Brighter headlight!?
Road Captain
Joined: May 2012
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From: Bel Air, MD
if you want the best bang for the buck, i highly suggest the E-code Hella headlamp. susquehanna motorsports in fleetwood, pa. sells them and they're around 60 bucks. they're for the european market and they claim a 400% increase. they do not produce 4x the light your stock light does. what they do is focus the light properly. there is a distinct cut off so they do not illuminate overhead signs and there is no beam splashing across into oncoming traffic. most of the beam goes right down your lane and a little bit off to the right so you can spot critters at night. i've been using them for years, and they're not like the plastic harley stock headlight buckets. they're real glass and have far superior optics. i now have a roadglide ultra and they have a goofy non conventional shape so i can't replace them with the hella's. but i have a pair of 5-3/4" on my rocket III triumph. they use a h-4 bulb of your choice and they are clearly much brighter than the stock headlights. the electraglides all use the 7" housing. they're a 5 minute swap out if you're extremely slow like me. one screw at the bottom for the chrome ring. three screws inside for the retaining ring, one connector to unplug from the old housing and plug into the new light. cheap and easy, what more could you want?
Tourer
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 300
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From: South Carolina
Got arround to installing my e-code Hella reflector this evening but broke my 70/65w bulb removing it from the stock Harley reflector. It was tight installing the plug and was tight comming off and broke one of the prongs loose from the bulb. So I had to use the stock Harley bulb and after a little adjustment it's plenty bright. Much better beam pattern than a LED.
Billy
Billy
Ultimate HDF Member
Joined: Aug 2008
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From: eastern oklahoma
2Ropes, you adjust the beam of the hella E-code headlamp just like the stock headlight. if on a streetglide or single headlight application, electraglide etc, there's one screw which adjusts your right to left centering of the beam and there's another screw to adjust the height of your beam. your owner's manual should cover that, or you could just ask someone who has a single headlight harley. it's quite easy and the adjustment screws are in the chrome trim ring surrounding the headlight. you have access to the two adjustment screws from the front of the bike. you don't need to remove the chrome trim ring, but it's only one screw and when you see how the adjustments are made it'll make sense to you.
Road Captain
Joined: May 2012
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From: Bel Air, MD
Thanks, I have the manual so I'll check it out. Just got the light yesterday and currently have my front apart putting forks and new bars on so it will go in when everything goes back together.
Cruiser
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 153
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From: Ventura Co.
Let me tell you that the HD LED headlight throws much more light out on low beam. My neighbor got the Trucklite phase 7 and we both put our bike on the street side by side last night. My HD light literally washed his light out on Low beam. I mean he turned his on and then mine and all I could see on low beam was mine. High beam, the Trucklite (TL) does shine brighter no doubt. The only thing I didn't like with the TL is that is has a weird "V" reflection for the heatsink or reflector.
Road Master
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 959
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From: Oswego, IL
You need to watch which Hella reflector you get. The E-code is ment for motorcycles and is dot legal. It does not have the aiming points (for a commercial headlight aiming tool to attach to). The face is almost flat and the light pattern is evenly across the road and has a bump in the light pattern that lights up the right hand side shoulder / ditch better.
Hella part number 002395991
Hella part number 002395991
Last edited by Tinman265; Apr 10, 2013 at 09:35 AM.
