It's an all glass replacement housing with MUCH better optics than the factory part, and yes it takes H4 bulbs. The focus of the light is very impressive! It bolts directly in with no modifications.

 

The Hella housing is optically well designed, it's a nice upgrade for the money.
The modern method of lighting designations is fairly simple, it's based on color temperature. Nothing to do with the actual heat, rather the perceived color of a standard substance (black body radiator) if it were heated to a certain temperature. Kelvin is just Celsius starting from absolute zero.
Different color temps don't really change the light output (brightness, lumens, candlepower), even though it may appear that way, a light meter says otherwise.
Brand X 5000K will likely look different than brand Y 5000K.
Sunlight at high noon on the equator is generally regarded at about 6500K, where a 6500K HID bulb appears more blue than that. Put it next to a 20,000K bulb and it will appear very yellow.
As far as a Harley headlight, good optics and proper focus works wonders.
A Hella housing with about 80 watts of 5000K should burn the paint off a cages trunk.
Captsluggo

 

Did you do the install yourself? Do you have the Aux Lamps also? If you did it yourself, was the install difficult? Where did you put the ballast?

Thanks

 

I may give these a look. What have you found for driving lights. I am wanting to do it all at once and have it all matching if possible…

 

Whatever it is, just put an E-code Hella lens, ceramic plug, and a 100/90 watt Osram bulb in it. End of story, you can do the whole thing for less than $100 but i'll bet no one even knows what i'm talking about.

 

Wow, 100/90 watt!! Would a relay need to installed? How would that work with the starter circuit?

I have thought about finding a Phillips X-treme bulb, I am just holding out until I can find a replacement for the Aux Lamps. It is proving difficult to find a comparable bulb with the right connection.

 

this is not an option if you have a road glide, only bat wings fairings and road kings

 

Just what I was thinking....I am following all these lighting threads and there are a lot of great links with some great ideas, just not for the roadglide

 

Really? RG dual headlight units are simply smaller than the other Glides, but they are still standard headlamps surely? How about these?

 

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