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Rewiring the fj; LED headlight, heated grips, etc..

Started by fudge12, September 15, 2016, 08:20:28 PM

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Jeff0308

Fudge. I had the 3 sided LED globe. The Low beam is brilliant. High beam lousy. I searched and put in a 4 sided LED globe with fan. Looks nearly identical to yours from the back view with fan. I set mine up with the rubber cover on as well. It's done about 1500km so far and I ride with my light on all the time. The high beam on this is slightly better than the 3 sided globe. Fan still works fine. I'm thinking of putting on a mini light bar with SUPER CREE LEDS just for high beam. Unfortunately no photos. I also changed the dash light globes. Put T10 globes in. They are polarity sensitive. Best thing I've done. Didn't change NEUTRAL, FUEL and HIGH BEAM. Oil light glows when getting low, same as petrol so not certain if the LED is capable as for the others the high beam, I tried it but the glare was terrible.  Jeff

fudge12

Thanks for the heads up.  I'm not sure how much I'll pursue it; I've had lasik twice, and still wear glasses, so I really try not to ride at night unless there's no other choice.  Supplemental light sounds like it'd be easier than trying to make a 30yo headlight design work perfectly with modern bulbs though.

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