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HID Xenon Lights?

  • 25-12-2013 9:32pm
    #1
    dwelby101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 247 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    I just picked up my new bike last week, a GSXR 750 K7, a real step up from a 400 :D but the last night i was out on it and the high beam blew on me on a dark country road.... not very fun.

    Anyways I was curious about installing those fancy HID Xenon lights and was curious if anybody had any experience with them and what peoples thoughts are on them?

    Depending on what colour you chose, they apparently can increase visibility up to 300% (6000K - colour) I wonder if they cause problems with melting light housing?

    Cheers


Comments

  • #2
    sean61
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 164 ✭✭sean61


    Well worth fitting. I've had them for 2 years on the R1 and they turn night into day. They also make you stand out a lot more during the day because they're so bright. I get flashed by other drivers an odd time but I've never been stopped by the gardai or anything. I'd definitely miss them if I bought a new bike


  • #3
    sean61
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 164 ✭✭sean61


    No problems with light housing melting either. I could be wrong in saying this but I think they run cooler than halogen bulbs


  • #4
    Wonda-Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,013 ✭✭✭✭Wonda-Boy


    sean61 wrote: »
    No problems with light housing melting either. I could be wrong in saying this but I think they run cooler than halogen bulbs

    I sure it would depend on the individual bikes and the set up of the lamp placement and the glass/plastic housing etc. if the melting is gonna happen. But I would deffo recommened them....


  • #5
    Pique
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,065 ✭✭✭Pique


    They only work well in projector headlamps. In a normal reflector housing they scatter the light and blind oncoming drivers. The amount of muppets in cars with them retrofitted to reflector housings are the reason you get dazzled so much.


  • #6
    Wonda-Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,013 ✭✭✭✭Wonda-Boy


    Well the 2010 Triumph GT I have is a projector headlamp....so its all good.


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