| Author | Message | ||
     Natron |
I've got the order placed for the HID kit, and was wondering how some of you have wired the kit up. My thought is to run the HIDs through a Centech AP-1 fuse panel, with an ignition relay for the fuse panel, and switched relays to control high-low beams. This way the HIDs are fused, and I would already have the install done with the fuse panel for future additions. Has anyone else done something similar? Also, did anyone with HIDs figure out a solution to the headlight cutoff and reignite during ignition? Is this even a real problem? | ||
| Midnightrider |
I hard wired the low beam and high beams separately, each with own relay, drawing main power directly from a fused battery lead but powering the relay from a switched (aux circuit) source. I totally avoided the main wiring harness and the OEM headlight switch. Each lamp ( hi and low) runs off its own toggle switch that I mounted inside the handguards/deflectors. I don't switch on the lamp until after I've started the engine and it also lets me run both hi and low simultaneously when I want to (like during the daytime) So far I'm pretty happy with the set up. The HIDs throw so much light at night I keep thinking there's someone right behind me | ||
| Reepicheep |
I think the reignite problem is worth preventing. Either use a relay delay (I posted schematics here) or just trigger the HID relay off the high beam and do it yourself whenever you start the bike. You can get delay relays on ebay cheap also. | ||
| Reepicheep |
Ehhh, what the heck. Natron, send me a PM with a shipping address. I can't promise how quick I can get it, but I can probably whip one together for you in the next week or two. |
