So heres the deal. I bought a used headlight housing on ebay for my Daytona to do a projection retrofit, and it show up today. After about an hour and a half its all apart. I've never really noticed before, but there is a fairly large piece of silver trim in the housing, as well as two small chrome pieces (see pics below) Obviously the buckets will be painted black, but I'm toying with the idea of painting these pieces a different color. I would probably paint the eye lids and trim around the center marker light the same color. Opinions? Leave it silver, paint it black, or red, or what?
Dude! Please tell me what set up are you running and whether or not you're liking it?
I'm assuming your Daytona is 13-16? I got projectors from KTMotorcycle and... I'm not happy with them. First of all, not NEARLY as bright as advertised (only slightly brighter than stock) and to top it off, it wasn't exactly a perfect fit for my bike. I can't turn the screws any further to angle the lights up, but my headlights still point too far down - with low beam on, it only illuminates 5 feet in front of me, and high beam on BARELY illuminates as much as a stock low beam would.
More over, I notice the bike (not headlights) runs a lot hotter with HIDs on, which isn't a big issue now while it's still relatively cool, but I live in Vegas and do not want it to be an issue in 100+ degree weather in the summer.
Which projectors did you get? Are they bright enough (brighter than stock)? Are they level enough to be usable while riding at night? i.e. is the low beam high enough to illuminate more than 5 feet in front of you? Does it make your bike run a lot hotter?
Any help appreciated. I'm so tired of messing with my headlights and always having something go wrong.
My bike is white, so idk. I don't doubt the black will look good, but I'd like it to stand out. I'm kinda thinking red. I supposed I could just paint it, toss it together and see how it looks. You know, don't silicon the housing back together until I figure out what looks the best. Anyone else have any opinions? I know its my bike and I should do what makes me happy, but for whatever reason, I'm having a hard time picturing it.
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