Hello,
so far I've planned on going HID on my 09 FLHX. But the HD solution is $$ in Canada and the high beam is hallogen, not HID like I'd have thought. So, I'm going to look for a H4 HID system.

SO, I thought I'd ask about who has tried HID and HID auxilry. As well what your experience and make manufacturer you tried, or stayed with.

Thanks

 

Ive read Howard @ Motorcycle Metal makes a good kit. My indy shop parts person suggest this one from Drag Specialties....

Harley HID Headlight

Not trying to hijack your thread....but I would like to hear some opinions. Maybe it'll help you too!

Billy G

 

Try these and let us know how it works out.

http://www.futurevisionhid.com/catal...86/category/11

 

If I were you I`d check out "Truck-lite" LED headlights. Last price I saw was $300 for a 7 inch unit.

 

I will look into you guys suggestions. I'm more interested in bulb & ballast as it would be simple to install. I've found some HID aux lights, but mounting wil be a bit of a fun one. I'm not worried about relays and such, just don't want to make it look like a clown bike.

 

I have the Harley HID kit and don't recommend it. As you say it is expensive, but it also gives poor performance, although it is good as a daytime light.

There is a good reason for it having a halogen high beam, which is that HID lights take some time to warm up so are not suitable. The only way an HID lamp can be used for high is with some sort of moving parts in the lamp, so the bulb stays lit all the time.

The Drag Specialties kit looks good value, although I like the space-age style of the Future Vision Philips! However it is described amongst other things as having:

"Super sharp cut-off on the low beam reduces glare significantly over standard reflector based headlights. The built in Bi-Xenon Projector extends the light super far when required while mantaining a flood of light directly in front of the vehicle."

The sharp cutoff of my Harley lamp is a disadvantage. The light is so intense it is like looking out under a black velvet curtain, however it does not have a high beam worthy of the name, so is useless on dark roads. At least the Philips claims to be better.

 

XenonLink.com HID Conversion Kit. H4 Bi-Xenon 6000K Automobile HID Kit . this what i used and love them https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...-pictures.html

 

There are some excellent links here! This thread will soon deserve a Sticky!

 

Dude,

Got the HID and love it!! When you pull behind people in the day and they flip their rearview down, its a good day cause I know they see me.

Jim

 

After some very in depth research, I am waiting on my
HID conversion. Converting my Dual Bulb halogen to a
low beam HID (converting H11 from 55w to 35w). Do
your homework and check out ddmtuning. I'll post
results after install.

Jim