Hello All.
I am posting on how i am doing my H4 HID conversion on my blue '08 675.
Check out the following threads, and post questions and/or concerns.
Yes, there will be pictures. I knew i would get hell from all of you if i wouldn't have taken any.
Intro:
I am doing this, since after months of searching and posting on this forum and more searching, and then some more searching, i was still slightly unsure on how to do this. I did learn one thing, i REALLY wanted to do the conversion.
Firts off, after 6 months of owning the bike, i accidentally realized that my headlight, (the low beam) was not producing sufficent light. i was out riding with friends at night, and when we were stoped to BS, everyone had shut off their lights, and i was the last to do so, when i realizd that my headlight was not bright enought to be used at all. The light was on, just not enough light output. I was left to run with my high beam on ALL the time. Lucky enough, this was not bothersome to my friend's mirrors.
Upon further investigation, i found out that the chrome inside the housing had worn off, and had bare metal, which was not reflective enough to have usable light output. After i moved up north, i finally took the bike in to the dealership, to get a warranty claim on it. So, now i had a brand new headlight assembly courtesy of Triumph, and a working set of headlights. No matter what, i was determined to get a set of HIDS, more sepcifically, since i like to be seen, and have had a few close calls to where people decide that its a good idea to pull out in front of motorcycles. (this was a bigger problem in Florida, where you have old senile folks who can barely see over their steering wheels and drive cadiliacs and buicks). Yes, i also realize that having a set of HIDs is annoying to other people (my wife HATES anyone that has them) but i would rather be annoying and be seen, than to be not noticed with a wrecked bike. Plus, it kind of bothered me that during low beam, only one side lights up, and i wanted both sides on at the same time. It looks a bit more symetrical.
The biggest hurdle was to separate the headlight. I was absolutley afraid to just put the brand new headlight in the oven, so i found one on e-bay that came off a wrecked bike. Not really usable, but i just wanted something to play with. It had de-chromed housings, cracked lens, and water residues...
Once i got enough nerve to touch the new headlight, i finnally split it. pulled out all the parts and admired it......
Since the spare bell housings from the projectors were not usable, i bought a cheap H4 Bulb, used a lathe at my job, and figured out how to attach the HID bulb to the housing since the 675's use an H7 and H9 bulb. here is where i realized that i will probably have to re-chrome the housiongs, and had a chrome shop out of Illinois on stand by.
When i finally got my new H4 HIDS from DDM, i realized that i would need to have a different plan of attack. Stay tuned for the next posts to see how the mod went.
Martin (aka Buzz122)
I am posting on how i am doing my H4 HID conversion on my blue '08 675.
Check out the following threads, and post questions and/or concerns.
Yes, there will be pictures. I knew i would get hell from all of you if i wouldn't have taken any.
Intro:
I am doing this, since after months of searching and posting on this forum and more searching, and then some more searching, i was still slightly unsure on how to do this. I did learn one thing, i REALLY wanted to do the conversion.
Firts off, after 6 months of owning the bike, i accidentally realized that my headlight, (the low beam) was not producing sufficent light. i was out riding with friends at night, and when we were stoped to BS, everyone had shut off their lights, and i was the last to do so, when i realizd that my headlight was not bright enought to be used at all. The light was on, just not enough light output. I was left to run with my high beam on ALL the time. Lucky enough, this was not bothersome to my friend's mirrors.
Upon further investigation, i found out that the chrome inside the housing had worn off, and had bare metal, which was not reflective enough to have usable light output. After i moved up north, i finally took the bike in to the dealership, to get a warranty claim on it. So, now i had a brand new headlight assembly courtesy of Triumph, and a working set of headlights. No matter what, i was determined to get a set of HIDS, more sepcifically, since i like to be seen, and have had a few close calls to where people decide that its a good idea to pull out in front of motorcycles. (this was a bigger problem in Florida, where you have old senile folks who can barely see over their steering wheels and drive cadiliacs and buicks). Yes, i also realize that having a set of HIDs is annoying to other people (my wife HATES anyone that has them) but i would rather be annoying and be seen, than to be not noticed with a wrecked bike. Plus, it kind of bothered me that during low beam, only one side lights up, and i wanted both sides on at the same time. It looks a bit more symetrical.
The biggest hurdle was to separate the headlight. I was absolutley afraid to just put the brand new headlight in the oven, so i found one on e-bay that came off a wrecked bike. Not really usable, but i just wanted something to play with. It had de-chromed housings, cracked lens, and water residues...
Once i got enough nerve to touch the new headlight, i finnally split it. pulled out all the parts and admired it......
Since the spare bell housings from the projectors were not usable, i bought a cheap H4 Bulb, used a lathe at my job, and figured out how to attach the HID bulb to the housing since the 675's use an H7 and H9 bulb. here is where i realized that i will probably have to re-chrome the housiongs, and had a chrome shop out of Illinois on stand by.
When i finally got my new H4 HIDS from DDM, i realized that i would need to have a different plan of attack. Stay tuned for the next posts to see how the mod went.
Martin (aka Buzz122)