Cycle whore thread
06-29-2010, 07:50 AM
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Well I mean, when you're buying an aftermarket kit (i.e. not OEM, retrofitted bulbs.. (h1-7) you're not going to find good quality, and if you do they're rediculously expensive (~$400) -- You spend $50 on this and it craps out you just buy a new set.. depending on how many sets you buy, but I haven't heard a HUGE failure rate or I would have never bought them. -- Only thing that sucks is I cut/spliced my install so it looks OEM. Meaning if the bulb goes out, I have to cut and splice to put a new one it. Ballasts are plug and play though, so they can go out all day long. It's if the bulbs start to blow I'll start to get pissed.
06-29-2010, 09:05 AM
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Yeah, I checked out the website. I guess they seem fairly legit, though I'm not really feeling the huge backorder. Having to wait like a month to receive it would be kinda annoying. The other company I've read about was XenonRider, but their kits are like $150-200.
06-29-2010, 09:37 AM
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06-29-2010, 04:41 PM
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we still kits pretty cheap at work. everyone that has a bike at work is running them with no problems.. i have over 10k miles on my low beam.. i think the kits are 40-60bucks.. w sell xtreme hids kits
06-29-2010, 05:35 PM
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Sooooo went to ride for a few last night. low beam HID wouldn't ignite... period. messed with it for about 20 minutes. Gave up. Was going to ride to work today with just the high beam and work on the lows at work. Low beam came on right away. - I had ridden it home last night, worked fine. Let it sit for about 20mins before said "short ride" and then it didn't -- do HIDs get "heat soaked" (not what it really is, but a loose term to describe it) or anythign of the like? It was still pretty warm out when I got home, plus a hot motor..
If they're going to be this unreliable, I may go back to halogens. While I love the increased visibility at night, it's not worth it.
If they're going to be this unreliable, I may go back to halogens. While I love the increased visibility at night, it's not worth it.
Its strange I have DDM Tuning HIDs in my car, and bike and havent ever seen a flickr or a mis-ignite in almost having them a year in the car and a few months on the bike. I recommend them to everyone that wants to buy HIDs and they have faired amazingly well for everyone thus far.
