HID's?
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This was what I was taking about in a past post. It was in a bag of stuff I got from the guy when I bought the bike. The box it came in says "H7 8K BULB X2" The return address is XENTECH in CA. I'm assuming it's an 8K kit? The little box says AMP on it so I'm assuming it's for the fuses? It has wires coming out a little that appear to have been cut. I really have no clue what I have here.
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I did a LOT of research before I bought the HID's for my Busa. I've read a LOT of stories just like netty's about DDM and that's why I didn't go with them.
I bought mine here: http://www.sonicelectronix.com/search_new.php?action=search&keyword=hid+kit
I've ordered audio stuff from them before and they were good to deal with so I paid the little bit extra for their HID's vs DDM. They had them in stock and they shipped FAST. So far I've had no problems with my 6000K kit and they are BRIGHT, like staring at the sun kind of bright! [cool]
The only thing is, be sure to route the ignitor (the small box inline with the cable from the bigger box- the ballast) as far away from the gauge cluster or sensitive elctronics as possible (6-8" is good). That thing fires off at like 24k volts (as much as an old ignition coil for a car) and it does briefly cause some interference when it fires up that will mess with your gauges. I had to move mine a little farther from the gauges on my Busa because it would cause them to reset when it fired up. I moved it another 3-4" or so and it hasn't done it again.
Also, with HID's it sounds like you're wanting something in the 4-6K range. the "K" number refers to their color, not their brightness. 3000K is very yellow-ish 4-5000K is White, 6000K has a slight blue tint, 8000K is VERY blue and higher than that tends to get purple-ish. Anything higher than 6000K is pretty much for show and you start losing a lot of light output. 4000-5000K will be as bright, and white, as you can get.[up]
I bought mine here: http://www.sonicelectronix.com/search_new.php?action=search&keyword=hid+kit
I've ordered audio stuff from them before and they were good to deal with so I paid the little bit extra for their HID's vs DDM. They had them in stock and they shipped FAST. So far I've had no problems with my 6000K kit and they are BRIGHT, like staring at the sun kind of bright! [cool]
The only thing is, be sure to route the ignitor (the small box inline with the cable from the bigger box- the ballast) as far away from the gauge cluster or sensitive elctronics as possible (6-8" is good). That thing fires off at like 24k volts (as much as an old ignition coil for a car) and it does briefly cause some interference when it fires up that will mess with your gauges. I had to move mine a little farther from the gauges on my Busa because it would cause them to reset when it fired up. I moved it another 3-4" or so and it hasn't done it again.
Also, with HID's it sounds like you're wanting something in the 4-6K range. the "K" number refers to their color, not their brightness. 3000K is very yellow-ish 4-5000K is White, 6000K has a slight blue tint, 8000K is VERY blue and higher than that tends to get purple-ish. Anything higher than 6000K is pretty much for show and you start losing a lot of light output. 4000-5000K will be as bright, and white, as you can get.[up]
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