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RE: HID headlights!!! WOW, Incredible - 4/15/2008 10:34:43 AM

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thats not important mark,Just do the hids!

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RE: HID headlights!!! WOW, Incredible - 4/15/2008 11:55:22 AM

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thats not important mark,Just do the hids!

HAHA.......I HEAR YA BRO BUT I AM TRYING TO GET SOME PLUG AND PLAY KITS DONE. ANOTHER FELLA THAT SELLS HID KITS NEEDS THE NUMBER SO HIS GUY IN CALIFORNIA CAN TRY TO MAKE SOME KITS UP. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR STOCK BULBS TO TELL ME??

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RE: HID headlights!!! WOW, Incredible - 4/15/2008 12:16:02 PM

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Naw they kinda got smashed in the process..when you have to pull them out of the stock housing theres no way to keep them intact.It prolly wouldnt take you but 10 minutes to pull yours out and check it.Sorry i was no help lol

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RE: HID headlights!!! WOW, Incredible - 4/15/2008 4:51:50 PM

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I'm looking at my bulb right now and there are no numbers whatsoever on it.It is a dual filament wedge type bulb but it is pressed into a metal base.

The stock base is a one off for Kawi.There is no plug and play or cross reference bulb out there.

FTR both of my stock bulbs are intact as are the metal bases that go intot the plastic base.The wires to the base of the bulb are cut though.

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RE: HID headlights!!! WOW, Incredible - 4/15/2008 6:15:51 PM

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sorry to get off topic but ALMOST30S are you from greenville, Ms? If so I may need to get some help with my Hid when I get them. whenever that may be

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RE: HID headlights!!! WOW, Incredible - 4/15/2008 7:07:01 PM

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stockstinks i tried to find that digiman guy you bought yours from and i couldn't find him. do you have a limk to his auction or an email address or some thing.

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RE: HID headlights!!! WOW, Incredible - 4/15/2008 8:38:41 PM

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where are yall mounting the ballast? I havent seen where yall have said except one person zipped tied it to the frame. just wondering

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RE: HID headlights!!! WOW, Incredible - 4/15/2008 11:02:16 PM

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quote:

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quote:

ORIGINAL: ALMOST30S

thats not important mark,Just do the hids!

HAHA.......I HEAR YA BRO BUT I AM TRYING TO GET SOME PLUG AND PLAY KITS DONE. ANOTHER FELLA THAT SELLS HID KITS NEEDS THE NUMBER SO HIS GUY IN CALIFORNIA CAN TRY TO MAKE SOME KITS UP. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR STOCK BULBS TO TELL ME??

Mark, I have a brand new set of bulbs here, as I'm going to modify them before removing the ones out of the machine and can go back to stock if needed.

There is no numbers on the bulbs. The housing the bulb is in has the numbers:

TBT
LL

listed on the side...

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RE: HID headlights!!! WOW, Incredible - 4/15/2008 11:21:42 PM

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Brute650i yes im from gville,ms.And i have a set of 35 watt hids for sale that i didnt end up using.It is a brand new kit never been used if anybody is interested.

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RE: HID headlights!!! WOW, Incredible - 4/15/2008 11:23:54 PM

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and i mounted my ballast on top of my belt exhaust snorkel right before it makes the turn to go up thru the black plastic piece inbetween the fender and the steering wheel cover on the right side and on the left side i mounted it on my air intake snorkel the same way.obviously im running the center mount snorkels

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RE: HID headlights!!! WOW, Incredible - 4/16/2008 6:03:05 AM

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ok thanks. Should be easy to mount there because im in the middle of moving my snorkles to the middle. Almost done with them, then im starting on the lights. Thanks.

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RE: HID headlights!!! WOW, Incredible - 4/16/2008 7:21:11 AM

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No problemo

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RE: HID headlights!!! WOW, Incredible - 4/16/2008 10:25:39 AM

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almost30s are they the ones needed to do the conversion with the slim ballast? How much? Im from Rosedale, Ms. I never thought anybody from around me got on here, but I guess I was wrong

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RE: HID headlights!!! WOW, Incredible - 4/16/2008 10:34:59 AM

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Yeah there the slim ballasts but it really doesnt matter because i have the 50 or 55 watt kit on mine and it has the big ballast and they mount in the same location that i would have mounted the other ones.The ballast part isnt the bulb part,its the power pack supply so it doesnt really matter.ill sellthem for 100shipped because thats what i have in them or will install them for you for185 if you bring me your bike.Theres a few other people on here from this area.Do you have any good riding places in rosedale or a bunch of people to ride with?

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RE: HID headlights!!! WOW, Incredible - 4/16/2008 3:29:58 PM

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naw not really im about the only one of my friends that likes to ride alot. they pretty much just ride there stock bikes with 25 inch mud tires around, they all thought i was crazy when i bought my 28 mudzillas and snorkled my bike. when the water aint up i ride on sandbar a pretty good bit but that gets old when you want to find some mud. any good places up there? I need to find some more folks to ride with.

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RE: HID headlights!!! WOW, Incredible - 4/16/2008 4:47:19 PM

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Theres some ok places around here but it gets old riding them time and time again so im always looking for something new.but anyways just pm me if you wana talk about riding because we are cluttering up this hid thread.

