Originally Posted by Morris9982

I put the dual element HD halogen bulb/housing (67864-04A) on my bike and feel it did improve the lighting.

I would have put the HD HID kit on but it was a lot more expensive and required more wiring changes that I was willing to perform.

As you stated, from what I have read a lot of aftermarket HID kits use the original light housing and they are not designed for use with HID bulbs and do put out a light pattern that is inappropriate for those bulbs. I understand that they tend to put light in oncoming drivers faces more than they should. Putting a new housing along with the HID bulbs as the HD kit does should eliminate that problem. But, doing that costs a lot more.

I would consider using the new HD LED bulb if I was looking for a replacement for the stock set up because it seems to do a better job of illuminating the road and it is a simple plug and play installation.

Originally Posted by grbrown

I have an H-D HID kit on my 1990 Glide. I don't recommend it. It has a very wide low beam, which is a great daytime light, but an utterly useless high beam. Only low is HID and I have wired it so it stays on all the time. It also is poor for night driving, because the cut-off is rather like a black velver curtain. I can see nothing above the very brightly lit beam pattern! IMHO you should go with one of the other suggestions.