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Hangetsu
| Posted on Saturday, July 24, 2010 - 05:41 pm: |
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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
| Posted on Saturday, July 24, 2010 - 06:19 pm: |
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Never had any problems with mine. |
Mikef5000
| Posted on Saturday, July 24, 2010 - 06:44 pm: |
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Not me! |
Fordrox
| Posted on Saturday, July 24, 2010 - 07:11 pm: |
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no problems with mine either. |
Hangetsu
| Posted on Saturday, July 24, 2010 - 07:55 pm: |
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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
| Posted on Saturday, July 24, 2010 - 08:42 pm: |
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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
| Posted on Sunday, July 25, 2010 - 11:58 am: |
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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
| Posted on Sunday, July 25, 2010 - 02:36 pm: |
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You could always patch the low beam relay into the accessory plug like I did. That way it's always on. |
Froggy
| Posted on Sunday, July 25, 2010 - 03:00 pm: |
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Which isn't wise on a 2008+ model because the ECM controls the accessory plug. |
Ft_bstrd
| Posted on Sunday, July 25, 2010 - 05:42 pm: |
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And........ |
Rwven
| Posted on Sunday, July 25, 2010 - 05:57 pm: |
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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
| Posted on Sunday, July 25, 2010 - 06:03 pm: |
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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
| Posted on Sunday, July 25, 2010 - 06:04 pm: |
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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
| Posted on Sunday, July 25, 2010 - 06:07 pm: |
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quote:A relay draws virtually NO power off the accessory plug.
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
| Posted on Sunday, July 25, 2010 - 06:08 pm: |
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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
| Posted on Monday, July 26, 2010 - 01:11 am: |
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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
| Posted on Monday, July 26, 2010 - 02:32 pm: |
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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
| Posted on Monday, July 26, 2010 - 02:38 pm: |
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Both wires are of the same gauge and rating, so the answer is no. |
Hangetsu
| Posted on Monday, July 26, 2010 - 02:52 pm: |
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Thanks |