| Author | Message | ||
     Hangetsu |
I know a lot of you have installed HIDs at this point. I just installed DDM HIDs in both beams. A pretty seamless install, but I was curious if anyone has had any failures due to vibration or water seeping in through the rear seal. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Never had any problems with mine. | ||
| Mikef5000 |
Not me! | ||
| Fordrox |
no problems with mine either. | ||
| Hangetsu |
Good to hear. I haven't done the mod to keep both lights burning yet, but I put a 35 watt bulb in the low beam and a 55 in the high. I'm looking forward to nightfall. | ||
| Ronmold |
You'd better do that mod before you ride tonight or you'll be cruising in the dark for a few seconds whilst the H beam ignites! Make sure you'er on a straight road or the moon is full.  | ||
| Hangetsu |
Yep. i noticed that. I'll do the mod when I can get to it. For now, I do have a pare of PIAA driving lights that do a good job of covering me during that interval. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
You could always patch the low beam relay into the accessory plug like I did. That way it's always on. | ||
| Froggy |
Which isn't wise on a 2008+ model because the ECM controls the accessory plug. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
And........ | ||
| Rwven |
And....if you overload your charging circuit by running a set of fog lights, and the fan and your GPS etc, or if your charging system fails....your headlight will immediately go out. Generally this will only happen at idle, but having it happen at speed, at night due to a charging system failure may prove hazardous. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
A relay draws virtually NO power off the accessory plug. Reread my original post. He should be running a hard line back to the battery to run the HIDs anyway. | ||
| Froggy |
And if you happen to hit the engine kill switch on a steep hill at 50mph at night, you will have a hard time seeing the road. | ||
| Froggy |
Doesn't matter where the power is coming from. If the voltage drops for any reason, its lights out when the ECM turns the relay off. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
That's be yer own damn fault. Besides, I'm running both High and Low at night with the high relay running off the high beam bulb socket. | ||
| Mnrider |
No problems with my DDM HIDs. I have the high beam mod and it takes a few seconds for the high beam to warm up but after its been on and you hit low beam for a car and turn it back on its bright right away. | ||
| Hangetsu |
I'll likely do the low beam - running light wire switch some time soon. This seems to be the most popular mod to keep both lights running. I do have a concern/question though. The low beam circuit is intended to keep a 55W bulb running, whereas the yellow running light draws obviously far less current. Are these two circuits identical in their ability to deliver power? Or is there a chance of overloading something by running the low beam off the running light circuit? | ||
| Froggy |
Both wires are of the same gauge and rating, so the answer is no.  | ||
| Hangetsu |
Thanks |
