HID headlights

[Fathertime]

Any body out there have experience with the new HID headlight bulbs?
Am thinking of placing one in my 2000 standard.   was worried about excess heat.  Any other concerns or input?

[Len]

I installed mine with everything inside the headlight bucket w/o issues thus far. 

[Fathertime]

Thanks Len,
How long have they been installed?

[Sam Shlitz]

I have HID bulbs in my headlight and driving lights. No problems to report for 1.5 years.

[Ken Tarver]

yup, got HID, no problem

Ken

[Ken Tarver]

 this is what I have, on a '97 tourer,
http://www.ddmtuning.com/Products/HIDBIKESINGLEHILODDM-35W-55W-Single-HiLo-Motorcycle-HID-Kit

the wire harness with kit has it's own relay and is wired direct from the battery, the stock bike wiring only fires the relay which then carries the load of the light instead of the switch and stock wiring.

"HiLo" what that isn't, means NOT brighter on hi beam, but a change in the angle of the bulb by an electro-magnet which makes the light shine further down the road.

What I ordered:
wattage, 35w bulb (55w too much)
bulb type, H4 HiLo
bulb color, 5000k (white light)

going down from 5000k color the light starts going yellow
going up from 5000k color the light gets blue

inside the headlight bucket, I removed the "mushroom thingy" in front of the bulb.


Ken

[Len]

Coming up on one year.

[nogrey]

Just a word of caution. I had HID's in my Interstate and LOVED, LOVED, LOVED THEM!......until I found out the heat generated by them was destroying the housings. I think the IS uses plastic housings whereas the other models use a metal one?