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Bigdog_tim
Posted on Monday, May 05, 2008 - 01:40 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
I have an '04 Firebolt. The headlights - well - they suck. The term "dim bulb" comes to mind.

I really didn't realize how bad they were until I added an 1125R to my fleet.

What are others doing? I don't think replacing the bulbs with HID lights would really help - I think the problem is with the reflective coating inside the housing. Thoughts?
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Bombardier
Posted on Monday, May 05, 2008 - 07:22 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
HID WORKS!
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Sparky
Posted on Monday, May 05, 2008 - 09:40 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
I think your best bet is what some are finding works well: new headlight assy's and immediately changing out the halogen and installing HID.

You wouldn't gain anything get your money's worth by putting HIDs in the old degraded reflectors.
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Midknyte
Posted on Monday, May 05, 2008 - 11:06 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Fresh housing + HID
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Bigdog_tim
Posted on Monday, May 05, 2008 - 11:14 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Is there a way to "refresh/recoat" the housing? Or are they just toast?
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Sparky
Posted on Tuesday, May 06, 2008 - 01:55 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Toast is such an undignified term, albeit apropos. Think of them as likely to become ornamental conversation starters if displayed on the coffee table.

Said conversation should include the often told story about how I became an unwitting beta tester for a motorcycle factory's projector-beam headlight development program. And loved it.
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Diablobrian
Posted on Monday, May 12, 2008 - 11:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
There have also been retro-fits of Hella's 90mm (?) high and low beams done with great success.

Steve's Uly-Bolt produced many times more light than my 03 'bolt last homecoming, and he
only had the low beam wired up! When he gets time to finish the mount kit for them I'll be
swapping the stock out for the Hellas.
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