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RE: HID headlights!!! WOW, Incredible - 4/16/2008 9:48:55 PM

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when i first plugged in my lights there was a whinning coming from the ballast then stop. is this normal?

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RE: HID headlights!!! WOW, Incredible - 4/16/2008 10:04:39 PM

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never noticed it on mine

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RE: HID headlights!!! WOW, Incredible - 4/16/2008 10:15:19 PM

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Yea, the whining noise is normal.

Cool how many people are having fun with this mod.
Everyone that I know that seen the results want to do it too.

Do it and let us know what you think too!

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RE: HID headlights!!! WOW, Incredible - 4/16/2008 10:24:57 PM

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I THINK ITS AWESOME!

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RE: HID headlights!!! WOW, Incredible - 4/17/2008 12:40:10 AM

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i can't wait to get mine!!!!!!!

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HID 10000k headlights
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and a cooler full of beer!!!!!!!

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RE: HID headlights!!! WOW, Incredible - 4/17/2008 1:29:17 AM

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I'm going to try it in a 650 sra with the h4 bulb hid kit. I'll let you know how it turns out.

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RE: HID headlights!!! WOW, Incredible - 4/17/2008 9:57:00 PM

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ok guys, what color is the low beam and what color is the high beam wires? nobody answered that in this thread, which would be helpful for us that are still going to install....

early in the post, one person said that the low beam is the red w/ yellow wire, then you guys are saying to cut this to have the outside light on when i low....and some said that you wired your HIDs to your low beam wire....

so, does it make sense to wire the HID to the 'hi' wire and then cut the red w/ yellow striped wire to only have the outside lights on in low? Kinda confusing what you guys wrote in here...

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RE: HID headlights!!! WOW, Incredible - 4/18/2008 9:50:12 AM

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ok guys, what color is the low beam and what color is the high beam wires? nobody answered that in this thread, which would be helpful for us that are still going to install....

early in the post, one person said that the low beam is the red w/ yellow wire, then you guys are saying to cut this to have the outside light on when i low....and some said that you wired your HIDs to your low beam wire....

so, does it make sense to wire the HID to the 'hi' wire and then cut the red w/ yellow striped wire to only have the outside lights on in low? Kinda confusing what you guys wrote in here...

Of all the people to ask this again..lol

These HID kits are only one beam.We all hook them up to work on the high beam setting.
Clipping the red yellow stripe wire will leave the smaller outside lights on the low beam setting.They will still light up on the high beam along with the main bulb.

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RE: HID headlights!!! WOW, Incredible - 4/18/2008 10:46:59 AM

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There are three wires going to each bulb. The red/yellow is low beam, black/yellow ground, and the last one is high. I was wondering the same thing and couldnt find it in the post. By the way thanks to Stockstinks and shore for all the help on this thread. The lights are awsome.

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RE: HID headlights!!! WOW, Incredible - 4/18/2008 11:05:36 AM

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Here is all I did:

I pulled the stock harness off the main bulb.There are three wires that go into it.Two are hot when on and one is ground.Find the hot one when the switch is on the high beam setting and plug the HID wires into them.I never clipped any wires I just slipped them together.Its a male female splade plug.I siliconed the wires to hold tight and wrapped them.I then clipped the red w/yellow wire at the headlight harness plug.Viola!!

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RE: HID headlights!!! WOW, Incredible - 4/18/2008 11:21:48 AM

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Yeah Terry, I'm an electrical engineer, so i'm a geek, but also a perfectionist, i figured out what you guys were saying, just wanted the colors, so the first time i pull it, I'm already there...

I looked at the schematic last night in the service manual, so figured it out, realizing that the black wire isn't just black, its black with yellow or white stipe or something....

going to do the mod probably tonight, what I plan on doing, have everything read to go, go out in the road, nothing glued or siliconed in, and rotate around the bulb to get the best beam, then silicon it in....

one question, when you drill out the recepticle, do you put the bulb in from the backside or put the wires through from the inside, do they fit? I didn't even look at the connectors yet on the kit...

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RE: HID headlights!!! WOW, Incredible - 4/18/2008 12:15:27 PM

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That all depends on how much you open the socket up.I pushed mine in from the backside.I left it very tight.You're pretty much just gonna hollow out the socket so it is round inside.The HID bulb barely fits in there and I felt real uncomfortable putting the wires into the socket first and pushing the bulb in backwards.Pushing the base in is far easier.

The small igniter tube on the HID bulb has to be straight down.The only thing you might wanna test is the depth to which you put the HID bulb into the socket.Mine and SS worked great at about 1/4" into the socket.

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RE: HID headlights!!! WOW, Incredible - 4/18/2008 1:45:14 PM

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ok, thanks....

i will check the differences in the depth, if I really get energetic, i'll take pics of the affects of different depths...

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RE: HID headlights!!! WOW, Incredible - 4/18/2008 5:46:43 PM

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I can't wait till I go on a night ride, everyone with a Brute will be asking why my lights are so bright.
My HID's are at least 3x as bright as my bro's 07 750 on high beam.
This is a realy cool mod if you do any night riding.
Plus, IMO it makes it ALOT safer to ride at night

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