Dual headlight mod (both lights ON highbeam)

[evolution678]

Thought I'd share this vid w/ you guys, Dave (moderator) suggested to post this on a new thread to make it easier to find. Anyways, here it is, my first attempt in a DIY vid. Hope it's not a fail but hey, the mod's simple & free lol! Btw, I give thanks & credit to Speedkills & GatorBuell for the original post.

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[Oakes_86]

I did this mod a few weeks ago. Great video tho! I'm sure this will be very helpful [up]

[winnetka]

This is the video I wish I would have seen when I tried it. Good job! [up] I messed up at step 3 and couldn't remove the pins. I was left with enlarged inner connections that would sometimes blink my lights on and off depending on the bumps in the road. I had to have the white connector replaced.

[user_deleted]

great vid. thanks much

[unionthug]

I wonder about doing this this. What happens at night, the highbeam is just on? Or do you not ride at night? I don't generally ride much at night so maybe it doesn't matter. I'd prefer a light that had both lights on and a high beam option.

[evolution678]

Thanks guys.
@ unionthug: night or day you could just use the highbeam anyway if you've noticed, the light output of the stock highbeam is not much different from the low. It's just a matter of how much light/visibility you'd like to use, it just gives you that second option of having both lights on.

[Stevenc150]

Great Vid! [up]

[netty2424]

The single most important key to this is the upward movement on the casing to release the wire. I tried this a couple times and stopped as I was concerned about having to force the wires out and cracking the connector.

After the vid, it took longer to take the fly screen off and on than the mod itself.

Great video! [up]

[kbfnail]

Awesome this is what i was looking for! Thanks!

[user_deleted]

I messed up at step 3 and couldn't remove the pins

join the crowd. :D

[kbfnail]

Did this last night at my work. Works Awesome!

[jerrythor]

sweet!!

[MuSh]

I did this and now my high beam pulsates almost on an off. Sometimes it will stop and stay illuminated and other times it will flash like crazy. Did I mess something up?

Great to see a video for this either way!

[netty2424]

Sounds like maybe the connection is bad? Did you have trouble removing the wire? Those connectors are extremely easy to damage.

Try switching them back to factory settings and see if the problem still exists.

[user_deleted]

I did this and now my high beam pulsates almost on an off. Sometimes it will stop and stay illuminated and other times it will flash like crazy. Did I mess something up?
yes. a bad connection, probably the teal wire. if you're like me mush and just got pissed off at not being able to remove the pins from the connector correctly, try this. easy to do and works nicely.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNwqrDlUq-0

[MuSh]

Yeah, removing the pins were a struggle since Iwasnt sure exactly where to press to release them. I'll check my connections.

first Ive seen with your method lunatic. I may try that if I have no success after i check mine.

[konarider94]

this helps too
http://www.1130cc.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=112085&stc=1&d=1208216015

[MuSh]

aww man...that should be with the original how-to post!

[JeremyConnors]

Um, that sucked. I ripped one wire out, I'm bleeding and I've redone as much as I undid. But hey, now that all is corrected, the lights are symmetrical! Thanks for the tips, especially Kona w/ the animated what-not, wow.

[Silverrider]

I plan on doing this thx

[KevXB12S]

Done this a couple of weeks ago, how easy. Great result.

[new user]

When I picked up my XB back in July, this mod was already done. The sad part is I thought it was always suppose to be like this.

[Tbone]

Did this mod initially noticing the 4 pin connector was turning brown at the black wire which I assumed is ground. Did the mod anyways to see how well it worked and I really liked the mod. Went to check why the connector was toasting and it actually melted together after the mod requiring the connector to be cut out. Found that all 3 grounds from the headlight assembly were soldered and taped into one 14-16 awg wire that went into the connector socket, this was the cause of the connector toasting before and melting after the mod. Ran 4 separate grounds on ring terminals and bolted them to the cross brace behind fly screen using the mounting hole for the original connector. Then used a U-Haul flat 4 connector that lays perfectly in the cross brace and soldered up the White, Brown(used for red), and Yellow wires according to the mod. I must say this has greatly improved the performance of the lights and the bike electrically overall. It took less than 2 hours to fix this and about $20 for materials I did not already have. To diagnose and create the fix took an additional 3 hours so overall I spent a lot of time on this but think it is one of the best mods I have done on my 09 Uly!

[njloco]

Yeah some of these bikes need to be gone through, you never know what you'll find, I'm happy I bought two totally stock bikes, less headaches.

[Tbone]

Yeah some of these bikes need to be gone through, you never know what you'll find, I'm happy I bought two totally stock bikes, less headaches.

My Uly is stock and I am the 2nd owner and pretty sure the PO has not modified this. I hate to think the headlight harness comes stock from the factory this way, but it did on my Uly. Just look at the black wires coming out of the headlights and you will see a three legged spider dead center at the back of the Headlight assembly. I could see corroded copper exposed under electrical tape loosely wrapped around the solder joint.

[01fordfan]

ive also done this mod a little fiddlier then it looks be patient

[tinknocker]

Reviving this thread, it works great and so easy.