Cheap upgrade for low beam riding?

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Aug 14, 2013 | 09:33 AM

#31

Hogpro

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Silverstars burn out too quick. Anything with higher voltage than stock has a tendency to melt the connectors. Get a couple of HID's on ebay for $32 and use one of them. On a RK you can put the ballast under the fork tins. I run a single beam (no high beam) 35W h4 6000K on two of my bikes and they work very well, plus I'm not paying $700 for a headlight. Get the slim ballast version. It is plug and play although depending on how and where you mount the ballast you might need to change a few things. I don't recommend putting the ballast in the headlight as I did that on my softail and the ballast died from all the vibration.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/35W-HID-XENO...cd95d0&vxp=mtr

Aug 14, 2013 | 11:09 AM

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frito1

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Originally Posted by Hogpro

Silverstars burn out too quick.

Odd, I bought two in ~75K miles, the second one was still on the bike (FLHT) and working when it was sold. I can't complain about that level of durability.

Aug 15, 2013 | 04:26 AM

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BadX

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From: Maiden, NC

Silverstar...nothing like Daymakers or Trucklite but much better than stock and a lot cheaper.

Aug 15, 2013 | 06:10 AM

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HID all the way. Have them in all my cars (stock). They were the modern upgrade in the auto industry and they last forever and put out incredible light. Cheap these days too.

I like that they start up "dimmish" and slowly build until bam! Bright-*** light engaged!

Kinda like, ready, start, run....and...we....now...have.... TURBO MODE! Tada!!!

I just think it looks cool.

lp

Aug 15, 2013 | 06:47 AM

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HDV-GLIDE

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Originally Posted by lp

I just think it looks cool.

lp

HID is great lighting but the vibrations on a MC usually play havoc on the ballast unit unless you buy one designed for MC use...I had one and it happened to me twice where my lights would cut off and then come back on. Not a safe thing at night...Plus if you go HID, get rid of the stock plastic headlight bucket that diffuses the light all over the place. If you want to try a kit out, I have another one that was working when I removed it, $50 and I'll ship it to you. PM for details.....