it behind the headlight in the fork tin. It wont be near any wires and will be able to "breath" and not have to worry about coming into contact with any other wires.

May just do some velcro on the inside of the fork tin.
I put the ballast inside the tin and the rest of the **** behind the tins. There isnt as much room as you think there is lol.
 
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According to site you posted, it isn't out yet. And price with bi xenon is more than a Daymaker and you will still need to hide a ballast.
 
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Yeah, there is no way you are getting an hid kit with ballast inside the 5 3/4" headlight. The 7" obviously has much more room.
Yeah I have a 7" and it still isn't going to fit. Not gonna drill a hole in the back of my bucket to route the wires through especially since there's no where to hide the ballast and wires like on my sport bike.
 
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Yeah I have a 7" and it still isn't going to fit. Not gonna drill a hole in the back of my bucket to route the wires through especially since there's no where to hide the ballast and wires like on my sport bike.
You can drill it and put a new grommet in it like I did cuz it does fit in there or there is diff buckets you can buy with bigger holes already in it
 
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