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Can anyone tell me where the cheapest place is to get a single dipped beam H4 HID kit for my smelly Honda NTV. For all the good the headlight is, I may aswell be waving a white stick infront of the bike
My deciding factor here is that a standard Xenon bulb is expensive and a nightmare to replace on a bike that has an aftermarket fairing fitted round a standard old fashioned chrome headlight unit.
Bailey.

check that you can actually fit an HID into an old style headlight unit, on some bikes there isn't enough space to fit the rear of the bulb unit. A friend discovered this with his Monster. hids4u.co.uk might be able to help if you give them a call,

Henry

Yeah I noticed HID4u and I wondered about the amount of space required behind the bulb. The upside is that i have a spare headlight I could reconstruct if needed! I did actually see a headlight for my bike on ebay with a bit cut out....must've been for this purpose?!
It seems that I'd need the hi and low beam HID all in one unit.
Cheers for the input.

Yep, for a single H4 I think you need a bi-xenon kit at around £200 a pop. This may be the kit with the solenoid operated shield to make it dip or main - so space might well be an issue. Best to give them a call, methinks.

Throttlemeister posted this link recently(h1 kits)
It might be worth enquiring how much for h4
http://www.tunex.nl/catalogus/product_i ... 30060db8ec
Nigel B

Yes, they also have H4 hi/lo kits.

Didn't you see / feel it coming
Sorry

I am in the process of ordering. You can also order single bulbs, which is all I need for my R11S obviously. They are charging me €85 for 1.

Just drop them a line by mail and they will allow you to make an order to fit you.

Me-109 wrote:H4 This may be the kit with the solenoid operated shield to make it dip or main - so space might well be an issue. Best to give them a call, methinks.

H4 does require a solenoid operated dip shield.
I measured a kit in a local factor (presumably they're all the same ) and the projection from the p43t base which locates in the headlamp is 60mm.
Nigel B.

throttlemeister wrote:You can also order single bulbs, which is all I need for my R11S obviously.

This may turn out in hindsight to be the stupidest question ever but I have to ask - why would you need only one bulb? Which of dip/main doesn't need an HID conversion and why?

sproggy wrote:

throttlemeister wrote:You can also order single bulbs, which is all I need for my R11S obviously.

This may turn out in hindsight to be the stupidest question ever but I have to ask - why would you need only one bulb? Which of dip/main doesn't need an HID conversion and why?

"There are no stupid questions, only stupid answers"

I only need low beams and no high beams.

My reasoning:

1) I hardly ever use high beams, so I can save the cost
2) HID low beams produce so much light, high beams will be used even less
3) HID high beams will render the good old flash to a cager that doesn't want to move over more or less useless. HID is, like the name says, a discharge lamp. Which means it needs time to start up, like a few seconds to get fully started. A quick flash to get someones attention doesn't do it.
4) Halogen highs will appear almost yellow next to the white HID, drawing more attention when flashing them.

I find my high beam (both beams really, but noticably on high) comes up bright, then dips and comes back up to brightness in a few seconds. There is plenty of brightness there when 'flashing'.

You do get additional peripheral lighting, but it's not like making dip beam into main. The cut-off that dip beam requires to avoid blinding oncoming traffic is still noticable.

I find the main beam really useful on the quieter roads and backlanes where the pace can still be kept quite high. I think it all depends on the roads you tend to use and how often.