Lights HID's

[Chris]

Thinking of converting my front headlight to a HID system (High Intensity Discharge). I have bought a set for my mountain bike......and the light is brighter on the bike, than my Audi A3 T Sport !!!.

Has anyone used / wired a HID system into a battery less wiring loom ?.



Chris

[threespeed]

I didn't know you could buy them for bikes , but after mooching around I found autobulbsdirect.co.uk, they seem to sell all the bulbs I've ever heard of (and some I haven't). The installation I suspect isn't quite as simple as they make out - the kit includes a bulb , ballast resistor & what looks like a small wiring loom. I was becoming fairly interested ....until I looked at the price - £300ish!! then lost interest quickly.
I'd be curious to know how much your'e paying for the upgrade though.

[Phil Neal]

perhaps a moutainbike one could be wired in as an 'Auxilary' light, with a connector off 12v through a voltage stabiliser to the MTB light getting rid of batteries...

The hid lights apparently only take 35w to work so it would appear to be a good fit for the CRM, but if I had £300 to spend It wouldn't be on a new headlight, i'd get a 2nd set of wheels off ebay....

I was tempted to fit a 55/60 bulb inpace of the 35 and see what stops working as a result. but if you don't use your indicators (21w x 2) I can't see the problem (no pillion pegs, effectivly don't have to have blinkers for MOT, can of worms opened!) other than possibly melting the plastic...

[chrizm]

It looks like an earlier owner of my CRM fitted a bigger bulb coz its marked the inside of the headlight plastic!

You could probably fit mountain bike headlights easy enough with a voltage regulator off the 12v headlight feed & mount them somewhere?

What about the ufo headlight fairings are they not higher wattage? i will agree that the CRM headlight is pants. I try not to do to much night riding!