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Gonna put in HID's on the ZX

  • 22-11-2012 2:32pm
    #1
    Please Kill Me
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    I'm gonna start ordering the bits and pieces to rebuild my bike over the next couple of weeks, and I thought seeing as I have to get a new headlight anyway, I may as well lash a HID unit into it. Anybody any experience of these?

    This is what it will look like in the ZX headlight:

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  • #2
    Wossack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,026 ✭✭✭Wossack


    wouldnt be a fan of the angel eyes personally, but the light is supposed to be great from the (proper) HID stuff - both quantity and quality of it


  • #3
    two wheels good
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,996 ✭✭✭two wheels good


    Please, please focus them properly - with the rider onboard. .


  • #4
    Hotblack Desiato
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    AFAIK it's impossible to get a normal bulb's reflector to focus properly with HIDs as a bulb is a much smaller light source.

    Scrap the cap!



  • #5
    Please Kill Me
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    Wossack wrote: »
    wouldnt be a fan of the angel eyes personally, but the light is supposed to be great from the (proper) HID stuff - both quantity and quality of it

    Not mad about the angel eyes meself but it's more for the proper HID's TBH.
    two wheels good wrote: »
    Please, please focus them properly - with the rider onboard. .

    When I got the bike initially, the previous rider must have been Dani Pedrosa cos the lights were WAY up and blinding everyone I met. It took a while, but I got the alignment right in time. I'll be doing the same.
    ninja900 wrote: »
    AFAIK it's impossible to get a normal bulb's reflector to focus properly with HIDs as a bulb is a much smaller light source.

    You're probably right, but as above, I'll just have to "shine them down and to the left" so as to not blind everyone.


  • #6
    two wheels good
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    ninja900 wrote: »
    AFAIK it's impossible to get a normal bulb's reflector to focus properly with HIDs as a bulb is a much smaller light source.
    Oh, right. Well point or aim - whatever is the right term.
    Can the garage headlight focus machine still be used?


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  • #7
    honeybadger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 869 ✭✭✭honeybadger


    had these on a blade before,,good mod to do and dont have to worry about the reflector scattering light al over the place as the projector lense sorts that out,,op are you getting them with the hi lo


  • #8
    Please Kill Me
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    honeybadger wrote: »
    had these on a blade before,,good mod to do and dont have to worry about the reflector scattering light al over the place as the projector lense sorts that out,,op are you getting them with the hi lo

    Nice one, thanks for that.

    As for the hi lo, AFAIK it's standard. I guess I'll find out when it's on. LOL


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