Hi, all im new to this forum but not to retrofitting. I been building headlights for over 3 years now. I just picked up a nice daytona 675 black/gold. Before I even put 20 miles on it, i ripped the headlights apart and went to work. Original lights were one low beam and one high beam projector with silver bezel. So i decided to tare the lights apart and paint everything metalic gold and add morimoto mini projectors so now i will have 2 low beam and 2 high beam. The harness was custom made. I was going to use morimoto ballasts but they were to thick for where i wanted to put them so i used some cheap ass ebay ballasts.
Brackets
painting
test fitting
ballast placement
fitting everything for a nice clean look
Results
Output, i feel really good about the output considering i made the brackets 'eyeballing' and it came out perfect
I was part of another thread and it seemed no one could figure out the right way to do this. So you change both projectors (and they match now I assume) and you just crossed the wires for low beam and high beam to the other sides? Or did it get more complicated than that?
I was part of another thread and it seemed no one could figure out the right way to do this. So you change both projectors (and they match now I assume) and you just crossed the wires for low beam and high beam to the other sides? Or did it get more complicated than that?
I changed out both projectors for 2 bi xenon projectors. I made a harness to run each ballast. Combined the hi beam wires and made a harness. I do this as a business on other forums and eBay so I had all the parts.
Where did you get your harness from and how much did it cost? I tried to make both mine run lo beams when i had mine apart but eventually got frustrated and gave up. I would LOVE to finally finish the project. We need more info on how you did the 2 lows 2 highs. Looks awesome though :thumbup:
Where did you get your harness from and how much did it cost? I tried to make both mine run lo beams when i had mine apart but eventually got frustrated and gave up. I would LOVE to finally finish the project. We need more info on how you did the 2 lows 2 highs. Looks awesome though :thumbup:
Hey guys I apologize Im not trying to hide what I did lol. I pmed to not clutter the thread. I will post pics of the harness soon as I get another one made sense the original is on the bike .
Also the harness in the link is a very very good harness, I swear by that company. For my purposes though of hiding every bit of wire I can I opted to make my own.
How difficult is it to tear apart the factory projectors and headlight housings? Where did the bi-xenon projectors come from?
On another thread we were trying to figure out the differences between the low beam projector and the high beam projector, and whether or not it was the bulb or the projector itself that created the high beam or low beam or vise versa. For all we knew, both the high and low beam projectors could have been identical, and it was the bulb type/position in the housing that created the actual low beam or high beam, even using the same lens.
I never got around to trying to swap projector lenses from high to low and vise versa to see if that was true.
This is something I want to do eventually, but I worry about the power consumption. Our charging systems can barely handle the stock high beam and low beam on at the same time, not to mention the fan too.
Please post up some more pics/how to's/part numbers, etc.
How difficult is it to tear apart the factory projectors and headlight housings? Where did the bi-xenon projectors come from?
On another thread we were trying to figure out the differences between the low beam projector and the high beam projector, and whether or not it was the bulb or the projector itself that created the high beam or low beam or vise versa. For all we knew, both the high and low beam projectors could have been identical, and it was the bulb type/position in the housing that created the actual low beam or high beam, even using the same lens.
I never got around to trying to swap projector lenses from high to low and vise versa to see if that was true.
This is something I want to do eventually, but I worry about the power consumption. Our charging systems can barely handle the stock high beam and low beam on at the same time, not to mention the fan too.
Please post up some more pics/how to's/part numbers, etc.
HI/LO is actualy a projector has nothing to do with the bulb. Bi xenon projectors just have a moving cut off shield so when you hit high beam the cut off shield goes down and lets more light through the projector. Only halogen/reflector style headlights have bulbs that are hi/lo. The headlight compared to all the headlights i ever done was the toughest to tare apart. The good part is if you mess up its easy fix sense a lot gets covered up by the fairing. I havent had a single issue running 2 hid ballast. Both my projectors are on every time i ride. High beams durring the day low beam durring the night. Im building another set of lights and ill post better info durring the build.
i got a set of these projectors pretty cheap about 2 months ago. i put 2 low beam projectors in this spring, but that proved problematic when cornering in the dark. so i'm gonna tear them apart again this winter and put the bi-xenons in.
hopefully i can still reuse my brackets. it looks like you made a new one..?? if so, what did you make it out of? ABS?
Yes its abs i always use it, can stand the heat, easy to work with, used them for 40+ headlight retros. If you notice in the picture my bracket is actually an attachment to the original bracket. Reason i did that was because original bracket didnt have enough space to drill new holes for the new projector, so i made a bracket to hold the new projector and attached my bracket to the original bracket.
Oh also, when starting your bike, do your lights cut out monetarily when you hit the starter switch (like factory), or have you wired them to stay off until the bike starts, or on all the time, even when you hit the starter button? I know there was a mod for the HID people to keep the lights off until the bike started, to preserve the ballasts and bulbs from the quick on/off cycle.
Also, the way you've wired them, are you capable of turning them off entirely?
Although its illegal in most places to run without a headlight, it's nice to have the capability to turn it (them) off in case you have battery or charging system problems. You can turn off the lights during the day in an emergency to get you home before your battery goes dead.
Or, (now I'm really getting carried away), it would be nice to be able to turn one off as well. If you get stuck at night with charging system issues, you can conserve power that way as well (because you only need one light on, unlike a car).
Also, do you have the capability to run both high and low beam at the same time for both lights? I used to be able to do that on my car by holding the stalk right between both settings. Just curious. Looks bright enough where it wouldn't matter.
I saved a template anyway so you can contact me anytime for a set. I will try to use different projectors for my next build just not sure what will fit in there.
just bumping this since i'm finally about to install these.
Cmc, if you are still around the forum, did you ever end up doing a retrofit with the mini d2s 2.0? just wondering if i'm going to run into any issues with mounting that may be different from the original mini H1
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