Jonno271
Junior Member
Now that the mornings are getting lighter and the nights are drawing out, it's made me realise just how bl00dy dark some parts of my daily commute were back in the depths of winter. At the time I decided to do BD-43's headlight mod which improved my vision significantly but as we all know, even after the mod, the standard lights aren't great and full beam is complete pap!...
So I've been reading every headlight related thread on the site and have come up with another mod that is essentially a combination of others, those mainly being BD-43's and cashcrrzy's. I'd love to go down the HID projector route but it's a little expensive and I don't fancy all the work involved, so...
How about an HID (bulb only) conversion using two H4's wired up for dual low and dual high beam with low beam staying on with high giving mega lumens!? I know some of you don't like the idae of HID bulbs in the standard reflectors because the light gets so scattered but I'm sure with some adjustment and possibly a headlight "eyebrow" mod it can be reigned in...
OK so initial issues...
1. An H4 won't fit in an H7 hole without modding the bulb like cashcrrzy did here Yamaha FZ6 Forums - International FZ6 Motorcycle Community Forum - cashcrzzy's Album: True Head Lamp Modification.
2. How many amps is that lot gonna draw throught the standard wiring loom with all 4 filements illuminated?
3. BD-43's mod switches off the H4 low beam when hi beam is selected.
1+2 were my main concerns but having just had an interesting chat with a guy at midnightstyling he came up with a solution. Apparently the HID bulbs in their kits all use the same base, then a bulb specific, i.e- H4 or H7 adapter is clipped on the bottom. As I write this, he is checking to see if, and he believes it will, an H7 adapter will fit an H4 bulb! If so, problem sorted, an H4 with an H7 fitting!...
As for power/current draw, all their kits use a relay harness wired directly to the battery so all the standard wiring loom on the bike has to do is close the relay, we're talking milliwatts here!...
As for point 3 well I think Kazza had the right idea. Instead of the usual mod she just bridged the low beam contact between the two headlights meaning low beam stays on even when high is selected. The same principal can be used for the high beam, bridging the two together so both headlights go high. This of course will all be done to the standard loom, before it connects to the ballast as the loom will only be supplying a signal telling the ballast which filament to illuminate and the power will be coming directly from the battery!...
well I'm excited and can't wait to hear back from midnight styling. If the gen on the bulbs is good then I'm gonna go for it. The kit should cost approx £80 with 6000k bulbs (which are rated at nearly 3000 lumens, twice that of my Philips Xtreme visions) and slimline ballasts. Here's hoping!!!
So I've been reading every headlight related thread on the site and have come up with another mod that is essentially a combination of others, those mainly being BD-43's and cashcrrzy's. I'd love to go down the HID projector route but it's a little expensive and I don't fancy all the work involved, so...
How about an HID (bulb only) conversion using two H4's wired up for dual low and dual high beam with low beam staying on with high giving mega lumens!? I know some of you don't like the idae of HID bulbs in the standard reflectors because the light gets so scattered but I'm sure with some adjustment and possibly a headlight "eyebrow" mod it can be reigned in...
OK so initial issues...
1. An H4 won't fit in an H7 hole without modding the bulb like cashcrrzy did here Yamaha FZ6 Forums - International FZ6 Motorcycle Community Forum - cashcrzzy's Album: True Head Lamp Modification.
2. How many amps is that lot gonna draw throught the standard wiring loom with all 4 filements illuminated?
3. BD-43's mod switches off the H4 low beam when hi beam is selected.
1+2 were my main concerns but having just had an interesting chat with a guy at midnightstyling he came up with a solution. Apparently the HID bulbs in their kits all use the same base, then a bulb specific, i.e- H4 or H7 adapter is clipped on the bottom. As I write this, he is checking to see if, and he believes it will, an H7 adapter will fit an H4 bulb! If so, problem sorted, an H4 with an H7 fitting!...
As for power/current draw, all their kits use a relay harness wired directly to the battery so all the standard wiring loom on the bike has to do is close the relay, we're talking milliwatts here!...
As for point 3 well I think Kazza had the right idea. Instead of the usual mod she just bridged the low beam contact between the two headlights meaning low beam stays on even when high is selected. The same principal can be used for the high beam, bridging the two together so both headlights go high. This of course will all be done to the standard loom, before it connects to the ballast as the loom will only be supplying a signal telling the ballast which filament to illuminate and the power will be coming directly from the battery!...
well I'm excited and can't wait to hear back from midnight styling. If the gen on the bulbs is good then I'm gonna go for it. The kit should cost approx £80 with 6000k bulbs (which are rated at nearly 3000 lumens, twice that of my Philips Xtreme visions) and slimline ballasts. Here's hoping!!!
