I should receive my new HID light tomorrow and wanted to know if anyone has installed one from www.hidstore.com? They are currently on sale for 199. If someone has put one in and could tell me the proper wiring that could save me some time or tips on modifying the housing, etc. I would appreciate it. I looked in the archives but no such luck.

Thanks

 

Ive never seen one. Show some pictures when its done

 

I just received my 3.5" HID lights.... to mount them in the stock locations.
I have to do some modifications... but they'll look like stock when done.
Until you turn them on!!! heheheh

Also... I removed my stock center light to replace it with a 8" round Hella HID.
I broke the lense on the original, and I don't think the stock lense would work too well with an HID bulb.
It seems like it's too fluted and will ruin any light it's emitting. (just my .02)

The little 3.5" lights are really bright. And look perfect!
You should go that route too!

 

Johnny, how much did it cost? where did you get it from? and do you have any pictures?

 

No pictures yet.... it's still apart.

The HIDs came from HIDstore.com
Look them up as they're for the buggy, quad...etc.

I think I paid like $600 for the two 3.5" and $500 for the 8" Hella HID

Not to bad considering I paid Baja Designs for two 8" HIDs for $1500 with a mount.

This way, it's not so expensive and more like stock. Except tha fact I have a round main light instead of a stocker.

I'll get pictures once it's all in.

 

Check out www.trailtech.net on their new HID lights

 

I put the same set on my baja (from the HIDstore)about a month ago..
It took a little modification to the aluminum housings,but most people think there stock until you fire them up..talk about bright!!!
I was able to use most of the stock wiring,but you have to upgrade the fuse.They draw less juice when running,but the startup pulls more then the stock fuse can handle.

Jeff

 

Johnny,
Hurry up and install your lights so you can post the pics! I'm know I don't want to spend the extra bucks on more lights and really like the idea of appearing completly stock until your flick the switch to do some night riding and your buddies wonder what the F^&K you did. Good fun but I also can't imagine what other people will think when you come over the dune with your lights on. It sounds like you might need to ride with shades on :-)

 

I run a pair of HID lamps in my 400EX stock headlight assembly. I got mine used out of a BMW.

Hooking them up is simple - basically you have a 12v and a gnd wire coming from the ballast. Getting them installed in the lens and properly focused is more of a problem. The burn point of the HID bulb is different than most incandecent bulbs.

One problem you may run into is that each HID pulls about 16~17 amps upon initial fire up. This is likely too much current for your stock headlamp switch. You'll want to wire in a relay to actually power the ballast for the lamp/s.

35w Automotive HIDs draw about 3.4 amps each when warmed up. They produce roughly 3200 lumens each - in comparison a 55w halogen produces approx 1300 lumens. In other words, they are extremely bright and put off a much more "white" light than a halogen.

The Trailtech HIDs appear to be the 10w Welch/Allyn variety. These lamps are very expensive (for what they are) and have a fairly short life (~1000 hr - we also use ours with a rechargeable battery for working at night with a head strap), the brightness of the lamp deteriorates with time. That said, these are VERY cool lamps, they have a very purplish tint (about 6000K color temp - automotive HIDs are about 4300K) and put out a large amount of light for only a 10w lamp. We used one (welch allyn solarc lamp) mounted to the handlebars at the 12hrs of America race last year and it was a life saver.

Hopefully as time goes on and the Welch Allyn lamps find their way into more applications, their prices will come down.

 

I've got them installed....

I'll post my pix soon on my website for all to see.

CAN YOU SAY.... BRIGHT?!!!