Headonastick Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Okay... my right headlight decided to stop working. Upon investigation it appears a previous owner decided to slice and dice the connections. Beyond repair at this point - the correct connector to the bulb is missing and there is almost no wire left to splice into in any case.I want to put a new harness on. I am wondering how tough it is to replace the harness - is it a simple plug and play operation? Is it easiest to simply remove the entire fairing set?Finally, is there a separate harness for each side or a single harness for the entire headlight assembly?This is what I am planning on purchasing: As always, thanks! Oh, and is there anything else I should go ahead and replace or upgrade while I have the entire assembly apart? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer digitallyhip Posted October 9, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted October 9, 2014 Sorry to hear that you are having to undo what the PO did. I don't have answers to the questions about the harness itself, but while you have the cowl off (and yes: I'd be removing both sides and the front, I'd urge you to consider replacing the light bulbs themselves with LED units. Here's what I did, and I really like them (although I wish I had replaced both the high and low rather than just the low beams): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headonastick Posted October 11, 2014 Author Share Posted October 11, 2014 I thought I replied... I saw the LED thread and am considering it, but I hate the idea of cutting up a new harness. IS there a way to mount the LED bulbs without cutting into the harness? In any case, I like the install you did - it looks very clean. Very tempting...[edit:]Never mind... I see how the harness works. Much happier to give that a go.http://www.amazon.com/Generic-2500LM-5000K-Bright-Headlight/dp/B00LUALTMW/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1410895040&sr=8-14&keywords=H4+LED+headlightAre these the same light? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 You absolutely DO NOT have to cut up the harness! The only thing you need to do is un-tape the high-beam leads, un-click the HOT tab to the H7 bulbs, and push it into the H4 bulb clip.... then tape it up. THAT'S IT. You will then have High/Low beam on the H4 LED and your H7's will be un-used. The discussion in the LED conversion thread was if you wanted to ALSO run the H7's as a driving light, or fog light... for example, I ran mine as "accent" lighting that click OFF when the High-beams are on... something you do not need to do. It's literally a 10 minute job to re-wire and install the LED bulbs, you will also have to aim them DOWN a bit as they tend to light up the tops of trees on first install. Haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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