I'm going to install my HID this week and before I tear into the bike I was wondering if anyone knows how the switch works for high and low. Does the low beam stay powered on when you switch to high or can I switch a new device off my low switch when I install my new HID light(Does not have a low)? I found a cool strobe light I plan on mounting inside the headlight cover along with the HID lamp but only want to run one at a time. If someone also knows the wire colors for each one that would be a big help. I have yet to ever pull the front cover off the bike so if this obvious with the cover off don't flame me :-)

Thanks

 

The stock DS light switch changes the power from the low beam element to the hi beam element. So, no the low element is not on when in hi beam. I have two Hella's running off the switch. One works in Hi and one in Low.

 

Thanks hinglbyds, That was exactly what I was looking for. Do you remeber what the wire colors were?

 

I'll try to PM you a schematic...

If it won't work, RD/VI (Red/violet) is hot 12 VDC
TA (Tan) to GN (Greesn) is Low
Ta (Tan) to BL (Blue) is HI

 

I can't get the schematic to the PM. I have it on my desk to, so if you get me your e-mail I can mail it to you.

 

hinglbyds
Thanks for the help. When you get some time please email the schematic to polyrocks@yahoo.com.

Thanks Again!

 

Can you use any off road style HID light?

I was looking at an off-road catalog and saw some nice round HID lights like 50w each

and wanted to install those with some sort of quick-release mechanism so I dont break

them during daylight dirt riding. I didnt know if it would be best to rewire the whole thing or

if I could get away with cutting off the connector and using the stock wire.

 

BigJon,
I know the stator on the DS is large enough to run more lights than most other quads stock but you will have to get an answer from a more technical guy in terms of wattage and amperage that the lights draw. The HID lights use a starter which pulls the most amps when they turn on but actually uses less when running. So I guess the real issue is how many amps does the sock fuse take and what is the total Full load amps of the lights you plan on installing use? This is ofcourse if you plan to torch them on all at once. The kit I purchased was $199 and goes in the stock light housing and is supposed to be the equivelent of 185 watts.

Hope that helps

 

"any HID"?

There is only two different versions of HID that I know of....
One of them is a 35w and the other is less. Not exactly sure.

MOST... and I mean everyone of them I've seen is a 35w.
They rate the bulb (or arc) in Kelvin, a daylight rating.

It's the amps you have to worry about during startup of the ballast and igniter.

I currently run 3 HIDs....
One of them is a Hella HID 8" light and the other two are oval 3.5" lights.
But they all use the same bulb and igniter assemblys.
Ultimately acting as if you had (3) 35w lights on my quad.
And a stock bomb puts out 290w at about 6k RPM. So.... with all that light.. you still have room left in your stator.
Don't forget the battery takes about 60w to charge when night riding. It's a large draw.

I'll be posting the pictures of what I'm doing... and how it's turning out on my web site ... soon.