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Old May 11, 2010 | 03:44 PM
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Is there such a thing as a 2 bulb HID system? Any suggestion for passing lamp BRIGHT bulbs as well?
 
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Old May 11, 2010 | 06:18 PM
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HD does offer a High Intensity Discharge (HID) Dual Bulb Headlamp Kit.
http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/g...bmLocale=en_US

As for the passing lamps I've heard a lot of good things here about PIAA.
 
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Old May 11, 2010 | 06:37 PM
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I'm pretty sure that system includes a conventional high beam bulb.
 
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Old May 11, 2010 | 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by jberg
I'm pretty sure that system includes a conventional high beam bulb.
Opp's my bad.
 
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Old May 11, 2010 | 08:41 PM
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PIAA H-3 style 35w in passing lts. Color of bulb is 4150K. WAY BRIGHTER than stock.
 
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Old May 11, 2010 | 09:23 PM
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Harley has two systems with dual blubs, one with HID the other with dual halogen blubs.
 
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Old May 11, 2010 | 09:31 PM
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I have the HD HID dual bulb setup and converted the high beam to an H8 HID unit from (DDM?). Very good improvement in long distance range. I did find it very sensitive to vertical adjustment. But the HID high was a nice improvement over the conventional bulb.

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Old May 12, 2010 | 08:51 AM
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Doesn't an HID Hi-beam bulb take a while to heat up before it comes up to full light output. BTW the instructions that can be downloaded from the HD Site list the replacement Hi-beam bulb as being Halogen.
 
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Look here

http://www.squadfitters.com/catalog/...ies/headlights
 
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Old May 12, 2010 | 10:03 AM
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I use the Sylvania Super Bright bulb and it makes a big difference. I also have PIAA ditch lights. They are bright but expensive, I think they were over $400. The ones I have are a flat wide beam, you can see in the ditch almost as good as you can see the road. This is nice for avoiding critters.
 
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