Luis
Well-known member
Hi all
Some of you have contacted me regarding my HID retrofit that I have been working on lately, It is done and cant be any happier. I retrofitted projectors and LED Angel eyes as DRL's
I bought everything from www.theretrofitsource.com. They are phenomenal!
https://www.theretrofitsource.com/complete-retrofit-kits.html
I have the "motorcycle:stage 2" kit. It comes with H4 harness, H1 projectors (they have a solenoid to do low and high beam), shrouds (I chose mini Gatling gun), 5000k bubs and ballasts. The brand of all this is a well known brand (Morimoto). I also bought 70mm LED halos (Angel Eyes) that go in the outside of the shroud.
The harness and wiring is a bit fiddly and totally doable. I placed the ballasts and Harness under the saddle to free up space in the front. In the Gen I there is a lot of dead space in the tail, by the tail lights, under the saddle. This implies a lot of harness and wiring extensions and soldering...
Here are a few pictures (note that in one picture only one bulb is on (the other one wasn't in yet). It was to show the halo on the other side and the lowbeam and halo on the other side. In reality both Halos are on at all times (when the bike is on) and you can switch the low and high beams on and off.
This is still a mess. The ballasts are tugged in under the metal flaps that hold the pillion saddle. And I have done a lot of cable management. Note all the mesh sleeving!
So this is what is looks like more recently
More recent pictures (note that the ones with the Angel eyes on: They appear not very bright but they are. I use the as DRL since they really stand out!
You can also choose to spray paint your reflectors in black with a high temp paint (Rust oleum for example). I chose not to.
If anyone is interested in some more detail on the how to, just let me know... I would try and post one with more detailed explanation.
Enjoy!
Luis
Some of you have contacted me regarding my HID retrofit that I have been working on lately, It is done and cant be any happier. I retrofitted projectors and LED Angel eyes as DRL's
I bought everything from www.theretrofitsource.com. They are phenomenal!
https://www.theretrofitsource.com/complete-retrofit-kits.html
I have the "motorcycle:stage 2" kit. It comes with H4 harness, H1 projectors (they have a solenoid to do low and high beam), shrouds (I chose mini Gatling gun), 5000k bubs and ballasts. The brand of all this is a well known brand (Morimoto). I also bought 70mm LED halos (Angel Eyes) that go in the outside of the shroud.
The harness and wiring is a bit fiddly and totally doable. I placed the ballasts and Harness under the saddle to free up space in the front. In the Gen I there is a lot of dead space in the tail, by the tail lights, under the saddle. This implies a lot of harness and wiring extensions and soldering...
Here are a few pictures (note that in one picture only one bulb is on (the other one wasn't in yet). It was to show the halo on the other side and the lowbeam and halo on the other side. In reality both Halos are on at all times (when the bike is on) and you can switch the low and high beams on and off.
This is still a mess. The ballasts are tugged in under the metal flaps that hold the pillion saddle. And I have done a lot of cable management. Note all the mesh sleeving!
So this is what is looks like more recently
More recent pictures (note that the ones with the Angel eyes on: They appear not very bright but they are. I use the as DRL since they really stand out!
You can also choose to spray paint your reflectors in black with a high temp paint (Rust oleum for example). I chose not to.
If anyone is interested in some more detail on the how to, just let me know... I would try and post one with more detailed explanation.
Enjoy!
Luis