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All thanks to member 'Gozilla' and his post about Bi-Xenon H4 & H7 HID projectors and for selling his extra H4 & H7 projectors, I deceided to tackle this project this weekend. http://www.600riders.com/forum/fz6-mods/14963-bi-xenon-projector-angel-eye-installed.html
This is probably the biggest electrical mod I've undertaken and the task seemed daunting at first. My biggest concern was finding physical space for mounting two sets of controller units and two ballasts in the front fairings...along with my already mounted Stebel Horn, POD light and LED blinker wiringin and relays. So after thinking about it for several weeks now, I said "screw it" and just dove in and went for it. The attitude I take when doing a mod is that I'm going to do it and make it work; period. Any issues I run into along the way are just problems that can be solved.
Removing and taking apart the front assembly/headlights wasn't that bad and thank god I put quick disconnects on all the previous wiring mods I've done!
Next to finding space to mount stuff, the whole "headlights in the oven" thing freaked me out the most, but as it turns out, it was really an easy process.
200 deg for 20 minutes and the lens covers pulled right off!
Once the lenses were off, I fully committed myself to doing this mod by painting my reflectors black. I like the look of HID projectors with a black background. Since these projectors still need the reflectors for mounting and you can't remove them, I deceided to paint them black (the porjectors don't use the reflectors).
After the paint dried overnight, I installed the projector housings into the reflectors.
Using the supplied lens sealant, I re-attached the lenses.
Then I re-assembled the headlights back into the front faring. This made it quite easy to work on and to figure out where to place and attach everything in the kit.
Welcome to my nightmare!
Right side (H4)
Left Side (H7) - VERY crowded with having the Steble horn here too, but I did manage to get everything in place. Needless to say, but the left side is now full up!
I mounted the ballasts using industrial Velcro with adhesive backing. This way it holds them secure, but i can remove them easily if I need to replace them.
I managed to get the entire front assembly back on and bolted onto the bike last night and completed most of the wiring on the right side (the easy side). I'm taking my time with this mod as there is a fair amount of wiring to do and at the same time I am re-working and cleaning up some of my other wiring from my POD lights/switch and horn wiring. i figure another few evenings and I hope to be done and rinding again by Thursday.
The nice thing about this retro fit HID kit, is that you can use the exisiting headlight aiming adjustments for moving and aiming the new projectors since they are mounted into the adjustable reflectors!
I will keep you posted on my progress. Mod time so far - 5 hours.
This is probably the biggest electrical mod I've undertaken and the task seemed daunting at first. My biggest concern was finding physical space for mounting two sets of controller units and two ballasts in the front fairings...along with my already mounted Stebel Horn, POD light and LED blinker wiringin and relays. So after thinking about it for several weeks now, I said "screw it" and just dove in and went for it. The attitude I take when doing a mod is that I'm going to do it and make it work; period. Any issues I run into along the way are just problems that can be solved.
Removing and taking apart the front assembly/headlights wasn't that bad and thank god I put quick disconnects on all the previous wiring mods I've done!
Next to finding space to mount stuff, the whole "headlights in the oven" thing freaked me out the most, but as it turns out, it was really an easy process.
200 deg for 20 minutes and the lens covers pulled right off!
Once the lenses were off, I fully committed myself to doing this mod by painting my reflectors black. I like the look of HID projectors with a black background. Since these projectors still need the reflectors for mounting and you can't remove them, I deceided to paint them black (the porjectors don't use the reflectors).
After the paint dried overnight, I installed the projector housings into the reflectors.
Using the supplied lens sealant, I re-attached the lenses.
Then I re-assembled the headlights back into the front faring. This made it quite easy to work on and to figure out where to place and attach everything in the kit.
Welcome to my nightmare!
Right side (H4)
Left Side (H7) - VERY crowded with having the Steble horn here too, but I did manage to get everything in place. Needless to say, but the left side is now full up!
I mounted the ballasts using industrial Velcro with adhesive backing. This way it holds them secure, but i can remove them easily if I need to replace them.
I managed to get the entire front assembly back on and bolted onto the bike last night and completed most of the wiring on the right side (the easy side). I'm taking my time with this mod as there is a fair amount of wiring to do and at the same time I am re-working and cleaning up some of my other wiring from my POD lights/switch and horn wiring. i figure another few evenings and I hope to be done and rinding again by Thursday.
The nice thing about this retro fit HID kit, is that you can use the exisiting headlight aiming adjustments for moving and aiming the new projectors since they are mounted into the adjustable reflectors!
I will keep you posted on my progress. Mod time so far - 5 hours.
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