Guest Thy Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Installed a 4300K 55W HID kit from ddmtuning.com over the weekend. Install was very straight forward, no permanent changes needed to be made. The kits from DDM have a soft start, they are current limited to a max of 6a during warm-up. The stock wiring should be able to handle that just fine. I did however install a Tightwad harness as a preventative when I first got the bike a year ago. I have not tried them out at night yet. I did ride around with them on for 20 minutes after the install. The headlight housing got fairly warm, but not so hot I couldn't hold my hand against it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer bryan217 Posted April 27, 2010 Member Contributer Share Posted April 27, 2010 I've heard of the DDM kits before and was wondering how well they work with the 6th Gen. Please keep us posted. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer tyrroneous Posted April 27, 2010 Member Contributer Share Posted April 27, 2010 Curious as to why the HID's weren't installed in the low beam positions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Popsrcr Posted April 27, 2010 Member Contributer Share Posted April 27, 2010 I have these installed as well. So far, so good, but you don't want to leave them on w/o the bike running! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Thy Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Curious as to why the HID's weren't installed in the low beam positions? So I don't blind oncoming traffic. The reflective light housing on the VFR is not ideal for HIDs. They send a lot of light everywhere. Even if you adjust the headlight aim you will still be blinding oncoming traffic, IMO. I work 2nd shift and as a result do a lot of night riding. My ride home from work is an hour long trip on twisty, deer ridden, unlighted back roads. I usually can turn on the brights and not have to dim them for miles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer FlaminV4 Posted April 27, 2010 Member Contributer Share Posted April 27, 2010 Curious as to why the HID's weren't installed in the low beam positions? So I don't blind oncoming traffic. The reflective light housing on the VFR is not ideal for HIDs. They send a lot of light everywhere. Even if you adjust the headlight aim you will still be blinding oncoming traffic, IMO. I work 2nd shift and as a result do a lot of night riding. My ride home from work is an hour long trip on twisty, deer ridden, unlighted back roads. I usually can turn on the brights and not have to dim them for miles. I have mine installed on lows and highs and just with my low beams on, I get flashed quite a bit. More often than I like to see! The only good thing, is that I know they can see me! But I do not want to blind them either! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Thy Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Curious as to why the HID's weren't installed in the low beam positions? So I don't blind oncoming traffic. The reflective light housing on the VFR is not ideal for HIDs. They send a lot of light everywhere. Even if you adjust the headlight aim you will still be blinding oncoming traffic, IMO. I work 2nd shift and as a result do a lot of night riding. My ride home from work is an hour long trip on twisty, deer ridden, unlighted back roads. I usually can turn on the brights and not have to dim them for miles. I have mine installed on lows and highs and just with my low beams on, I get flashed quite a bit. More often than I like to see! The only good thing, is that I know they can see me! But I do not want to blind them either! Don't forget that you a probably washing out your turn signals too. It is very likely oncoming traffic cannot see your front directionals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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